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The article profiles Dosso Dossi who was acclaimed as Ariosto, one of the poets in Duke Alfonso's circle in Northern Italy. He was one of jobbing courtiers who turned his hand to parade banners, festival scene-painting, and all the rest of the necessary machinery that displayed his lord's prestige. Furthermore, his studies are torn by disputes about dating, attribution and interpretation which made him more elusive as an artist than his celebrated colleagues.

Focuses on the statue known as the Little Madonna of Civitavecchia in Italy, which is causing problems for the Catholic Church, since claims of blood appearing on the face of the statue on February 2, 1995. Estimation of the times the Madonna cried from February 2 to March 15th, 1996; Public attention drawn to statue; Dispute over statue between the state and church; Rift between church members over statue; Information on other statues that attracted attention.