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Description:
This video is part of Art For Advent 2015. Posted for the first Sunday in Advent, this examines Fra Angelico’s 1425-1428 The Annunciation. Fra Angelico’s altarpiece visualizes the incarnation as the intervention of the divine into the world. Written and narrated by Dr. James Romaine.
Convent of San Marco
"Annunciation"
by Fra Angelico
Theology in Paint: The Structure and Meaning of Beato Angelico's Annunciation