Official history asserts that the Jewish people have existed continuously from the time of Abraham to the present day, thanks ...
As the recent Siena exhibition in New York so beautifully demonstrated, these artists helped redefine Western painting for centuries to come. None of these Sienese artists survived the Black Death.
Notably, a very faded painting of the crucifixion scene with Jesus on the cross was also uncovered, the image of his crown of ...
Even encountering African Christian communities, Europeans labeled local practices as heretical, justifying colonization and ...
Venice used new art commissions to help its citizens understand the changing nature of power and quell public anxiety during ...
Reverend Peter Crumpler says it makes "the council meetings no-go areas for religion". Growing numbers of people are breaking fast at the community Iftar, Muslim leaders say. In 11th-Century ...
As a result, animals turned up "in any possible context where art would be made", from wall paintings and carved doorways to clothing and coats of arms. It's no secret that medieval animal paintings ...
A 16th-century painting stolen more than 50 years ago has been found — and is now at the centre of a custody battle between a widow in Norfolk and a small Italian museum. “Madonna and Child ...
She’s the artful dodger. The ex-wife of a late British baron refuses to hand over a 16th-century painting that was stolen from an Italian museum more than 50 years ago — even though she “nev ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The 16th-century painting “Madonna and Child” by Italian painter Antonio Solari that was stolen more ...
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(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s National Gallery said a Greek lawmaker on Monday attacked four paintings in an exhibition at the museum in Athens, including one he had ...