12 Baroque Christian Paintings by the Masters of Light and Shadow
Baroque Christian paintings transformed the language of sacred art more radically than any movement before or since. Between roughly 1600…
12 Medieval Christian Paintings from the Masters of the Gothic Tradition
Medieval Christian paintings are where the story of Western sacred art truly begins. Long before Leonardo or Raphael reinvented the…
The 12 Most Famous Christian Paintings in History
The most famous Christian paintings in history are not simply beautiful objects. They are visual acts of faith, shaped by…
12 Modern Christian Paintings That Changed Sacred Art
Modern Christian paintings are often treated as a contradiction in terms, as if the nineteenth and twentieth centuries were too…
15 Famous Mary Magdalene Paintings of Repentance and Grace
No subject has inspired more Mary Magdalene paintings across the history of art than the moment between sin and salvation,…
12 Renaissance Christian Paintings That Defined Sacred Art
Renaissance Christian paintings did not simply depict the Gospel. They reinvented it. Between roughly 1420 and 1580, Italian artists achieved…
Cosimo Tura Paintings and the Singular World of Ferrara
Cosimo Tura (c. 1430–1495) was the court painter of the Este family of Ferrara and the founder of the distinctive…
Ercole de’ Roberti Paintings and the Ferrarese Renaissance
Ercole de’ Roberti (c. 1451–1496) was the third and most emotionally intense painter of the Ferrarese school, the heir of…
Paolo Uccello: Perspective Magic in Religious Paintings
Paolo Uccello (1397–1475), born Paolo di Dono in Pratovecchio near Florence, was one of the most original and paradoxical figures…
Filippino Lippi Paintings, Between Botticelli and the Baroque
Filippino Lippi (c. 1457/58–1504) was the son of Filippo Lippi and one of the most original painters of the Florentine…