Like that grand piazza, which Bernini designed in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, the enormous marble sculptures for which the artist is best known are for all practical purposes ...

Nearly 60 works from the Torlonia Collection, including striking depictions of animals and people, will feature in exhibitions in Chicago, Fort Worth and Montreal.

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Around St. Peter’s Square, the pope offered services to the homeless and migrants, in ways that often did not go down well ...

it is said that Bernini stood in front of a mirror and let his hand be burned by the fire of a candle: from there the artist created the sketch as a model for the work. Whether reality or legend ...

The Argentinian pontiff was a powerful progressive voice in world politics, the first Jesuit priest to be spiritual leader of ...

A partnership between the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art and the Italian Embassy in India has brought "Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy" ...

Pope Francis’ tomb is made of Ligurian (Italian) marble with the sole inscription “FRANCISCUS” and a reproduction of his ...

Whether you’re Catholic or not, it’s hard to argue with the fact that St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is an amazing feat of ...

by the artist Pietro Bernini (father of the much more famous Gian Lorenzo Bernini). Members of the noble family that once owned this fragmentary Venus turned to their own generation’s artists to ...

Pope Francis is dead at 88. His legacy includes an embrace of contemporary art, such as the first papal visit to the Venice ...