Articles on this issue "artist"
For centuries, the art of iconography has provided a window to the divine, a doorway into history that not only serves as an artistic representation of a biblical event or of a saintly …
read moreTourists from the United States tend to see ancient Rome like a distant mirror of their own culture. The ancient Romans were a people under a rule of law; they were resourceful and respected …
read moreBy Elizabeth Lev This summer, Francesco Buranelli, director of the Vatican Museums, was interviewed by the Italian newspaper La Stampa, revealing his ambition to add a Picasso to the Vatican …
read moreBy Elizabeth Lev Rome has so many churches, museums and galleries, it would take a lifetime to see all the works of art housed here. Just when one thinks that perhaps one has come to the end …
read moreFew would think to question Leonardo da Vinci's genius, yet his life and works have often been the object of serious misinterpretations. Some books have presented him as an unbeliever and …
read moreJohn Paul II hopes that the artists participating in this year's Vatican Christmas concert will understand better "the message of truth and love" that comes from Bethlehem. The purpose of the …
read moreBy Elizabeth Lev Few images of Christ's passion rival the evocative Pietà. Though often associated with Michelangelo's statue of the same name in St. Peter's Basilica, the name "pietà" refers …
read moreIn this essay Father Jesús Villagrasa, professor of metaphysics at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum, looks at the film "The Passion of the Christ" in the light of John Paul II's …
read moreA photographic exhibition in the Charlemagne Wing of the Vatican Museums, next to St. Peter's Square, boasts a new perspective on Michelangelo's Pietà. The exhibition that opened Thursday is …
read moreA photographic exhibition of Michelangelo's Pietà has arrived in Rome after a 10-year successful tour of Europe. Its author is Austrian photographer Robert Hupka, who died in 2001. Hupka had …
read moreMichelangelo's "Moses" is once again on view, after five years of restoration work on the church where it is housed. The restoration of San Pietro in Vincoli Church coincided with the 500th …
read moreAn exhibition at the Holy See entitled "Visions and Ecstasies: Masterpieces of European Art Between the 17th and 18th Centuries" includes some standout expressions of Baroque art. The …
read moreLa Sagrada Familia, the unfinished architectural masterpiece of Antoni Gaudí, is due to be completed ahead of schedule -- 20 years from now, the British daily Telegraph reports. The first …
read moreModern paintings and sculptures tend to leave onlookers puzzled. A case in point is the artwork that catches the attention of the annual Turner Prize. This year, four artists made the …
read moreA recent congress, organized to study relations between Catholicism and European literature, warns that the construction of the European Union must not neglect its spiritual, cultural and …
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