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In search of the biblical nativity scene
Which story is represented, in which world it happens and how research transforms every decision in the scene.
Open the sectionThe Nativity cycle: scenes and characters
The Nativity cycle cannot be reduced to a single scene. It is a set of episodes, characters and relationships that, over time, have given rise to an immensely broad visual tradition.
This block studies the scenes and the characters, but also the way they appear in art: how they have been represented, which gestures recur, which elements come from tradition and what changes the different artistic sensibilities introduce.
Everything studied here — the scenes, their iconography, their iconology, the props, the gestures and the atmospheres— has one purpose: to nourish the reflection of those who are going to give shape to the nativity scene.
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Research on first-century clothing
From material evidence to the clothing decisions that give body to a biblical figure.
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