For all its transgressive subtext, Laurencin’s oeuvre was commercially and critically celebrated in her lifetime.

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...

Claire Tabouret, an artist in Los Angeles, was chosen to create new stained glass windows for the Paris cathedral. She never expected fires to shatter her sense of safety in California.

Upper section of the 13th-century fresco showing the tent textile hanging around the walls of the apse, with eight-pointed star motifs and with pseudo-Arabic inscriptions above. Part of the later ...

Researchers took samples from the tooth in 2016. The results, not widely disseminated, showed it was from someone in the 5th ...

The Vatican Apostolic Library has tapped Dior's creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri, Italian singer Jovanotti and Icelandic ...

The Eucharist is not simply a cultural legacy. It is more than a moving performance or a beautiful ritual symbolizing ...

When an iconic painting is in need of restoration, it is usually taken to a studio to be worked on in seclusion.

The newly uncovered painting depicts a motif that was popular in the late Middle Ages. In the artwork, the Archangel Gabriel ...

The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years.

Having a great camera phone is essential for taking amazing photos wherever you are, whenever you’d like. After all, not everyone can carry around a big DSLR at all times. I love a good camera phone ...

Here’s a selection of the week's top images. U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office while (from left to right) Vice-President Kamala Harris ...