For decades, the interior of the Temple of Our Lady of the Assumption, a church in the town of Santa María Huiramangaro in Mexico, stood stark white, with blue accents. But the parish was not always ...

For more than four decades, this landmark of the Jerusalem art scene has welcomed collectors, visitors, and art enthusiasts ...

The U.S. Homeland Security office in New York announced that its investigative unit will return two important 18th-century religious paintings to Peru. It was a Peruvian journalist, David Hidalgo of ...

An exhibition in Florence that pairs his giant canvases with Renaissance religious art brought me to the edge of tears. It is the perfect refuge from the infinite scroll, says Guardian columnist Rhian ...

At the entrance to "Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350," an exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art on view through Jan. 25, hangs a small Byzantine icon of the Virgin and Child from ...

Josefa de Óbidos, “Child Jesus Salvator Mundi” (1680), oil on canvas (Collection Coimbra, Venerável Ordem Terceiraall images courtesy Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga) Born in Seville in 1630, de Óbidos ...

To be honest, I never gave halos much thought. I knew what they represented in general, but I didn't pay much attention to the various styles and shapes. But turns out - they're not just decorative.

Do depictions of religious icons in art & architecture affect one’s experience with faith? Can depictions of religious icons in art & architecture have an impact on the deepness of one’s connection to ...

Pichwai art is a traditional Indian art form that originated in the town of Nathdwara, Rajasthan. Famous for its intricate ...