This Artist’s Life by Mel Ahlborn
A New Baptismal Font for St. Bart's
A New Baptismal Font for St. Bart's Artist Mel Ahlborn, Director of Illumination Studio, introduces the baptismal font she created for St. Bart’s and reflects on the meaning of baptism...
A New Baptismal Font for St. Bart's
A New Baptismal Font for St. Bart's Artist Mel Ahlborn, Director of Illumination Studio, introduces the baptismal font she created for St. Bart’s and reflects on the meaning of baptism...
The Elaborately Ornamented Byzantine Apse
The apse was the most elaborately decorated part of the church, with the walls sheathed in marble and the vault ornamented with mosaic that depicted …
The Elaborately Ornamented Byzantine Apse
The apse was the most elaborately decorated part of the church, with the walls sheathed in marble and the vault ornamented with mosaic that depicted …
Mother and Child
A modern and intimate portrayal of mother and child. Breakfast in Bed, painting by Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926) 1897, Oil on canvas, 23x29” The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift...
Mother and Child
A modern and intimate portrayal of mother and child. Breakfast in Bed, painting by Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926) 1897, Oil on canvas, 23x29” The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift...
Mary Mother of God, at Dura Europos
Wall paintings, some quite well-preserved, in a house church at Dura Europos date to about 240AD. This is among the earliest Christian art found outside of the catacombs. Several of...
Mary Mother of God, at Dura Europos
Wall paintings, some quite well-preserved, in a house church at Dura Europos date to about 240AD. This is among the earliest Christian art found outside of the catacombs. Several of...
She Who Shows The Way - Byzantine Madonna
Berlinghiero (Italian, early 13th c) painted his ‘Madonna and Child’ in the Byzantine style “ known as the Hodegetria ("She who shows the way"), familiar from icons that arrived in Italy...
She Who Shows The Way - Byzantine Madonna
Berlinghiero (Italian, early 13th c) painted his ‘Madonna and Child’ in the Byzantine style “ known as the Hodegetria ("She who shows the way"), familiar from icons that arrived in Italy...
Theories about the Black Madonna
Black Madonna images, dating mostly from the medieval period, appear in the form of paintings and sculptures carved out of wood and stone. The oldest examples, and the great majority...
Theories about the Black Madonna
Black Madonna images, dating mostly from the medieval period, appear in the form of paintings and sculptures carved out of wood and stone. The oldest examples, and the great majority...