The Art Institute of Chicago has two works on display by one of the world's great landscape painters, J.M.W. Turner, born 250 ...

Finally, John’s birth and circumcision is itself described (1:57-80), crowned by Zechariah’s great canticle of joy, the ...

The Nativity with the Infant Saint John, by Piero di Cosimo, 1495-1505 © National Gallery of Art, Washington. Source: ...

Introducing Jesus to a new generation of moviegoers was a task Cecil B. DeMille undertook with the utmost sincerity. The ...

Robbie Williams has turned his artistic talents to pottery with his pieces now going on display in the city of his birth. The pop megastar - who is part way through his European tour - has created ...

The first such example highlighted in the film is that two key founders of America, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, both died the same day — exactly 50 years after July 4, 1776. Adams’ last words ...

The birth of Jesus Christ - a seminal biblical event - has been the subject of many paintings by Western artists, who have often applied the ideas of beauty and creativity prevalent there while ...

What did childbirth look like when Jesus was born? The story of Jesus’ birth is celebrated, manger and all. But historical texts suggest deliveries during that time were surprisingly hygienic.

Biblical stories of Jesus' birth reveal intriguing clues about his times. In their differing accounts of the first Christmas, the Gospels of Matthew and Luke provide important historical details ...

The mystery behind one of the world's most famous paintings has finally been “solved” after 500 years. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT The Birth of Venus is a painting by the Italian ...