BUDDHIST PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL; SON. Share full article. June 15, 1884. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from June 15, 1884, Page 11 Buy Reprints.

Although the story of the prodigal son is well known to this day, it wasn’t a common subject in 17th-century Spanish visual art. Murillo likely pulled from etchings on the theme by other ...

The parable of the prodigal son is intended to be shocking in two ways. First, in a request that is almost cruel in its audacity, a son asks his father for his inheritance now, before his father ...

Art. Doug Adams, "Changing Perceptions of Jesus' Parables through Art History: Polyvalency in Paint", from Reluctant Partners: Art and Religion in Dialogue, ed. Ena G. Heller (The Gallery at the ...

Levine is a freelance writer. “She’s a snake,” says former ballerina Yvonne Mounsey, describing the Siren in George Balanchine’s 1929 ballet “Prodigal Son,” a role that ranks as ...