See Hymn Suggestions for today for more information about the readings and seasonal notes about this day, and links to other weeks.
Note: there are many, many artistic works inspired by today's Gospel reading - only a small selection are suggested below.
Classical
Adoration of the Magi
Adoration of the Magi
Source: Wikimedia
Artist: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Artist: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
The Magi Journeying (Les rois mages en voyage)
Source: Wikimedia
Artist: James Tissot
Artist: James Tissot
The three Magi (Balthasar, Caspar, Melchior)
Source: Wikimedia
Artist: Christian Maurice Engelhardt, 1818 reproduced a work by Herrad of Landsberg (c.1130 - July 25, 1195)
Artist: Christian Maurice Engelhardt, 1818 reproduced a work by Herrad of Landsberg (c.1130 - July 25, 1195)
The Adoration of the Magi - from the altarpiece in the Chapel of
King’s College, Cambridge
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
Contemporary
Adoration of the Kings
Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=29420Artist: J. Le Breton (glass studio of Gaudin, Paris), 1933
The Three Wise Men
Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48399 (detail) and http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48292 (full)Artist: ESUS MAFA. The Three Wise Men, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48399
License: Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial ShareAlike 3.0 License
Line Art
Wise Men at Christmas under the Southern Cross
Artist: Fitzbeck Creative of Wellington, under a commission from the New Zealand Catholic bishops conference.Source: https://www.nlo.org.nz/resources/roman-missal-graphics
Wise Men Guided by the Star
Source: Dore BibleArtist Gustave Doré (1832-1883)
Visit of the Wise Men
Source: http://www.creationism.org/books/BibleInPictures/Bible40Mat02_01-07.htmArtist: M. Bihn & J. Bealings - 1922
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