During the Protestant Reformation in 16th century Europe, Puritan iconoclasts destroyed an estimated 97% of religious art in England during the English Civil War. Very few church paintings survived.

An Art Union Prize to John A. Neff. [P. 1.] Philadelphia Art Union Reporter. Catalogue of Paintings, now on exhibition in our free Gallery. Prices, including Frames. Date 1876 Control number AECI ...

LACMA's newly opened “Renaissance and Reformation: German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach” is a deeply absorbing show about the rise of Martin Luther and his influence on art.

The Counter-Reformation, also called the Catholic Reformation, was the Catholic Church's effort to revive and truly reform Catholicism in Europe following the Protestant Reformation.

LONDON, England — For years, the dramatic paintings of Artemisia Gentileschi, a Catholic artist of the Counter-Reformation, were misattributed to male artists – most often her father, Orazio ...

These paintings were made between 2011 and 2018, and the recent ones are more formally audacious. Some are seven-sided, and one is mounted on stretchers whose jagged ends stretch past the canvas.

In this one-hour special, Rick Steves visits key sites relating to the Reformation and explores the complicated political world of 16th-century Europe — from indulgences to iconoclasts.

Francisco de Zurbarán’s stunning Counter-Reformation paintings are filled with martyrs, myths and magi.