Art as a reflection of society and its customs is a Essential document to understand the evolution of thought and human development and of each civilization.
Thus, we can find different records of celebrations, such as the Christmas. Since it began to be implemented in everyday life to the present and its prevalence over time.
Although this holiday dates back to Saturnalia Roman dedicated to the god of agriculture Saturn and to the triumph, they were retaken by the Christianity, Catholic Church, Anglican church, The Protestant communities and Orthodox Churches to commemorate the birth of Jesus, even if they celebrate it days apart.
In this way, according to each stage of art and the purpose for which it was produced, Christmas and the traditions around it have been shaped since different perspectives, focused on aesthetics or its testimonial utility.
Among the characters that commonly stand out in the works of art around this celebration, Jesus, María, José, Wise Men, and different archangels, who have been represented both in plastic, such as sculpture, goldsmith or crafts.
Valencian Gothic painters Pere Nicolau, Michael Alcaniz, antonio peris and Master Pere de Perea in the XNUMXth century they are some of the artists who stood out for capturing scenes of the Nativity, the adoration of the shepherds and the arrival of the Magi.
Likewise, authors of the stature of Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo Da Vinci, Albrecht dürer, Hans hemling, Tintoretto, Caravaggio, Correggio y El Greek paintings were dedicated in honor of this celebration.
For its part, Fra Filippo Lippi, Fra Angelico, Piero della Francesca, Peter Paul Rubens, Diego Velazquez, among others, addressed in their canvases iconography related to Christmas.
