christian art

March 30, 2016
Santa Maria Antiqua Reopens

February 15, 2016
Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, known as Il Sodoma, died on 15 February 1549 in Siena, where he spent the majority of his career.

February 2, 2016
Italian Baroque painter Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Guercino (the “squinter”), is believed to have been born on 2 February 1591 in Cento.

January 20, 2016
Today (20 January) is the feast day of St. Sebastian.

January 16, 2016
On 16 January 1498, Francesco di Giovanni, known as Botticini, died in Florence.

December 27, 2015
Today (27 December) is the Feast Day of St. John the Evangelist.

November 23, 2015
23 November is the Feast Day of Saint Clement .

November 22, 2015
Favorite Art Fact File Who? 3

July 30, 2015
The Worcester Art Museum is currently exhibiting its so-called Northbrook Madonna (above right) alongside one of America’s great art treasurers, the lovely devotional image showing the Virgin Mary and Christ Child, known as the Small-Cowper Madonna , by High Renaissance master Raphael , on loan from the National Gallery of Art (above left).

January 13, 2015
Today (13 January) is the traditional Feast of the Baptism of Christ, though it is now typically observed on the first Sunday after Epiphany (in 2015 it was celebrated on January 11 ).