As the recent Siena exhibition in New York so beautifully demonstrated, these artists helped redefine Western painting for centuries to come. None of these Sienese artists survived the Black Death.
A sculpture depicting the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus has been ... protesting what they saw as a “homoerotic” painting of Jesus commissioned to celebrate Easter in the Spanish city ...
JESUS and Virgin Mary statues have been left looking like cartoon characters after a restoration job went wrong. The ...
The Virgin Mary has been given yellow skin and giant white eyes, making her look like a poorly-drawn character from the Simpsons. Jesus has also ... wanted to cover the painting up, tourists ...