In Janet McKenzie’s “The Holy Family” the unknown reality of first-century peasants has been transposed into another key.
Art
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The dramatic restoration of the ‘Madonna della Strada’
For centuries worshippers had credited the “Madonna della Strada” in Rome with healing powers, though no one called it an artistic masterpiece.
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Art, a Necessary Voice: An Interview With Dennis Leder
What drew you to Guatemala?
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The Painted Visions of Fra Angelico
Not only did Fra Giovanni paint like an angel; he was, in his personal life, an angel himself. The friar’s “angelic” style and “rare and perfect talent,” Vasari informs us, were the result of a “simple and devout life.”
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Mother of the Incarnate Word
From 1998: An introduction to a unique Marian icon.