The Assumption of ... closest to Mary, to whose care she was entrusted (John 19:26-27). Peter, in gold and blue, is in the foreground. As in Christian art of the Ascension, the veil between ...

In Catholic dogma, the Assumption is somewhat more narrow, being focused primarily on what happened after her death. In a reproduction of a Russian icon from the Marian Library’s Eastern Church art ...

Explore Buffalo’s Sacred Spaces tour series began in January of 2020. Supported by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Fund at the Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo, these tours offered an ...

So medieval paintings of Mary’s Assumption into heaven often resemble paintings of Jesus’ own Ascension — although the two are not the same. In the case of the Assumption, we believe that ...

This European cave art isn’t the oldest evidence of symbolic behavior ... But a new study out earlier this year means that assumption may be wrong. Because cave art has been studied since ...

Even after a technology that could test that assumption, uranium-thorium dating ... popcorn’) that formed on the surface of the paintings. As mineral layers are deposited, they draw in uranium.

By Becky Ferreira In a hidden valley on an Indonesian island, there is a cave decorated with what may be the oldest ... the team’s assumption that modern humans created the paintings.

The ceiling in the sanctuary of St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in ... and that they match the colors in the rare paintings in the sanctuary's alcove by Gerhard Lamers, a celebrated ...

Founded in 1830, Assumption Grotto on Detroit's east side is believed to be the second-oldest parish in metro ... as Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, hoping to bring more attention ...

If Peppard is correct, then the wall painting is the oldest reliably datable image of Mary. Peppard calls the art gallery’s interpretation “certainly plausible,” but he notes that the Samaritan woman ...

which runs the St. Alphonsus Art and Cultural Center in the church building. Across the street is St. Mary’s Assumption Church. An earlier building operated next door from 1844 until 1858 when ...