"It really is quite unusual to find paintings hidden in this way and to discover a nativity scene in this detail and just before Christmas was really incredible." More detailed investigation work ...

Around the Christmas season ... Nativity imagery dominated Renaissance art. This first living Nativity scene – which was famously depicted by Italian Renaissance painter Giotto di Bondone ...

By Cliff Johnson At first the stable was empty. Then came lights and trees and straw and snow. Then the characters in the nativity scene at St. Nicholas Church in Carver began arriving, two at ...

A nativity scene is a prominent Christian tradition utilizing art, decor, and sometimes even ... Evey half hour the story of Christmas was read to the audience. Inside the church walls were ...

VATICAN CHRISTMAS: The Vatican illuminated this year's Christmas tree and unveiled the nativity scene for the holiday season on Saturday (12/7). The 95-foot-tall red spruce hails from a forest in ...

the tour group moved out of the barn and walked toward the Christmas lights, campfires and carols being sung by those still waiting for their tours to begin. The live Nativity is a lot of work ...