they brought a European Jesus with them. Jesuit missionaries established painting schools that taught new converts Christian ...

She sits in complete stillness, her head tilted, eyes closed, her lips parted. Her hands, fingers intertwined, rest gently ...

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, renowned for his revolutionary use of light and shadow, transformed the visual language of ...

“A New Look at Cimabue: At the Origins of Italian Painting ... the tempera and gold leaf panel painting shows the Madonna ...

Italy: This image purports to show the face of Jesus Christ as a young boy ... made will be the basis for an upcoming documentary on Italian TV. The image was first released in 2004 and has ...