| 单词 | nativity scene |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnativity scene nativity scene n. a painting, model, tableau, etc., representing the story of the birth of Jesus, esp. as put on display at Christmas; a passage of verse or scene of a drama depicting a part of this story. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [noun] > an artistic representation > religious angelc1425 Madonna1648 adoration1662 Buddha1829 nativity scene1855 Holy Family1875 Pantocrator1911 Sacred Heart1931 1855 Monthly Christian Spectator Nov. 671 The nativity scenes of that great master of light and colour, Rembrandt. 1903 Mod. Philol. 1 83 Master Peter Patelin is..curiously like one of the Nativity scenes in an English mystery [sc. play]. 1938 L. Schmeckebier Handbk. Ital. Renaissance Painting iii. i. 233 Ghirlandaio's Nativity scenes in Santa Maria Novella. 1963 K. H. Seibel Joyful Christmas Craft Bk. iii. 60 (caption) A putz like this with tiny figures of the Holy Family in the Nativity scene is made with a variety of other figures, too. 1991 M. W. Twomey in R. J. Blanch et al. Text & Matter 123 As a counterpoint to the apples of Sodom is the burgeoning Rose of the Nativity scene.., in which the Virgin is celebrated for the fruit of her womb, Christ. < as lemmas |
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