That is what the show is really about: Having been raised Catholic, how has that affected your creative development?

The highly visual culture of Catholicism is a natural influence for all manner of artists, fashion designers not exempted.

Teaching in prison, and a racially charged encounter, amplified my consciousness of race in religious imagery.

More than 50 of his striking icons are in glorious display book.

“In making these paintings,“ wrote Wood, “I had in mind something which I hope to convey to a fairly wide audience in America—the picture of a country rich in the arts of peace; a homely, lovable nation, infinitely worthy of any sacrifice necessary to its preservation.”

Leonardo da Vinci believed that man was a microcosm of the world, imbued with meaning.