Art

A new show of American paintings at the Met seeks to find clues to shifts in American self-understanding.

R. Crumb’s illustration of the Book of Genesis does not gloss over anything. It’s all here in graphic detail.

John LaFarge anticipated the art of the Impressionists in his simplified landscapes and exquisitely painted flower studies.

The Russian-born artist believed his time was one of spiritual crisis. “The nightmare of materialism…[has] turned life into an evil, senseless game.”

A show of biblical prints combines artistic ambition with devotional purposes.

An exhibit of African and Oceanic art at the Metropolitan Museum rejects the presumption that Western standards are the final arbiters of aesthetic achievement. View slide show.

The artist James Ensor had a wicked sense of humor and was obsessed with religious imagery. View slide show.

Eugne Delacroixs religious paintings were informed by the Romantic penchant for introspection.

“Even people only casually involved with contemporary art tend to bookmark memories by their first encounter with William Kentridge.

The Easter hope of Maurice Denis’s ‘Three Marys’