The Casamari pharmacy, still in operation after two centuries, remains a powerful symbol of the connection between monastic ...

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From the Pilgrims' Madonna at the Basilica of St. Augustine to the Martyrdom of St. Ursula that closes the "Caravaggio 2025" ...

A new Artemisia Gentileschi exhibition in Paris showcases never-before-seen paintings that shed new light on the artist.

Nuns’ diverse experiences of monastic solitude reflect modern urban loneliness. In 1812 Lord Byron expressed the contradictory nature of loneliness in the poem Childe Harold, juxtaposing the positive ...

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