St. Margaret-Mary Catholic Church in Parkersburg acquired two pieces of art over the past few years. One is the painting ...

A partnership between the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art and the Italian Embassy in India has brought "Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy" ...

The 16th century church, built over the traditional tomb ... saying he wanted to be near his favorite icon of the Virgin Mary ...

It is an object that is believed to have contained letters used to implicate Mary, Queen of Scots in the murder of her ...

It has been authenticated by art historian Mina Gregori, who has written several books on Caravaggio. Painted in chiaroscuro technique — characterised by dramatic contrasts between light and shadow — ...

Caravaggio's "Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy", his finest ... it really generates an impact on the viewer,” he added. The 17th-century painting was believed to be lost for centuries until it was ...

The answer may lie with the British Royal Navy. Since its inception in the 16th century, the navy served three regular meals to align with the shipboard routine. This included a simple breakfast ...

It’s believed that the tomato wasn’t grown in Britain until around the 1590s. In the early 16th century, Spanish conquistadors returning from expeditions in Mexico and other parts of ...

In a circular glass landmark by SANAA, Kanazawa’s contemporary art museum is quietly growing its collection. Photo: WATANABE Osamu, courtesy of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art ...

Abbe Dubois established a St Mary’s Chapel, the first Catholic church in Bangalore Cantonment, in an area called Blackpully (today’s Shivajinagar).

Holland’s talented 17th-century painters are partly to blame for the madness of Tulipmania: Their delicate depictions of the flowers, compiled in catalogs (or tulpenboeks) and shipped across ...