Bengaluru, The thing that got 11-year-old Mahaavin amazed when he discovered European master Caravaggio for the first time is ...

Mary Magdalene is one of the most intriguing figures in Christian history and has been portrayed in many different ways. Some say she was a sinner, others say she was a saint, some others say she ...

View RECTANGULAR PLAQUE in patinated bronze adorned with a Mary Magdalene in a landscape with a skull and a jar of ointments. Flanders, early 17th century. 17 x 12.8 cm (Early 17th Century) By 17th ...

The question of whether the skull authentically belonged to the biblical figure known as Mary Magdalene is less straightforward. As the religious scholar Philip Almond explains in his 2023 book ...

Mary Magdalene’s ecstasy was a familiar theme in Medieval/ Renaissance painting, which usually showed her being pierced by the light of redemption while being surrounded by symbols of repentance, like ...

Caravaggio's Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy at Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, Chanakyapuri , on April 11, 2025 in New Delhi, India. Photo by Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images.

Eliza Griswold on Mary Magdalene, the subject of numerous controversies who is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more imaginative approaches to faith.

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese tells the tale of St. Mary Magdalene, a once-demon-possessed woman who transformed through faith in "The Saints." ...

She leans back with her eyes closed and lips slightly parted, her face flushed with a wave of intense emotion. At her feet lies a skull — possibly a quiet reminder of the impermanence of beauty ...

Nine months later, a walker discovered his skull and teeth 1.7km from the village. ... a Unesco-listed medieval Gothic cathedral said to house relics of Mary Magdalene, ...

Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, c. 1620-5. The Doge’s Palace in Venice, ... Usually, Mary holds a jar of ointment or regards a skull, identifying her to audiences of the day.