A short life and brutal death was enough to ensure that Jesus’ message of hope and everlasting life would spread across Judaea, across the Empire and ultimately, across the world. One of the ...

Iconic paintings like the Mona Lisa, The Starry Night, and Guernica offer profound insights into their creators' emotions and ...

One cannot discuss the most famous paintings of angels without mentioning ... play a crucial role in framing the suffering of ...

Scottish artist Peter Howson has made a painting of a homeless Jesus that will be shown alongside the statue. The world-famous sculpture, created by Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz, has been ...

Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—how one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could help ...

In the 1980s and 1990s, Beksiński’s paintings were exhibited abroad, including France and Japan, and he became an internationally recognised artist. His style is sometimes compared to that of Hans ...

The Met’s new exhibition on Siena—the first of its kind in America—shows how the possibilities of strange, colorful ooze ...

Both Elizabeth I and Raleigh have been criticised over their links to the slave trade. The artwork of Elizabeth I that has ...

The glowing works from Siena, now at the Met, are revelatory for their emotional intensity and 24-karat beauty.

Inside, you'll see frescoes depicting the life of Jesus' apostle, St. James. It's also famous for the painting, "Maria Hilf," of the Madonna and Child, which is the most popular such image in the ...