At Hyperallergic, we strive to make art more inclusive ... at it on the world’s most famous ceiling. Understanding this hidden story in the history of Christian art has value beyond the mere ...

The glowing works from Siena, now at the Met, are revelatory for their emotional intensity and 24-karat beauty.

The famous “Paekche smile” on the small Buddha statues of ... It should be remembered that Buddhist art in Korea, as with religious art in many ancient societies, was more than purely aesthetic ...

The Renaissance and early modern period were both challenging and rewarding for women artists. In this period, a number of ...

Discuss how and why people often feature in Christian art using this detailed lesson. With examples from Westminster Abbey, talk through different depictions of Jesus, saints and other people, and ...

Islamic art encompasses much more than pieces created explicitly for religious purposes, such as an illuminated Quran or an intricately carved minbar in a mosque, it is the art of Muslim people ...

The Met’s new exhibition on Siena—the first of its kind in America—shows how the possibilities of strange, colorful ooze ...

it also houses some of the most famous religious art in the world. The most famous piece is certainly the Pietà, a famous ...

Famous quote ... The gospel’s influence has extended beyond religious circles and influenced Western literature, art and broader socio-cultural perceptions and interpretations of who Jesus ...

Consider how different stories from the Bible are depicted within Christian art, and why that is important for Christians. Look closely at examples from Westminster Abbey including the Fall, the ...

For most of the Parthenon's years as a mosque, Muslims conducted their worship beneath numerous Christian paintings and the ... including its famous friezes, and ship them to England from 1801 ...

Debates over what to do with art, be it music or paintings ... Few people argue that Caravaggio's religious masterpieces should be destroyed or taken down because of his criminal life: The ...