The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa transforms a Spanish nun, mystic, and writer, into one of the most famous emblems of the ...

The Baptism of Christ. Above is the Eternal, in a circle of cherubim and seraphim; an angel on either side: below, John and Christ standing in a stream; Mary Magdalen on one side, and an angel on the ...

Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin, "American Paintings Before 1945 in the Wadsworth Atheneum," New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1996, pg. 758. Summary Violent scene showing figures struggling ...

In a moment of civil and spiritual crisis, the brilliant Capuchin monk rallied Christian forces — not with a sword, but with Scripture, a crucifix and unwavering faith.

They helped to make Vincent van Gogh among the most famous and influential painters in the history of art. Why did sunflowers obsess him and so many other artists before and since?

But the recent discovery of 200-year-old rock paintings found in South Africa now has scientists hypothesizing that this ancient creature may have been far more than just a legend.