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Exhibit suggests 'peaceful pluralism' among ancient Jews, Christians and pagans
54 c.jpg The Magdala Stone, a limestone box unearthed from a first-century synagogue in Migdal, Israel. (Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority/Yael Yolovich) As they jostled to control lucrative...
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Images in conversation: 'Power Couples' exhibit shows symbolism in pairs
Salt Lake City Rotermund - Wise and Foolish Virgins CROP.jpg Julius Rotermund (1826-59), "The Wise and Foolish Virgin," 1856, oil on canvas, detail (Brigham Young University Museum of Art) Juxtaposing...
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Blurring the lines between rulers and saints
web Bertoldo hairs.JPG Detail of "Crucifixion," circa 1470, showing women pulling out their hair in mourning by Bertoldo di Giovanni, in bronze at the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence, Italy...
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Smithsonian exhibit connects spirituality and ecology of the American buffalo
Catlin Medicine Buffalo of the Sioux.jpg George Catlin, Medicine Buffalo of the Sioux, 1837-1839, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.485 Walking...
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Marketing overshadows scholarship in museum display of alleged 'St. Francis...
Baltimore missal 98 c.JPG The so-called "St. Francis Missal," open to Mark 10:21, the passage that isn't in the original story about the saint, is on view at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore....
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Amid pandemic, Holland's 'hidden' churches have an especially poignant message
fotograaf_arjan_bronkhorst_-_de_zolderkerk_2 c.jpg Interior view of Museum Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder in Amsterdam (Arjan Bronkhorst)* Prior to mid-March, I don't remember many weeks, let alone months,...
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AOC's favorite biblical story is mired in a dark, anti-Jewish past
DP883489 C.jpg"Christ driving the merchants from the temple," by Jean-Baptiste Haussard, after Bartolomeo Manfredi, a circa 1729 print (Metropolitan Museum of Art) AOC crop.jpg Rep. Alexandria...
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Ed Ruscha, the most famous Catholic artist few Catholics know
Ruscha %22Evil%22 c.jpg Detail of "Evil" by Ed Ruscha, screenprint on wood veneer, 1973, 19 7/8" x 30 1/8", featured in "Ed Ruscha: OKLA," running Feb. 18 to July 5, 2021 at Oklahoma Contemporary...
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Exhibit of early Picasso works explores knotty connection to Catholic upbringing
The Soup for WECKER Picasso's blue period 6.4.png"The Soup" by Pablo Picasso, 1903, oil on canvas (Courtesy of The Phillips Collection/Art Gallery of Ontario, © 2022 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists...
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Whistler's Catholic muse readies for hazy close-up
5158-001 c.jpg"Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl," 1861–1863, 1872, by James McNeill Whistler; see story below for full image (Courtesy of National Gallery of Art) A Catholic woman languishes in...
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