Encaustic painting was a technique of painting with colored molten wax that originated in Ancient Greece. Over the following ...

Today, we celebrate the Feast of Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591), the Spanish mystic, poet, and Carmelite friar renowned ...

An exhibition at Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts emphasizes the stories and rituals surrounding religious artworks and objects.

Researchers have claimed that Christ disciple Mary Magdalene may have been hiding in plain sight in Michelangelo’s Sistine ...

The statue's insurance will not cover the restoration fees because it was on public display when the damage happened.

Despite being a central figure in Christ's story, Mary Magdalene had not yet been identified in Michelangelo’s "The Last ...

Fine art wasn’t part of James Erickson’s life growing up in a trailer park on the outskirts of Detroit. His only exposure to art came when he took trips to ...

Mary Magdalene may have been identified among the 300 tangled figures depicted in Michelangelo’s celebrated Sistine Chapel ...

When it comes to the "embodiment of Jesus", experts says there's a "pretty consistent breaking" of gender roles and ...

A keffiyeh used to swaddle Jesus at a Vatican nativity scene has been removed but "Christ in the Rubble" scenes remain ...