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Annunciation
The Annunciation (from Latin '), also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lady, or the Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the biblical tale of the announcement by the ange ...
is the biblical episode of the announcement by the archangel Gabriel to Mary that she would become the mother of Jesus.
Annunciation may also refer to:
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Annunciation to the shepherds
The annunciation to the shepherds is an episode in the Nativity of Jesus described in the Bible in Luke 2, in which angels tell a group of shepherds about the birth of Jesus. It is a common subject of Christian art and of Christmas carols.
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, in which angels tell a group of shepherds about the birth of Jesus
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Annunciation to Joseph, when Joseph is told in a dream Mary has conceived by the Holy Spirit
Paintings
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''Annunciation'' (Fra Angelico, Madrid), 1425–26
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''Annunciation'' (Fra Angelico, San Marco), c. 1450, in Florence, Italy
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Annunciation of Cortona
The ''Annunciation of Cortona'' is a panel-painting altarpiece or retable by Fra Angelico: once housed in the Church of Gesù of Cortona, it is now held at the Museo Diocesano in Cortona.
History
The ''Annunciation of Cortona'' was painted by ...
'', 1433–1434, by Fra Angelico
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Annunciation of San Giovanni Valdarno
The ''Annunciation of San Giovanni Valdarno'' is a painting by Fra Angelico, painted in tempera on panel. It is part of a series of Annunciation panels painted by Fra Angelico in the 1430s. The other two are the '' Annunciation of Cortona'' and ...
'', c. 1430–1432, by Fra Angelico
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''Annunciation'' (Antonello da Messina), 1474, in Syracuse, Italy
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''Annunciation'' (Bellini), c. 1500, by Giovanni Bellini, in Venice, Italy
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''Annunciation'' (Botticelli, Glasgow), 1490
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''Annunciation'' (Botticelli, New York), c. 1485–1492
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''Annunciation'' (Caravaggio), 1608, in Nancy, France
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''Annunciation'' (Cima), 1495, in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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''Annunciation'' (Correggio), 1524–25, in Parma, Italy
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The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius
''The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius'' is an altarpiece by Italian artist Carlo Crivelli showing an artistic adaptation of the Annunciation. The altarpiece was painted for the Church of SS. Annunziata in the Italian town of Ascoli Piceno, in ...
'', 1486, by Carlo Crivelli, in London, England
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''Annunciation'' (Artemisia Gentileschi), 1630, in Naples, Italy
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''Annunciation'' (Orazio Gentileschi, 1600), in Newark, Delaware, US
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''Annunciation'' (Orazio Gentileschi, 1623), in Turin, Italy
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''Annunciation'' (El Greco, Illescas), 1603–1605
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''Annunciation'' (El Greco, Madrid), 1609, in a private collection in Madrid, Spain
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''Annunciation'' (El Greco, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza), 1575–1576, in Madrid, Spain
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''Annunciation'' (El Greco, Museo del Prado, 1600), part of the Doña María de Aragón Altarpiece
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''Annunciation'' (El Greco, Prado, 1570), 1570, in Madrid, Spain
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Annunciation (El Greco, Sigüenza), 1614
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Annunciation (El Greco, São Paulo Museum of Art), 1600, in São Paulo, Brazil
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''Annunciation'' (Guercino), 1646
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''Annunciation'' (Master Jerzy), 1517, in Kraków, Poland
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''Annunciation'' (Lanfranco, Rome), c. 1615–1624
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''Annunciation'' (Leonardo), 1472–1475, in Florence, Italy
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''Annunciation'' (Filippo Lippi, London), c. 1449–1459
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''Annunciation'' (Lippi, Munich), 1443–1450, by Filippo Lippi
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''Annunciation'' (Lippi, Rome), 1445–1450, by Filippo Lippi
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Annunciation with Two Kneeling Donors'', 1440–1445, by Filippo Lippi
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''Annunciation'' (Lochner), c. 1440, by Stefan Lochner, in Cologne, Germany
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''Annunciation'' (Lorenzetti), 1344, in Siena, Italy
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Annunciation with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus
The ''Annunciation with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus'' is a painting by the Italian Gothic artists Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi, now housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. It is a wooden triptych painted in tempera and gold, with a ...
'', by Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi, in the Uffizi in Florence, Italy
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''Annunciation'' (Masolino), c. 1423–1424 or c. 1427–1429, in Washington, D.C., US
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''Annunciation'' (Memling), c. 1482, in New York City, New York, US
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''Annunciation'' (Moretto), 1535–1540
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Annunciation of Fano
'' Annunciation of Fano'' is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Pietro Perugino, executed around 1488–1490, and housed in the church of Santa Maria Nuova, Fano, central Italy.
The work was successful, and a few years later he was com ...
'', c. 1488–1490, by Pietro Perugino
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''Annunciation'' (Pittoni), c. 1757
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''Annunciation'' (Pontormo), 1528, in Florence, Italy
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''Annunciation'' (Previtali), 1505–1510, by Andrea Previtali, in Meschio, Italy
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''Annunciation'' (Reni), 1629
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''Annunciation'' (Rubens), two paintings by Peter Paul Rubens
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''Annunciation'' (Signorelli), 1491, in Volterra, Italy
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''The Annunciation'' (Tanner), 1898, by Henry Ossawa Tanner, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
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''Annunciation'' (church of San Salvador), 1559–64, by Titian, in Venice, Italy
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''Annunciation'' (Uccello), c. 1425
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''Annunciation'' (van Eyck, Madrid), 1434–36
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''Annunciation'' (van Eyck, Washington), 1434–36
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''Annunciation'' (Veronese, Uffizi), c. 1556, by Paolo Veronese, in Florence, Italy
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''Annunciation'' (Wautier), 1659, by Michaelina Wautier, in Marly-le-Roi, France
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''Annunciation Triptych'' (Lorenzo Monaco)
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''Annunciation Triptych'' (van der Weyden)
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Ustyug Annunciation
''Annunciation of Ustyug'' (russian: Устюжское Благовещение) is a Russian Annunciation icon, created in Novgorod in the 12th century, and one of the few icons which survived the Mongol invasion of Rus'. The ''Annunciation of ...
'', 12th-century Russian Orthodox icon from Novgorod
Sculptures
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''Annunciation'' (Vittoria), c. 1583, by Alessandro Vittoria, in Chicago, Illinois, US
Film
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''The Annunciation'' (film), a 1984 Hungarian film directed by András Jeles
Music
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''Annunciation'' (album), a 1994 album by
the Subdudes
See also
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Enunciation
Elocution is the study of formal speaking in pronunciation, grammar, style, and tone as well as the idea and practice of effective speech and its forms. It stems from the idea that while communication is symbolic, sounds are final and compelli ...
, announcing, proclaiming, or making known
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Annunciade
Annunciade (English: Annunciation), and various alternate spellings, may refer to:
Religious orders
* Servites, also known as the ''Servants'' or ''Annunziata'', first religious order of its kind was instituted in 1232 by seven Florentine merch ...
, several religious and military orders
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Annunciation Church (disambiguation)
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Annunciation School (disambiguation)
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Annunciation Monastery (disambiguation)
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Annunciation Bridge
The Annunciation Bridge ( - ''Blagoveshchensky most''; from 1855 to 1918 Nikolaevsky Bridge, ; from 1918 to 2007 called Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge, ) is the first permanent bridge built across the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It connec ...
, across the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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