The Christmas Story: From The King James Bible

About this book

According to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke from the King James Bible. The story of the birth of Christ celebrated around the world at Christmas is one of the most beautiful in the New Testament. From Marys meeting with the angel Gabriel to the birth of baby Jesus in a stable to the visit of the shepherds and the three wise men the story is rich in imagery and symbolism. Here in a triumph of glorious art is that wondrous story excerpted from the Gospels of Luke and Matthew from the King James Bible. Gennady Spirin has been described in the Boston Globe as an artist who "truly represents the picture book as an object of art." In The Christmas Story his paintings are luminous and reverent. Drawing on both his classical training at the Stroganov Academy of Fine Arts in Moscow and his Orthodox Christian faith Mr. Spirin has created a work of art to be passed from generation to generation.