The Chora monastery is in fact one of the rarest examples of Byzantine art given its mosaics and frescoes, a landmark of humanity’s cultural heritage, as the great Turkish historian ?lber Ortayl? put ...

3200 – c. 1100 BC) were no exception, with the men and women of the Mycenaean and Minoan civilizations being very conscious of their beauty. Even a cursory glance at the surviving frescoes and ...

Several cherubs hold up a green festoon, while another brandishes a golden helmet. The frescoes, by a little-known artist, include the coat of arms of the noble Farnese family. Cardinal Alessandro ...

Rosy-cheeked cherubs surrounded by blues, reds and golds have lost none of their brilliance in 17th-century frescoes discovered behind a false ceiling at the Villa Farnesina palace in Rome.

In recent years, Pope Francis has made ecumenical gestures toward the Anglican church, traveling with Welby and a Scottish Protestant leader to South Sudan in 2023 and allowing Welby to celebrate ...

LONDON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The Church of England faced pressure on Wednesday to ensure people are held to account for systematically covering up allegations of abuse, one day after the Archbishop ...

Rosy-cheeked cherubs surrounded by blues, reds and golds have lost none of their brilliance in 17th-century frescoes discovered behind a false ceiling at the Villa Farnesina palace in Rome. The three ...