'Visualizing the Virgin' shows Mary in the Middle Ages An exhibition of illuminated manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum explores how Jesus' mother was portrayed before Renaissance artists ...

Just in time for the holiday season, a new exhibit in D.C. takes a look at depictions of the Virgin Mary, one of the most popular female subjects, from the 14th through 18th centuries.

The Madonnas painted by Raphael in his Florentine period were influenced by Leonardo’s 1503 work “The Virgin and St. Anne,” which depicts a lamb held by the Christ Child as his mother Mary ...

"Picturing Mary" is the most ambitious exhibition mounted by the National Museum of Women in the Arts in years, and given its subject — images of the Virgin Mary — it is likely to be one of ...

He says he wanted to allow Mary to speak in the same way that artists of the Renaissance wanted to paint her robes, her suffering and her yearning. Book Reviews A Vengeful Virgin In 'The Testament ...

The section uncovered so far comprises a stunning, Renaissance-era altarpiece. ... The left-hand lateral panel depicts St. Anne, accompanied by her daughter the Virgin Mary with Jesus on her lap.

Ugolino di Nerio's Saint Anne and the Infant Virgin, c. 1330-1335, egg tempera, mordant gilding and gold leaf on wood, likely poplar, 75.9 x 50.6 centimetres, purchased in 1982 by the National ...

A man bought a yellowing picture of the Virgin Mary and Child at an estate sale in Massachusetts. Experts believe it is by the renowned German artist Albrecht Dürer. By Alyssa Lukpat In 2016, a ...

FIFA World Cup 2018 photographers are creating images that would be right at home in a Renaissance museum. ... Damir Sagolj—Reuters The Assumption of the Virgin Mary painting by Guido Reni ; ...