Art
“Bultos,” the Wooden Sculptures That Offer Heavenly Help
Devoted at the Dallas Museum of Art explores the sculptures’ artistic and cultural significance.
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Art
The Vivid Violence and Divine Healing of Ex-Voto Paintings
The ex-voto painting is a Catholic folk art tradition depicting individual misfortunes that were mollified by divine intervention.
Art
The 18th-Century Devotional Painting that Documents a Brutal Mastectomy
On April 25, 1777, a Mexican woman underwent an operation to remove six tumors from her breast. She commissioned an artist to paint it.