Title: Nativity Scene
Artist: Unknown
Medium: Wood, dye for tint of wood?
Dimensions: 6.5 by 11 inches
Country: Poland
Year: c. 2000
Source: Gift from family friend
This is a two dimensional wooden craving of the nativity
scene, also known as the birth of Christ. It’s been hanging on our wall for
quite some time now, and I always catch myself looking at it at least once a
day. My mother has received if from one of her friends when they went to visit
Poland around Christmas time. This object was not used for anything except for
being hung up on a wall, enjoyed by people. I have picked this piece because I find it’s
cravings to be pretty interesting. Also, being a Roman Catholic it means a lot
to me. As a religious piece and also historic piece, knowing the true meaning
behind it definitely makes this carving more meaningful. I highly admire it, and
do not think that I will ever get rid of it. John Cotton Dana in The Gloom
of the Museum states, “Art museum objects were not chosen for their beauty,
or for their help they might give in developing good taste in the community,
but for their rarity, their likeness to objects found in European museums, and
for their cost”. I agree with Dana, because the piece I have chosen would not
be up in a museum. It is made up of plain wood, and some sort of dye used to
tint the wood, which is most likely common. There is plenty of beauty and
meaning behind this piece, but due to the fact that it’s made from such a
standard material, the chances of it being up in a museum is slim to none.
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