Shop millions of independent artists. Independent. Together.
Allentown, PA
$13.00
Title
A Moravian In Paris
Artist
Tami Quigley
Medium
Photograph - Photography ~ Digitally Enhanced
Description
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed.”
~ Garry Winogrand
~ 1928-1984
~ American street photographer from the Bronx, New York, known for his portrayal of U.S. life and its social issues, in the mid-20th century. Though he photographed in California, Texas and elsewhere, Winogrand was essentially a New York photographer.
An umbrella portraying the Eiffel Tower and the Moravian Star are the stars showcased in a window display of “Paisley Sun – A Luminous Gift Shop” in historic downtown Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Scenes of Main Street, feted for Christmas, are reflected in the window on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, when the area was bustling with early Christmas shoppers.
A Moravian star (German: Herrnhuter Stern) is an illuminated Advent, Christmas or Epiphany decoration popular in Germany and in places in American and Europe where there are Moravian congregations. The stars take their English name from the Moravian Church, originating in Moravia. In Germany, they are known as Herrnhut stars, named after the Moravian Mother Community in Saxony, Germany, where they were first commercially produced.
Bethlehem is known as The Christmas City. On Christmas Eve 1741, in a stable, while a small group of Moravians were singing a hymn with the stanza “Not Jerusalem, Lowly Bethlehem” Count Nicolaus Ludwig Von Zinzendorf christened this little town “Bethlehem.”
Since that time Christmas in Bethlehem has been central to the city’s identity. From the first documented decorated Christmas tree in America to the efforts of the Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce to get Bethlehem nicknamed “Christmas City USA” in 1937, to the current time when both sides of the river boast Christmas markets filled with artisan craft, retail and food vendors, Bethlehem is rife with one Christmas celebration after another.
Uploaded
September 23rd, 2020
Statistics
Viewed 625 Times - Last Visitor from New York, NY on 04/22/2024 at 11:03 PM
Embed
Sales Sheet
Allentown, PA - United States
Many thanks Nina Prommer for the feature in ART ~ It Is Good For You, much appreciated!
Thornwood, NY - United States
Nice! I love how you arranged the elements in the frame...excellent work, Tami! L/F
Allentown, PA - United States
Thank you so very much Randy Rosenberger for the feature in Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery, greatly appreciate the feature and support!
Allentown, PA - United States
Many thanks Janis Vaiba for the feature in Just Perfect, much appreciated!
Titusville, FL - United States
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Please Wait...
Share
Comment, Like, Favorite
0
0
0
0
0
20
18
20