Curator Ladan Akbarnia introduced the McMullen Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibit, Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World in a virtual lecture hosted by the McMullen on ...
For years, an elaborately displayed tooth at the Art Institute of Chicago has been thought to belong to the major Christian religious figure John the Baptist. As it turns out, that claim has no teeth.
Venerated in his lifetime, Saint Francis did not have to wait long for a monument to be erected in his honor. A basilica in Assisi was started in 1228. The painter Cimabue (also called Cenni di Pepo) ...