As a restorer who specialized in late medieval and early Renaissance paintings from Italy, he was in intimate touch with the ...

Dr Brendan Rooney, Head Curator, National Gallery of Ireland explores the lives and work of Evie Hone and Mainie Jellett, the ...

At this time, people from all over can visit Pope Francis' remains and attend the funeral mass in his honor. According to the ...

In the Renaissance, European artists began to combine the icon ... gilt and mother-of-pearl shrine with a painting of a distinctly white, European Madonna and Child. In colonial Latin America – called ...

Well, early origins are murky, but one theory holds that the rabbit, and the name 'Easter', both stem from the pagan festival ...

These cherubim are common in Italian Renaissance and Baroque painting, according to Britannica, especially in scenes depicting the Madonna and Child. The fleurs-de-lis, while found in many ...

Although the Renaissance remains the museum’s greatest ... gilded altarpieces, Crivelli’s “Madonna and Child” flanked by life-size saints leaps out like a modern mixed-media interloper ...

Francis has broken with recent papal tradition by choosing to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore instead of St ...

Recap our coverage as Pope Francis's funeral arrangements are discussed in the Vatican with world leaders set to attend.

While previous popes were placed in three coffins nested into each other, Francis’ mortal remains were placed in a plain ...

In Renaissance symbolism ... In his Madonna del Cardellino (Madonna of the Goldfinch), a goldfinch—a symbol of Christ’s Passion—is gently held by the Christ child. In other devotional ...