Gauguin contemplates modern culture’s distance from spirituality in this vivid, evocative canvas. Paul Gauguin, Vision after the Sermon (or Jacob ... by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris
Both Millais and Hunt offered to help Rossetti correct the perspective in his Annunciation scene–why did he refuse? Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Ecce Ancilla Domini by Ben Pollitt
Charles Dickens took umbrage with this unusual depiction of the Holy Family—find out why. Sir John Everett Millais, Christ in the House ... by Dr. Rebecca Jeffrey Easby