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The election of Leo XIV to the papacy has put an unexpected spotlight on one of the most unusual treasures of Catholic ...
Breastfeeding has been depicted in art throughout the centuries, forming a visual representation of women’s lived experiences concerning religion and societal expectations. Ancient civilizations ...
Navigating the art world can be tricky. Over centuries of existence, art theory and criticism have amassed thousands of ...
providing an intriguing portal into Renaissance art (Room 51). The long central aisle of the Sainsbury Wing will house larger religious paintings. Altogether the 15 rooms in the Sainsbury Wing ...
Paul Getty Museum has acquired a painting by Luis de Morales (1505-86)—the Spanish Renaissance artist referred ... “This expressive scene conveys the religious sensibility of the artist ...
Botticelli’s religious ... up painting, his only means of earning a living. Vasari recorded: “Nonetheless, he remained an obstinate member of the sect.” This master of the Italian ...
In mail art, the canvas is a postcard or a piece of ... journalers such as Martina Calvi (“who started the junk journal renaissance”) and Kalli (“the junk journal queen of Chicago”).
The 16th century Renaissance-era ... has been on Interpol’s stolen art database ever since the incident, despite it being known that the painting is in the possession of the late baron’s ex-wife, ...
A pious Hindu lady, Amita Sachdeva, a Delhi-based advocate has kicked up a fuss by demanding an FIR against Delhi Art Gallery for displaying paintings of the famous artist, the late M.F. Husain.
An “arboreal archaeologist,” Dalla Ragione scours Renaissance paintings and medieval archives, discovering endangered fruits that might be revived. Her life’s work offers a possible solution ...
The show rightly avoids the bias toward Florence in early Renaissance narratives ... but key ideas from her 2014 book, Religious Poverty, Visual Riches: Art in the Dominican Churches in Central ...
Museum staff have shared the history of a rare Italian renaissance ... which today houses an art museum She said that early Italian works had been cleared out from religious institutions due ...