WTF Art History: Not Your Traditional Santa Claus:
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Ambrogio Lorenzetti, The Charity of Saint Nicholas, 1330-40, tempera and gold leaf on panel. Musée du Louvre, Paris
Traditional images of a plump and jolly Santa Claus belie the art historical representations of Saint Nicholas, a figure whose legendary gift-giving grafted a layer of…
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