In the wake of the Council of Trent, as the Church of the Counter-Reformation era was striving to shape new cultural movements able to massively revive popular faith, the city of Rome was turned into ...

Baroque art was propaganda for the state or for the Church. Baroque art was propaganda — for the state or for the Church. It inspired the masses to believe that the authority of the prince and the ...

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A ubiquitous presence before fading into the American ether, Catholic art may be experiencing something of a renaissance, in the unlikeliest places. Clockwise from top: The Floriani ensemble sings, ...

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When Yale College opened the first American college art gallery in 1832, its fundamental mission was much the same as the university now describes it: “to encourage appreciation and understanding of ...

The Saint Louis Art Museum has been on a bit of a roll lately, bringing art here that normally would require great expense and travel to view outside the confines of our humble city. On the heels of ...

Composite image: Drawing of Jesus (Wikimedia); Bobblehead figurine of Jesus are featured in this undated photo from the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in Milwaukee (CNS photo/courtesy ...

The intersection of art, medicine, and faith in the Catholic tradition has a lot to teach today, especially if you're a doctor. "Catholic art has a long history of demonstrating the beauty of the ...

A motion picture depictive of the life of the Blessed Virgin is now in preparation by The Catholic Art Association, which has been making Catholic pictures for seven years. Its purpose is “to ...