But he avoided direct paintings of Christ for 15 years — “not wanting to fail” and worried he was being presumptuous since he ...

The most important wall paintings in the Abbey are from the late 13th century i.e. the figure of St Faith in her chapel and the figures of Christ with St Thomas and St Christopher in the south ...

This detailed gesture of maternal tenderness indicates a clear shift in how the birth of Christ is depicted at the cusp of the Gothic era: an increasingly emotional link between the Mother and Son.

For one investor that dream has come true. A painting of Christ believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci has just sold for a record $450m (£341m). Just under 60 years ago, the very same ...

The artworks were found during restoration work at Christ's College. The paintings celebrated the royal patron of Christ's College during the early 16th Century. Cambridge University art historian ...

This book investigates the political and spiritual agenda behind monumental paintings of Christ's miracles in late Byzantine churches in Constantinople, Mystras, Thessaloniki, Mount Athos, Ohrid, and ...

For many Christians around the world, celebrating the Nativity—the birth of Jesus Christ—is the most important part of the ...

Belinda Tate, the Melvin and Bren Simon director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, said she and the staff were ...