Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1880–81. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Everyone has come for lunch. What else will come of ...

René Magritte, Golconda (Golconde), 1953. Oil on canvas, 31½ × 39½ inches. The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas. Each man stands apart, yet all conform: ...

Image source: ShutterstockIn a familiar Christian telling, death enters the world through sin and is defeated through the crucifixion and bodily ...

Marc Chagall (1887-1985). East window, All Saints’ Church, Tudeley, Kent, England. © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2024. Saints are easier to admire than to ...

Diego Rivera’s vision of Tenochtitlán before the Spanish conquest, a city whose splendor reportedly left the conquistadors wondering whether they were ...

April Fools’ Day, 1857Cutting off a rattlesnake’s head still leaves it dangerous. It’s only the beginning of the end. Removing a cancerous tumor does not ...

Q&A with James William Coleman, author of Searching for Tara: The Goddess Who Became a Buddha Interview with James William Coleman, Author ...

Evil has no life of its own. Good comes first.The world gives us every reason to doubt it.Does darkness have substance, or is it the absence of light? Is ...

Source: Online repository“I do desire we may be better strangers.”Perhaps the most elegant insult in Shakespeare’s repertoire. Orlando delivers it in As You ...

Divided we stand; united we cannot. Our national motto might as well be Out of many, good luck making one. Unity presumes belonging. Loneliness leaves ...