A Sacred Emblem of Merida Over the centuries, chroniclers, historians and art critics have turned their attention to what is undoubtedly the most iconic monument in the Yucatecan capital, penning a ...

A century ago The Irish Times called their style freakish. A National Gallery of Ireland exhibition shows how important they ...

Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a large medieval cathedral in the subterranean citadel of Old Dongola, once the ...

Prague is a stunning part of Europe that blends old-world magic with teen-approved fun. From quirky museums to alternative ...

In this week's Screen Gab, "The Chosen" star George Xanthis discusses the show's success, plus streaming suggestions for your ...

Its presence, discreet but eloquent, elevates the atmosphere of the liturgical celebration, constantly reminding us of Mary ...

Ito Jakuchu’s Colorful Realm of Living Beings, 30 scroll paintings created over a ten year period (ca. 1757-66), were donated, a year before they were finished, to the Shokokuji Zen monastery in Kyoto ...

What it tells, in these paintings, is by turns sobering and playful—and never sanctimonious. Ramberg’s explorations began to take shape in the late ’60s, when she was a student at the School ...

The church is known for its unique set of medieval wall paintings, dating from around 1380. The most significant is a depiction of the martyrdom of Thomas Becket, the 12th century Archbishop of ...

The artist’s large-scale gouache cartoons for tapestries of The Acts of the Apostles (1515-16, the surviving paintings from the set now in the collection of the V&A) were made into tapestries ...

The filmmaker said, “We do it ‘The Chosen’ way, which is we take stories that are famous… maybe they have been portrayed in stained-glass windows or as paintings in the case of the Last Supper, one of ...

MEDIUM: Unlike traditional frescoes, where pigments were applied on wet plaster, da Vinci painted The Last Supper on a drywall using egg tempera mixed with oil paint. This gives his mural its iconic ...