I made out the beginning of the phrase, “Señor mío…” At subsequent Masses, I listened more carefully, and heard the full ...

Beauty and justice are birthed from a sanctified imagination and lived out while walking with the Spirit. They are the soil ...

One of the most beautiful paintings in the Art Gallery of NSW is a little panel from the Sienese School attributed to Sano di Pietro, and given to the gallery by James Fairfax (or more exactly ...

When I first saw Giotto’s fresco cycle “The Legend of St. Francis” in the upper church of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi—a small Italian town two hours from Rome by train—I ...

Another U.S. airport suffered a potentially catastrophic communications meltdown this week, but Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy seems to have other concerns. Namely, moving a painting of Jesus ...

The northern Italian city of Padua is home to one of the medieval master Giotto’s most famed works. The Scrovegni Chapel is decorated inside with fresco cycles by the artist, completed around 1305.

Jesus of Nazareth, whose death in Jerusalem is commemorated by Christians during Holy Week, was a historical figure who lived and died 2,000 years ago. For millions of believers, he is also the son of ...

The most significant scene between Jesus and Judas was “The Kiss of Judas,” where he kisses Jesus on the cheek, revealing his identity to the crowd ready to arrest him. (Matthew 26:47-5). This moment ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy made a splash at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) in Kings Point, New York, during a speech last week when he called for a painting of Jesus to be ...

Certainly not the rags and hovels that Jesus and his followers no doubt wore and lived in in real life. Dirty realism doesn’t appear in art for another 300 years.

They are flowers painted by Giotto, the maestro of medieval art. Some of them, I realise, have living lookalikes in my flower beds. As ever, art, flowers and gardens intertwine.

Jesus is pictured at rest in this painting. Credits: Public domain The Associated Press reports that recent research by a Greek monk and linguistics scholar linked Panselinos to Macedonian School ...