As a result, the Christian funerary art in the catacombs was similar to traditional Greco-Roman art. During the Great Persecutions, religiously ‘neutral’ images were used by Christians.

A 4 c. BC Greek fresco bearing striking similarities to the traditional portrayals of the Virgin Mary has been discovered in ...

Daise continued to chair the department and taught three courses: Rabbis and Fathers (spring 2024), Christian Origins (fall 2024 ... preparatory work for her honors thesis in Rome, visiting catacombs ...

an underground sanctuary The catacombs of San Gennaro are a vast underground network dug directly into the volcanic rock. It served as a necropolis and place of worship for the first Christian ...

The trove includes many individual works of art, from the gilded portrait mask ... Beyond that are catacombs once filled with mummified ibises, hawks and baboons. To the west is the Serapeum ...

The capital city of Italy is Rome, a city that somehow comes together by way of the natural conjunction of history, culture, ...

In time for Easter, here's a look at some of the incredible artistic tributes to the Christian narrative that can be found ...

A rare letter penned by C.S. Lewis in 1937 is on display at The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., in the new exhibit, ...

A. Christian Antisemitic Tropes in Literature and Art Medieval and Renaissance Christian art often depicted Jews as demonic figures or Christ-killers in paintings and sculptures. Depictions of the ...

According to Van der Vorst, Gaudí’s unique vision “redefined 20th-century architecture and Christian art.” He continues: “It was a joy to see that Pope Francis has put ‘God’s ...

The story of Sodom is more than ancient history. It speaks to a culture that forgets sin has consequences — and that divine ...