Introduction
We live in a visually cluttered world. Images pass before
our eyes constantly on the tv, online and in print all around us. It is all too
easy not really to see any of them properly, though.
That’s why I’d like to invite you to join me from Dec 1 in taking a long look at just one picture this Advent. Just one picture? Really? For 24 days? Yes, that’s right, but don’t worry that you will get bored, because this picture is crammed with detail, all very deliberately included by the artist, Jan Brueghel the Elder, to provoke thought and reflection on the story of the birth of Jesus.
Each day’s reflection will appear here on the church blog.
You can see the painting, for free, in the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square in London – it’s in Room 17 – or online here https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jan-brueghel-the-elder-the-adoration-of-the-kings where you can zoom in on the details. There is a key to help you find each day's detail in the right hand sidebar.
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