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Item Number: 137603
Title: The Nativity Stories
Author: Hatzaki, Myrto ; Loukia Loizou Hadjigavriel (eds)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9789963732067
Description: Nicosia: Leventis Gallery, 2014. 28cm., pbk., 187pp. prof. illus., numerous color plates (Bassano, Aretino, Coecke, Tommaso del Mazza et al). English-Greek text.

Summary: Projecting new approaches through the eyes of the artists, the exhibition "The Nativity Stories" traces the depiction of the Nativity from the Byzantine tradition and western Mediaeval art to the 17th century, but also in the aftermath of the Baroque period, on a journey up to the internal quests of the 19th and 20th century. The selection of the works brings a new perspective to the relationship between holy texts and art, focusing on the juxtaposition of images and words. What emerges is that the history of the Nativity and the events that followed unfolds as a dynamic narration of events which sometimes strays considerably from the Biblical version – a series of narrations with countless nuances surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ. At the same time, the first international temporary exhibition at the A. G. Leventis Gallery focuses on the way in which narration through words and pictures draws us to a new 'reading' of art of the past, while at the same time allowing for a contemporary photographic approach. For the purposes of the exhibition, three photographers were asked to approach afresh some historical representations of the Nativity, exploring the interaction between viewer, image and text. Stelios Kallinikou, Matt Crossick and Guillaume Onimus, working in Nicosia, London and Paris respectively, photographed famous paintings of the Nativity in churches, museums and other institutions as they identified the ways viewers and environment converse with these famous works. They sought therefore to create an 'artistic reading' focusing on the juxtaposition of image and understanding, as well as the public’s response on viewing the works of art.

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