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A Woman Almost Threw Out a Renaissance Painting of Jesus Worth $27 Million That Was Hung in Her Kitchen
A recent discovery reported by France24 detailed the find of a Cimabue Renaissance painting ... The 10-inch-high painting ...
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The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European
As a European Renaissance art historian, I study the evolving image of Jesus Christ from A.D. 1350 to 1600. Some of the best-known depictions of Christ, from Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper ...
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15 greatest Renaissance paintings: masterpieces that shaped art history
The Sistine Madonna is one of the world’s most famous Renaissance paintings. Raphael showed his great creativity by making this piece, which depicts the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus in her ...
The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European
In colonial Latin America – called “New Spain” by European colonists – images of a white Jesus reinforced a caste system where white, Christian Europeans occupied the top tier, while those with darker ...