ANGEL AND SHEPHERDS
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
The angel's announcement to the shepherds at the birth of Christ — "Fear not, for I bring you good tidings of great joy" — is rendered in Watanabe's characteristic katazome style: the angel a radiant form of flat color against a night sky, the shepherds below in the earth-toned robes of ancient Judean herdsmen given a distinctly Japanese folk-art quality. The sheep, the fields, the star above — all are translated into the bold, unpretentious visual language that Watanabe developed to make the Christian story accessible as a lived human truth.
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Frequently Asked Questions
ANGEL AND SHEPHERDS was created by Sadao Watanabe (渡辺禎雄).
ANGEL AND SHEPHERDS depicts religious.