ADVENT CALENDAR 2024

December 20

SISTERS OF BETHLEHEM NATIVITY

Sisters of Bethlehem
France
Cast stone
2019

This Nativity was made in a French monastery by the Sisters of Bethlehem, a Roman Catholic religious order. The figures, inspired by Romanesque and Gothic art from the medieval period, are handmade from dolomite stone sourced in the Pyrenees of southern France. The stone is crushed and mixed with other materials so it can be cast and painted.

According to the Sisters of Bethlehem, creating art is an integral part of their monastic life: “There is a remarkable similarity between the art of forming oneself and that which takes place in the transformation of matter. In both of these tasks, the starting point is always a gift from above.”

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