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As an art historian, I find it bizarre that some people are more inclined to believe that Leonardo da Vinci was a member of a secret sect than that he [...]

The article offers information on the Pietà which is a work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. It discusses that the statue was commissioned for the French Cardinal Jean de Bilhères, who was a representative in Rome; and mentions that to convey the lifelessness of Jesus Christ, Michelangelo added details observed from an actual lifeless body.

The article discusses Tanner's realistic Annunciation from the late Roman Empire. Topics include an unlikely painter in an unlikely place embracing modern era to renew image without losing either its sense of sanctity or its power to teach calling as Henry Ossawa Tanner; and a little bare foot peeking out from under the hem of her robe, sometimes touting by secular art history as Tanner defying traditional Christian iconography.

WHY WE SHOULD CALL OURSELVES CHRISTIANS The religious roots of free societies WRITTEN BY Marcello Pera PUBLISHED IN TRASLATION BY Encounter Books, 2011 ISBN: 978-1-59403-564-7, Hardcover, pp. 220; PRICE: $27.95CDN [...]

In 1480, Italy celebrated the feast of the Assumption with spectacular liturgies, processions and, of course, banquets with the exception of Otranto, a tiny town on the Adriatic coast, where […]

AS a respected Boston lawyer once remarked of recent biographies, "It's tough times for the dead." A case in point was the cover of last week's Time magazine. Splashed across […]

The article discusses Ubaldo Lanfranchi, an archbishop of Pisa, has returned from the Holy Land to his native city. It mentions that a tremendous battle is waging between angels and demons for the souls of the dead; and mentions that a monk stands before the young people, who cover their noses and mouths in revulsion.

The article offers the author's insights on the history of Western art. The author says that Western art originated from Giorgio Vasari, whose 1550 book, entitled "Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects," presented a series of biographies of Italian artists. She states that Vasari identified in this book three historical periods and that the spirituality in his artworks made them better than his modern successors.