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GIORDANO, Luca: Adoration of the Magi

🖼 Adoration of the Magi, 1687-89
Oil on canvas

Swirling movement and golden light flood this Baroque composition as the Magi converge around the Christ child in dynamic, overlapping figures. Giordano's virtuosic brushwork and theatrical staging epitomize 17th-century Italian drama, transforming devotional narrative into luminous spectacle.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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