Fine Arts & Craftsmanship

I came across a painting by the 19-century French academic painter Léon Bonnat titled “The Martyrdom of St. Denis.” At my first glance, this painting was a gruesome representation of ...

In the painting “A Goldsmith in His Shop," a finely dressed couple are eagerly purchasing a wedding ring. ...

Nearly 700 years ago, in September 1321, the Italian literary great Dante Alighieri died.   Dante wrote poetry and important ...

Sometimes we find ourselves addicted to substances, emotions, and ways of thinking that keep us far from experiencing ...

In the pastel painting "Heaven Cries," Spanish painter Montse Jara depicts an adorable young angel in heaven. He’s ...

While under lockdown, staff at the Museum of London decided to edit a series of videos documenting the ...

Since the 10th century, monks have lived at the Hosios Loukas Monastery in Distomo in central Greece, where ...

Sometimes we have the best intentions and push ourselves into becoming the best version of ourselves. We look ...

In the painting “Patient Observer,” an American barn owl has been captured gracefully stretching out its wing, revealing ...

“We don’t go to art for information. Rather it’s the experience.”—Roger Scruton, philosopher Piero della Francesca’s “The Baptism ...

For centuries, people have marveled at the ornate brickwork and distinctive polychrome onion domes of the Church of ...

You won’t find American realist artist Steve Wineinger’s paintings online easily, if at all, but for decades he ...

On April 25, 1915, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in ...

We sometimes come across people in our lives who cause us pain. It can be tempting to want ...

Japanese painter Kazuo Torigoe creates incredible oil paintings on copper that make you wonder what in the painting ...

In the Black Hills of South Dakota, less than a half-hour drive down the road from Mount Rushmore, ...

Between the 8th and 19th centuries, Kyoto, in western Japan, was the country’s capital. Built in 794, Kyoto ...

The Renaissance painter Raphael Sanzio was born on April 6, 1483; he would die on his birthday, April ...

Some paintings almost everyone in the Western world knows: Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa,” Piero della Francesca’s “The ...

A few years ago, I flew to Florence, Italy, for a friend’s wedding. Not only was I fortunate ...

Several years ago, I commissioned a fine artist to paint my girlfriend’s favorite photo of her two teenage ...

The sun's rays entering the nearly 27,000 square feet of stained glass windows of Notre-Dame de Chartres Cathedral create thousands ...

Many stories in Western culture warn of the woes that come from challenging the divine. Today, we will ...

It is Dec. 29, 1170, at Canterbury Cathedral in southeast England, one of the most important places of ...

The hallowed ground of Westminster Abbey holds a unique place in British history. It's where coronations occur and ...

Every year, millions of people celebrate Easter as the day commemorating the resurrection of Jesus three days after ...

Last year, an Italian nun caused quite a stir at Sotheby’s, London, when her painting titled “Still Life ...