How a group of Florentine businessmen became the founders of an order that would span continents and centuries.

Workers uncovered elaborate frescoes hidden behind a mantel in a church. The glittering works of art are revealing more about ...

Some students and Catholic community members plan to hold a Rosary Rally to protest the piece, which the artist said they ...

A tiny portrait of Mary Magdalene by Raphael has sold at auction for $3.1 million. The delicate oil painting measures less ...

Feb. 18 is the feast of Blessed Fra Angelico, a Dominican friar and painter of the early Italian Renaissance. When Pope John ...

Megawati presented a painting of the Virgin Mary to Pope Francis at the Vatican, where they discussed global warming and ...

Per the artist statement, "Petals of Change" is meant to highlight important social issues in Mexico, but some students are ...

Ofili is perhaps best known for the controversy created by his painting The Holy Virgin Mary (1996) which, when exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum as part of the seminal 1998 “Sensation” exhibition, ...

The Virgin of Guadalupe, whose shrine sits on what was once the outskirts of Mexico City, was one of the most revered apparitions of the Virgin Mary in New Spain ... period this image has been ...

The cross, which is about 10ft (3m) tall, depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and possibly the Virgin Mary and his disciple John, they said. Mrs Worne, a former art teacher, said: "We didn't expect ...

A couple were left stunned after finding a 10ft painting of Jesus on the cross inside their barn in Cornwall - created more than 70 years ago. Sarah Worne and her husband bought a plot of land of ...