IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. David Butler fashioned a garden of ...

We have no record of what color the Virgin Mary’s hair was when she gave birth to Jesus, but it probably wasn’t turquoise. Likewise, it’s doubtful that she wore purple lipstick and black eyeliner.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995. A figure of the Virgin Mary, dressed in a tunic and draped outer garment. She is depicting standing, holding a figure of the Christ child in her proper ...

(RNS) — A new book, the fruit of 20 years of research, aims to unearth Mary’s real identity, which the author said has been lost amid centurieslong attempts to paint her as an ever-virgin, ...