In Caravaggio’s painting “The Death of the Virgin,” the model for Mary was either a drowned prostitute plucked from the Tiber River or a harlot with whom the painter was in love. Or so the legend goes ...
Blair Gordy Piras is a sacred artist from Louisiana. In 2017, she served as the first artist in residence at Franciscan University of Steubenville, her alma mater. Her art has been featured in ...