As a restorer who specialized in late medieval and early Renaissance paintings from Italy, he was in intimate touch with the ...

Just leave my painting alone!’ But then I also hope that at ... a member of the team responsible for restoring Enthroned Madonna Adored by Saints, shared insights into the meticulous efforts ...

It was Drew Christiansen, S.J., even more than Thoreau or Aquinas, whom I was surprised to encounter amid the German landscapes on the Upper East Side.

Francis has broken with recent papal tradition by choosing to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore instead of St ...

She even dared to rework biblical paintings ... by their first name alone, and yet, she has achieved it, not without making a splash. The very antithesis of the saint, Madonna today unites many ...

Roman neighbors and retired flight attendants Aurelia Ballarini and Francesca Codato came to pay respects to Pope Francis on ...

Its superb core Italian Renaissance collection was built around paintings plundered from churches — including Raphael’s “Marriage of the Virgin” and Piero della Francesca’s “Madonna ...