This year’s precepio was sculpted by Jo Harbort, age 59. He did not include any angels, but he does have a shepherd and kings.
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Friday, December 24, 2010
Advent 2010: Crib of Zwickau
Advent 2010 is complete, and I hope you have enjoyed some of the Angels in Rome. I conclude this series with one of the many Christmas manger scenes in Rome. Since I have been living here, the precepio in the Panthon has come from an art competition in the German city of Zwickau. (The city was the first to embrace Lutheranism and is the birthplace of the composer Robert Schumann.)
This year’s precepio was sculpted by Jo Harbort, age 59. He did not include any angels, but he does have a shepherd and kings.
This year’s precepio was sculpted by Jo Harbort, age 59. He did not include any angels, but he does have a shepherd and kings.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Presepio in the Pantheon
Last week I saw an interesting presepio in the Pantheon and I returned this Sunday with my camera. The Christmas figures will remain in most Roman churches until Candlemas Day, February 2nd, which marks the end of the Epiphany season.
"The Crib" was made by the students of Leon Wyczòtkowski State School of Fine Arts in Bydgoszcz, Poland. It is about 3/4 life-size. My friend Will described these figures as having the influence of Social Realism left over from the days of Communism that still echos in certain schools of Polish art.
A trio of saints accompanies the shepherd to the manger. They appear to be the Jesuit St. Stanislaus Kostka - 1550 to 1568 (who studied at the Collegio Romano around the corner from the Pantheon), Isidore the Farmer - 1070 to 1130 (the first Polish Church in New York was named afetr St. Isidore), and St. Therese of Lisieux - 1873 to 1897 (the Little Flower). Will also pointed out that the Bambino Gesù bears a striking resemblance to the figures of Botero.
"The Crib" was made by the students of Leon Wyczòtkowski State School of Fine Arts in Bydgoszcz, Poland. It is about 3/4 life-size. My friend Will described these figures as having the influence of Social Realism left over from the days of Communism that still echos in certain schools of Polish art.
A trio of saints accompanies the shepherd to the manger. They appear to be the Jesuit St. Stanislaus Kostka - 1550 to 1568 (who studied at the Collegio Romano around the corner from the Pantheon), Isidore the Farmer - 1070 to 1130 (the first Polish Church in New York was named afetr St. Isidore), and St. Therese of Lisieux - 1873 to 1897 (the Little Flower). Will also pointed out that the Bambino Gesù bears a striking resemblance to the figures of Botero.
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