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Painter pioneers Islamicate impressionism with an eye for the universal
By Marika Proctor — July 20, 2022
(RNS) — ‘I would hope that I am conveying something universal — this sense of beauty, just like any good piece of artwork,’ said artist Safia Latif.
After a fire destroyed his life’s work, an artist renews quest to paint Torah
By Paul O'Donnell — July 5, 2018
MOSHAV BEIT MEIR, Israel (RNS) — After a fire destroyed his life's work two years ago, American-Israeli painter Yoram Raanan finds new inspiration for paintings that depict key scenes from the Torah.
A Caravaggio masterpiece on mercy calls to Pope Francis across the centuries
By David Gibson — March 30, 2016
(RNS) Derided as a "worshiper of the depraved," Caravaggio is now the "poet of hope" whose underappreciated masterpiece in Naples is an icon of this pontificate. But will the pope see it?
Painting bought by a British priest is found to be a Van Dyck masterpiece
By Trevor Grundy — December 31, 2013
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) He bought it a dozen years ago at a local antiques shop to help brighten up a Derbyshire retreat home run by his church.
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Video: Painting icons
By Sally Morrow — May 10, 2013
This week, Orthodox Christians mark the final days of Great Lent, a time of repentance, fasting, and prayer in preparation for Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, on May 5. Iconographer Seraphim O’Keefe talks about how icons play a role similar to fasting in the Orthodox tradition.
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