how does wikipedia not mention that? surely there is some art nerd explanation
the period this painting is set in, if you look at the costumes and buildings and such, everybody had em
This is just some baby
From the wiki:
The three panels depict a narrative in which Mary is visited by the archangel Gabriel; she gives birth in a stable, and she presents the infant at the temple. The left wing shows the Annunciation, the center depicts the Adoration of the Magi after Christ's birth, and the Presentation in the Temple appears on the right wing.
I was joking about it not actually being a nativity scene but that is my best guess at the logic behind the crucifix, biblical scenes were almost always updated in this way to some extent and often very conciously included Christian iconography of the day to reinforce that modernity
That's a lot better, I just lazily searched for "manger scene 2010's" and went with the first one
What the fuck? Delete this. I've been waiting for the series to come out on Amazon Prime and you just ruined the whole thing. You monster.
What's the issue? Mary and Joseph were good Christian folk ... stopping at the inn of other good Christian folk. They weren't no Mooslims or some such.
