Modern scholars have adopted a different understanding of Mary Magdalene ... said Mary Magdalene's reputation was sullied by her depiction in art over the centuries. "Art history made her become ...

In art and in literature, Mary Magdalene is often used to illustrate ... Perhaps especially for modern people, it seems maddening that we should not know. We have an information-age conceit ...

“I am firmly convinced that this is Mary Magdalene,” Penco, who specializes in Renaissance and Baroque art, announced at ... Chapel — located at the modern-day Vatican — between 1537 ...

Here, instead of showing the penitent Mary Magdalene as an old woman, as was often done (most famously by Donatello), he has emphasized her unblemished youth, letting the light pick out the bare ...

In something resembling Where’s Waldo for a Renaissance masterpiece, an Italian researcher is confident she has located a depiction of Mary Magdalene ... The Rome-based art restorer and ...

In December, 2024, the Italian art restorer and ... This alternative vision of Mary Magdalene as a companion to Jesus and as a spiritual teacher lends itself to modern interpretation.

It’s said that Caravaggio painted Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy in 1606 ... an institution better known for platforming contemporary South Asian art than centuries-old masterpieces.

State of play: Artemisia Gentileschi, the first woman accepted to the Florence Academy of Fine Art, painted the piece around 1625. It depicts Saint Mary Magdalene, a central figure in Christianity ...

Since then, Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy has been shown at select exhibitions across the world, and now is on display at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Delhi, in partnership with the cultural centre ...