Much of Caravaggio’s art has religious themes. As well as his paintings in Rome’s churches, a Roman museum is hosting a major ...

More of Caravaggio’s religious paintings are in chapels downtown Rome. The Conversion of Saul, an early version of which is ...

ROME — The Roman basilica of the Augustinians — Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin ...

A Mannerist painter named Federico Zuccari designed the whimsical Baroque door ... annual visitors, Rome is a bustling ...

Beneath the emotions of loss and reverence, and with a new pope in place, Rome continues its spiritual, cultural and ...

Baroque art was propaganda. It served the needs of the divine monarchs and of the Church. By pulling emotional strings, it convinced people to obey. Rome is the birthplace of the Baroque style ...

It was here that the Italian Baroque painter developed a distinctive pictorial language that achieved narrative depth and psychological complexity through a striking interplay of shadow and light.

And she’s right. For centuries, the Eternal City has captivated imaginations with its legendary stories of gladiators; its gorgeous cityscape of travertine temples, baroque palaces, and iconic ...

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Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio, the blockbuster artist who ...