Mary Magdalene is one of the most intriguing figures in Christian history and has been portrayed in many different ways. Some ...

In June 2024, the head of the Vatican communications department, Paolo Ruffini, vigorously defended his office’s continued ...

A portrait of the Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Wikimedia Commons/Biblioteca Marucelliana) Two other religious paintings with the same innovative use of light and darkness ...

the blockbuster artist who revolutionised the use of light and dark in Western art. Meanwhile, a new exhibition of works by the Baroque painter, “Caravaggio 2025”, is on view at the Palazzo ...

Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio. He’s the blockbuster artist ...

The works on display comprise a visual and historical tour through sacred art and portraits from the Renaissance and Baroque ...

A reflection on a 17th-century painting by Everdingen, exploring its artistic flaws, symbolic beauty, and the historical ...

If Caravaggio was controversial in his time, it was especially because of his approach to the technique of painting ... in a very shallow space with light falling obliquely from above on one ...

The Vatican Library is the custodian of a major part of humanity’s literary heritage. That includes more than 80,000 ancient ...

The renowned expert Gianni Papi claims to have found the Italian master’s first painting, the original of ‘Boy Peeling Fruit’ ...

The British painter has dedicated her career to depicting human flesh, especially that of women, with deep empathy.