Caravaggio’s paintings grow darker and more violent as his short life progresses. The pale and alluring John the Baptist who posed naked, wrapped in theatrical red cloth, must inevitably be ...

John the Apostle on Patmos; 17th-century painting by Jacopo Vignali. Public Domain John had been exiled to Patmos by the Roman Emperor Domitian. The island was used as a place of exile by the Romans ...

It symbolises his life, already shed, thrown. Cranach's characteristic attention to detail and composition brings the sacrifice of Matthias to life, reminding us that this apostle gave everything, ...

St John’s Grammar School has honored Apostle General Sam Korankye-Ankrah, Founder of Royalhouse Chapel International and a distinguished alumnus, for his exceptional contributions to the school ...

The painting is found in the chapel dedicated to St. Matthew in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi. The donor of the chapel was a French cardinal, Matthieu Cointerel, who died in 1585.

European monarchs and religious entities had a penchant for erecting massively elaborate and intricately beautiful monuments ...

St. John the Apostle student suspended for reporting bullet on campus allowed to return to school: judge By: Jay Greene Posted 8:29 PM, Apr 09, 2025 and last updated 7:31 AM, Apr 10, 2025 ...

7. The person to the left of Jesus is not a woman (or doubling as Mary Magdalene) — it’s Saint John. Many mistakenly believe that Saint John is a woman in the painting. Da Vinci likely gave him a more ...

Ahead of his first solo show in Hong Kong, Prestige meets buzzy Brooklyn painter Will St John, who depicts modern-day subjects through a classical lens. In a world fixated on instant gratification, in ...

Workers uncovered elaborate frescoes hidden behind a mantel in a church. The glittering works of art are revealing more about this small Spanish town’s 16th-century heyday.

Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350, an examination of Siena’s breathtaking mix of blood and gold at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is long overdue.

This was, Bohl says, “something very new in the art of painting”. The Maestà will be a centrepiece of the exhibition A New Look at Cimabue: The Origins of Italian Painting, showing at the Louvre.