The Adoration of the Shepherds Guido Reni The National Gallery London England
by Wayne Moran
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The Adoration of the Shepherds Guido Reni The National Gallery London England
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Wayne Moran
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Photograph - Fine Art Photography
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The Adoration of the Shepherds Guido Reni The National Gallery London England
Divine light illuminates the darkness as the shepherds kneel in adoration of the infant Christ. In the distance, on the moonlit hillside, is the tine scene of the angels telling the shepherds of the Savior's birth. Cherubs overhead carry a scroll with the joyful words Gloria in Excelsis Deo (Glory to God in the highest).
Even a casual visitor to the National Gallery cannot help but be struck by this lovely picture, Guido Reni’s Adoration of the Shepherds, especially at this time of year.
Guido has been out of fashion for a very long time. He was a native of Bologna, which, incidentally, has a large collection of his works, and did most of his work in the Papal States and Rome itself, as well as in Naples. As you would expect, his work is mainly religious, with a few excursions into mythology. His religious work has been dismissed as the typical Counter-Reformation production at the service of the Church, lacking the true creative spark. I remember my guidebook to Bologna informing me that art cannot flourish under a totalitarian dictatorship such as that of the Papacy: a judgement that reflects a poor knowledge both of history and of Catholicism. Besides, wasn’t Michelangelo himself under the patronage of the Papacy? Did that blunt his creative vigor? Is Rome a cultural and artistic desert? In fact, as Guido shows, art and religion go very well together, and produce great works like this one.
https://catholicherald.co.uk/the-adoration-of-the-shepherds-is-a-great-painting-but-it-belongs-in-a-church-not-a-gallery/
Read more: https://waynemoranphotography.com/blog/the-13-things-you-must-do-in-london-england/
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