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

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

While the Layton Utah Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is best known as a house of worship, it is ...

He is the most written about person in the history of the world. Add to his bibliography thousands of paintings and musical ...

A nearly fatal car crash led the New Mexican artist Nicholas Herrera to the hospital, to jail and into art. Now, his colorful ...

A plaque attached to the work reads “Holy Mother of God, be thou the cause of peace for Siena and life to Duccio because he ...

ST Luke contributed more to the New Testament than any other single author, offering us the most detailed account of Jesus’ ...

The descendants of James A. Staples — the head on-site mason for the team that laid the original foundation for the Salt Lake ...

The Holy Spirit does “mighty” things. We already met that might on Good Friday, when the Temple veil is torn in two, tombs ...

The jewel-like image shows the figure of the crucified Christ alone, heightening the beholder’s empathy and engagement with his suffering. This delicate painting may have been made during the final ...

A sculpture of the Virgin Mary showing her giving birth to Jesus was recently attacked and beheaded. Called “Crowning” by the artist Esther Strauss, the sculpture had been part of a temporary ...

Today we celebrate the Feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist, writer of the one of the four Gospels writers and the Acts of the ...