Even after 40 years of a celebrated painting career often focused on Jesus Christ, Olsen still sometimes wishes “I could have a vision and do him justice — knowing how long his hair is ...

As you dive into the secrets of Vatican City, one of the first major puzzles you’ll be faced with is one involving the ...

Max Beckmann's painting, "Christ and the Sinner ... with their spears creating a cross-like image directly behind Jesus. The woman who kneels beside Jesus has her hands clasped in supplication.

Like much previous Christian art, the emphasis remained on Jesus ... One way to show this was to portray Jesus on a cross but with his eyes open, alive and undefeated by the cross; in the ...

(JTA) — A large painting of Jesus will be moved out of a room at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in New York, and mandatory events will not take place in its presence. That decision by the ...

A painting of Jesus greeting grateful lost sailors was too big to move, so a vice admiral brought in the curtains. (JTA) — The painting in a key room in the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy was as ...

In the vision, Jesus hands him Jesus’ own cross, and the monk is miraculously healed. What if taking up the cross has less to do with bearing our own burdens on our own, and more to do with our ...

Art experts don't get what the fuss is about. Spanish artist Salustiano García Cruz's depiction of a handsome, youthful Jesus – for whom his own son served as the model – on a poster in ...

The cross, which is about 10ft (3m) tall, depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and possibly the Virgin Mary and his disciple John, they said. Mrs Worne, a former art teacher, said: "We didn't expect ...