The Italian-born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was only 24-years-old when in 1499 he finished carving a post-crucifixion scene from a slab of Carrara marble. The sculpture was ...

The iconic sculpture’s journey from the Vatican to the 1964 World’s Fair in New York was a monumental feat of faith and logistics. The book cover of ‘Our Lady of the World’s Fair’ by Ruth D. Nelson, ...

Since its creation in 1499, Michelangelo’s Pietà has inspired emotion, faith, and imitation through its elegant depiction of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Yet few know the secrets that are still ...

The Madonna and Child — a young Mary holding her son, Jesus, as an infant — is the prevailing depiction of Mary throughout cultures and time. The Pietà, Italian for “pity” or “compassion,” depicts ...

Starting in the 1510s, when he was likely not yet 30 years old, Titian developed a style that used rich colors and striking dynamism to enliven the new medium of oil painting. He became Venice’s, ...

Whether it is the Stations of the Cross, a fine sculpture, a cru-cifix or a stained-glass window of a scene from the Bible or Church history, the purpose of all sacred art is the same: to draw us to ...

Sister Wendy Beckett, the amateur yet acclaimed art critic who died this past week, declared that it was her favorite of the Vatican’s many treasures, one she would not trade for all the rest.