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An exceptional colorist and the most sensitive of draftsmen, Barocci executed only a few prints. Not surprisingly, his approach to printmaking was quite painterly. Here he creates an atmospheric representation of Saint Francis receiving the stigmata…

Portrayal of life under the Siege of Leningrad by Russian born artist who completed his art degree during the siege.

In this masterful drawing by Filippino Lippi, Christ's body is supported on the edge of his tomb by a man (either Joseph of Arimathea or Nicodemus) while angels bearing the three nails and crown of thorns reverently support Christ's arms. The drawing…

Auguste Rodin is arguably one of the most influential artists of the modern age, and produced a vast array of sculptures in plaster, marble, and bronze, as well as many drawings. His works are known for championing the ruggedness, strength, and…

Christian imagery, especially the theatrically bloody martyrdoms that hang in Mexican churches, pervades Frida's iconography. Her house in Coyoacan displays a particularly gruesome Road to Calvary, in which the overemphasis on Christ's wounds seizes…

"David” by Bernini is a life-size marble sculpture depicting the biblical David, about to throw the stone that will bring down Goliath, whom he then beheads. Compared to earlier works on this subject such as the David of Michelangelo, the sculpture…

Hams Khamis, a student at the American University of Cairo, interviewed her mother as part of our projects on well-being.

Heinrich Joest was a German Army sargeant during WWII and took picture of life behind the Warsaw Ghetto walls on his birthday in 1941. He kept the pictures he took, like this one, to himself until 1988, when he met Guenther Schwarberg, a reporter for…