In a discovery that may change art history books, a recent restoration of the Ghent Altarpiece completed by the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Belgium has uncovered original ...

Restoring the Ghent Altarpiece may well exceed the years it took for Flemish brothers Jan and Hubert Van Eyck to create their wondrously detailed 12-panel masterpiece, from the mid-1420s to 1432.

One of the world’s most famous paintings has been restored to its original state—and it’s freaking everyone out. Thought to be one of the first works of art made with oil paint, the Flemish brothers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The magic of looking at a centuries-old painting can feel like time-traveling. It's a moment frozen in time and preserved forever, ...

A gay altarpiece showing two Adams and two Eves and a transgender woman dressed as a serpent has been removed from a church - over fears it is offensive to transsexuals. Created by Elisabeth Ohlson ...

A celebrated medieval masterpiece is reopening to the public after a multi-million dollar upgrade. The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb — the beloved 12-paneled polyptych known as the Ghent Altarpiece — ...

Reporting from Ghent, Belgium — — When Anne van Grevenstein-Kruse was a child, her family made a pilgrimage from Antwerp to Ghent to see “The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb,” the celebrated 15th ...

Within the lexicon of Christian symbology, the lamb represents both the suffering and the triumph of Christ — though a sacrificial animal, it also embodies characteristics of gentleness, innocence, ...

One of the masterpieces of European Medieval art, the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb altarpiece by the brothers Jan and Hubert Van Eyck, is being unveiled today in its new home in the Cathedral of Saint ...

An altarpiece designed by novelist Thomas Hardy was uncovered at All Saints Church in Windsor, after a successful campaign raised the funds to pay for the work. It was rediscovered behind wooden ...

KIM LAWTON, guest anchor: Like many places across the African continent, the tiny fishing village Hamburg in South Africa has been devastated by HIV/AIDS. Carol Hofmeyr is the doctor who treated many ...

Altarpiece. Annunziata Historical Building (formerly Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata), Ravello, Italy (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) RAVELLO — There’s a deconsecrated chapel perched high ...