It is likely that Jesus was born not in a wooden barn ... of the nativity from the 14th century through the Renaissance. Bridget described Mary's labor as painless: since Mary had been cleansed ...

It is in this context that the clam shell is symbolically referred to Mary, and means the divine conception of Jesus Christ in her body. The shell as symbol of divine conception (virginal conception) ...

Michelangelo is undoubtedly one of the most brilliant and iconic artists from the Renaissance period. From his paintings to ...

Aside from “Christina,” perhaps, there’s no name that shouts “Jesus is my Lord and Savior” as much as “Mary.” In the view of the religious teachers who educated me, “Moon Unit ...

Baroque culture with its artistic and devotional program of showing heaven on earth pursued this same goal, while in Italian Renaissance ... Mary, indoors and outdoors, has been a figurehead of ...

the University of Michigan Affiliations Member of the Russian and Post-Soviet Studies Program (William & Mary) Member of the Medieval and Renaissance Program (William & Mary) Faculty Fellow of the ...

When Catholics venerate saints like Jesus' mother, the Virgin Mary, they call on that individual ... new ideas from the Renaissance and the Reformation challenged Roman Catholics' belief systems ...

Mary S. “Mary Lu” McNeal, a former professor of history at Notre Dame of Maryland University and founder and first director of the Renaissance Institute, died Aug. 11 in Timonium.

Casale, Giancarlo 2019. Did Alexander the Great Discover America? Debating Space and Time in Renaissance Istanbul. Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 72, Issue. 3, p. 863. Fur, Gunlög 2019. Different ways of ...

A remarkable painting by Italian Renaissance master Titian ... “The painting depicts Jesus, Mary and Joseph resting on their way to Egypt after learning that Herod, King of Judea, wanted ...

The Renaissance Performing Arts Association is thrilled to announce virtual auditions for the remainder of the 2024-25 season ...