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Trompe l’Oeil Nativity

circa 1960

What a lively and original creation this Nativity scene is. The naturalistic faces and figures are set within a clever visual play on the medium of stained glass. A prot . . .

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What a lively and original creation this Nativity scene is. The naturalistic faces and figures are set within a clever visual play on the medium of stained glass. A protective Trompe l’Oeil (“trick of the eye”) glow surrounds the Holy Family like a canopy of stained glass, transforming the legendary stable of Jesus’ birth into a Gothic chapel.

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  • McCausland, Toronto
  • St John’s Anglican Cathedral ***
  • Saskatchewan
  • Saskatoon (12)
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