This delicately ornamented sculpture depicts the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ, as a figure relevant to both the spiritual and the secular realms. She stands in a protective, maternal pose, her ...

This Christmas season, New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, commonly known as “the Met,” is displaying one of the oldest Madonna and Christ Child icons in existence along with other pieces of ...

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993. Image on file. (Proper left sculpture base:) V. Moroder/1951 (Carved into base front:) TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND THE HONOR OF/THE VIRGIN MOTHER./ERECTED TO ...

The adoption of Christianity in the fourth century by the Aksumite Empire—an area corresponding with present-day Eritrea and northern Ethiopia—led to the development of a new tradition of Christian ...

Explore the significance of Mary Jan. 1 and its connection to the celebration of Jesus's birth and the veneration of Mary.