The very first live nativity scene, it is said, was created by St. Francis of Assisi, who staged a reenactment of the birth of Jesus Christ in 1223, using a doll as the newborn Jesus and a few live ...

In all its artistic iterations across millennia, the nativity remains inherently political in its depiction of God choosing ...

In recent years, X-ray imaging has revealed overpainted underdrawings, details and drafts in works by such luminaries as Vermeer, Artemisia Gentileschi, Edgar Degas, René Magritte, Pablo Picasso and ...

Just before Christmas, a hidden Nativity scene has been discovered after being tucked away under another painting for centuries. The artwork, which is believed to be around 400 years old and is ...

Christmas decorations such as trees and Santas are popping up all over Raleigh, but one group wants to add scripture to a public place in the name of the season. Christmas decorations such as trees ...

In one of the most significant art crimes of all time, Caravaggio’s Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence (1609) was stolen from its home at the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo some 360 ...

‘I haven’t seen anyone say they feel more Christian because they’ve seen it,’ art historian Elizabeth Lev said of the controversial display. The statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary adorns the 2020 ...

Thousands of handmade details - from village streets and bustling markets to miniature figurines - come together in a 7-meter ...

Katie Hawkinson in Washington, D.C.

Just in time for Christmas, a long-hidden Nativity scene has surfaced after laying concealed for centuries under another painting. On its surface, the artwork shows the beheading of St. John the ...