Mario Lanza, O Holy Night

This video is best viewed at 480p. Mario Lanza’s very beautiful voice singing O Holy Night, together with paintings of Christmas which are appropriate to the song lyrics and by well-known old master artists, blend together to remind the viewer of the wonder of Christmas. The paintings of many different old master artists are used for this video. Several artists are represented by two or more paintings each: Peter Paul Rubens, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo, Frederic E. Church, Gustave Doré, and William Adolphe Bouguereau. The names of the different artists whose paintings are used are listed in the order of their painting’s appearance in the video. The artists are: Bartolomé Estebán Murillo, Peter Paul Rubens, Carlo Maratti, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Gustave Doré, Gustave Doré, Jacques Louis David, Lorenzo Monaco, Gentile da Fabriano, Frederic E. Church, Frederic E. Church, Annibale Carraci, Gaspare Diziani, Benedetto Gennari II, José de Ribera, Francesc