You’ll begin in the very heart of the Gothic Quarter ... the Jewish neighborhood established in the Middle Ages. Here you’ll learn about the vacillating periods of relative religious freedom and ...

The human quest for transcendence and meaning has not disappeared with modernity, but has adapted to the evolving cultural ...

Born in Batman in 1966, Gunestekin was shaped by Kurdish dengbej singers, whose tales wove together myth and history. His art, exhibited in Venice, Berlin and New York, challenges official narratives ...

Its adoption as a state religion is evidenced by the appearance of crosses on ... These buildings may thus serve as the physical and emotional repositories of the memories, history, art, and knowledge ...

So we’re starting this year off by championing a happy medium: the Middle Ages Modern aesthetic. It’s all about marrying the grandeur of medieval craftsmanship with the practicality and ...

At a cathedral in York, England, expert stonemasons are combining cutting-edge technology with ancient technique to bring ...

SAYEDA ZEINAB, Syria—Ali Rashid, a pilgrim from Iraq, carefully spread a red religious banner over the gilded mausoleum in the shrine of Sayeda Zeinab, a holy place in Shiite Islam that once ...

OPINION — On-going mass protests in Iran and Israel have taken a contrasting view on religious nationalism and the role of political Islam and religious Zionism in politics. In Iran, street ...

It was performed both preventatively and, in the case of some medieval religious communities, periodically as part of monastic bodily regulation and discipline. Devoting some 25 chapters of his ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Good Things Utah)- It’s All Fun and Games is open and free for all ages at the Springville Museum of Art. Allison Pinegar and Bianca Velasquez share about the interactive retro ...

Crucifixion paintings are hard to find in American art of the 19th century, a time when top painters rarely made religious art. (An exception: Eakins’ pupil Henry O. Tanner, whose glorious The ...