How Many People Witnessed the Healing of St. Peter’s Mother-in-Law?
SCRIPTURES & ART: Three artists — Rembrandt van Rijn, James Tissot and John Bridges — imagine the healing of St. Peter’s mother-in-law in different ways.
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Advent, the Annunciation and the Mérode Altarpiece
The Mérode Altarpiece abounds in theological symbolism.
Post-Modern Vatican Nativity Scene Provokes Wave of Criticism
‘I haven’t seen anyone say they feel more Christian because they’ve seen it,’ art historian Elizabeth Lev said of the controversial display.
St. John the Baptist in Art and Scripture
St. John’s message is not just an historical artifact — it is addressed to you and me.
Tradition and the Meaning of Art
“Impressionism … is another name for that final skepticism which can find no floor to the universe.” —G. K. Chesterton (The Man Who was Thursday)
Light Amid the Ruins: Literature in the 20th Century
And amid the ruins of “progress” it is art, and particularly literature, that has proved the voice of the resistance.
Batman versus Modern Art
An episode of the old Batman series offers an exposé on the pretentiousness of modern art.
Creative Quarantining: Families Make Time for Homemade Art
Confined to hearth and home, humans are doing what humans have always done: making things.
A Happy Ending for Urban VIII’s Pregnant Niece
In St. Peter’s Basilica, 17th-century sculptors left a mystery with an intriguing possible backstory.
A Modern-Day Michelangelo: Canadian Sculptor Presents the Gospel in Bronze
On Sunday, Schmalz’s sculpture “Homeless Jesus” will have a new home in Mexico City.
