A fine art professor at Fu Jen Catholic University since 1933, Chen was a pioneer of using the brush-ink techniques from traditional Chinese paintings to produce biblical scenes. In another portrait ...

The lack of literacy in pre-Renaissance and Renaissance times led the Catholic Church and wealthy merchants to commission a large number of painters to tell the story of the origins of ...

This is Jesus, Mary and Joseph’s story—but it is also ours, told through images rather than words, across the distance of 700 years. I don’t know if Martini himself was a father, but I ...

Mounted as a hanging scroll, the painting has a starkly vertical orientation that is typical of classical Chinese art. Korea: The Birth of Jesus Christ by Kim Ki-chang The Birth of Jesus Christ ...

With need of a much larger church, today’s church, with its three-foot-thick red-stone walls, was built beginning in 1785. When completed, it was dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Aug ...

This is not unexpected: classical religious art has not been a particularly strong suit of 20th-century art. Because of Our Lady’s focus on praying the Rosary, however, I will focus on artistic ...

As Luke tells his story, he depicts Joseph, Mary and all of Israel as part of the scene when Jesus first entered what he would call his father's house. The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph ...