Volume XIX, Issue XXI: The Least of These
Creche at the National Cathedral, Washington, DC
A Particularly Beautiful Representation of the Nativity
Photo by Kristina Elaine Greer.
The Least of These
Here is a film very much in the spirit of Miracle on 34th Street.
Michelangelo's Pieta
The Pieta by Michelangelo, displayed at the 1964 World's Fair in New York.
The Vatican website states: “When Michelangelo was assigned the work on Pieta, he was not a famous artist yet. Similarly, when the Pieta was showcased to the public in the church of the French cardinal, Chapel of Santa Petronilla, it was wrongly understood to be sculpted by some other contemporary artist other than Michelangelo. This made him feel so upset that he took a light and chisel into the chapel and signed his Pieta right across the body of Mary. Being the only one to be signed by him, Michelangelo’s signature on the Pieta can be seen as “Michala(n)gelus Bonarotus Florentin(us) Facieba(t)” that means “Michelangelo Buonarotti made this.” In the film The Least of These, the signature and Michelangelo's subsequent remorse at having done it are referenced by the character Rose.
Christmas At Washington DC's Union Station
Washington's Train Terminal Has Yuletime Cheer
Photos from Years Past by Bob Kirchman
Wreaths decorate the station's great Roman arches.
There are visual treats for those who look up...
...and a great spruce in the great terminal hall.
Wreaths decorate the station's great Roman arches.
There are visual treats for those who look up...
...and a great spruce in the great terminal hall.
The great tree...
...and many smaller trees.
Wreaths in the station's great arches welcome travelers.
Rockefeller Center, New York City
Photos by Michael Anderson
Park Avenue, Richmond, Virginia
Photos by Bob Kirchman
St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York
Photo by Michael Anderson
