Something The Mona Lisa, David, and The School of Athens all have in common is they represent a way of thinking that was ...

Drawing heavily from antiquity, the Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being overlooked.

The world’s smallest nation has an outsized history as the seat of the Catholic Church, and an incredible collection of art ...

In 1631, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I commissioned the Taj Mahal to house the tomb of his favorite wife. With its symmetrical ...

Renaissance and Mexican architectural styles and complete in 1797, this active Roman Catholic Church is a National Historic Landmark. The exterior features white stucco, while the interiors house ...

Renaissance fresco in the Branconio Chapel of the Church of San Silvestro in L'Aquila ... Members of the Curia and Roman citizens crowded the streets to witness Annone’s arrival, who was greeted ...

William Mahrt, a towering figure in sacred music, left a legacy of preserving the Church’s traditional liturgical songs.

That honour belongs to Pope Pius II’s 15th-century chronicles, The Commentaries, a 13-book account of his life that is considered a seminal text in Renaissance humanism. Pope Francis is also not ...

An ancient Roman temple turned Catholic church, the Pantheon pairs a circular ... is a 1902 structure that mixes Beaux Arts and Renaissance styles. While it operated as an office building until ...

COMMENTARY: Why did Catholic historian Christopher Dawson fear a post-Christian world? His writings offer a sobering critique ...

Indiana Landmarks gave $6 million in grants last year to help rescue some of the state’s most endangered buildings that contribute to the Hoosier State’s heritage.