Visual Source 10.2: The Nativity
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Icons frequently portrayed important stories from the Bible, none of which was more significant than that of the nativity. Visual Source 10.2, from fifteenth-century Russia, graphically depicts the story of Jesus’ birth for the faithful. The central person in the image is not Jesus but his mother, Mary, who in Orthodox theology was known as the God-bearer.
Visual Source 10.2 The Nativity (Private Collection/The Bridgeman Art Library)
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