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.

Some, like Warner Sallman in his painting “Head of Christ,” have even depicted Jesus as a blonde man with blue eyes. But the Son of God wasn’t always illustrated in this manner. The ...

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 ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The images of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ at the Allentown Art Museum are not only breathtaking, they're also a glimpse of a religious journey in art. Starting with the ...

A current exhibition at the MET reveals a humanity that will shift people's perception of religious art — and with it their ...

At that time: Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptising.

Clearly, the way of Christ is the way of his disciples ... Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). The painting comes from a triptych he created as an altarpiece for a church in Valenciennes, a town ...

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 ...