The Ghent Altarpiece, completed by Hubert and Jan Van Eyck in 1432, has captivated the art world for centuries. Housed at St Bavo's Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium, it is seen as the first major oil ...

Don takes on Chris in Art and Literature.

I'm sure I missed some vital clues though. A statue comes to life in a magical gallery and climbs into the painting 'Arnolfini Portrait' by Jan Van Eyck, encouraging us to help her do some ...

Pain. Nation. offers a glimpse into the vast depth of Western floral art in the last 400 years and explores the major narratives of life – religion, marriage, death, belonging ...

Christian artists have often depicted the Blessed Virgin as reading, especially at the Annunciation. She is shown seated with ... the Lord is with you." In medieval art the Blessed Virgin is often ...

Looks into the world of an oil painting; the ten paintings have been selected from a range of eras and art movements and can be found in galleries across the UK. Stages 4-6 Visual Arts ABC iview Home ...

Laura Ten Eyck is director of the renowned second floor gallery at the Argosy Book Store in New York City. Trained as an artist, she has a passion for contemporary art matched only by her ...

Federal prosecutors say an Army veteran who appears to have stopped another rioter from stealing a painting from the U.S.

and does not feature at all in Van Gogh’s correspondence from his yellow-soaked country jaunts. But the book authors cast a strong shadow of doubt on the greener, arguably duller painting ...

Vincent van Gogh’s masterpiece The Starry Night ... with real-world physics” beneath the brushstrokes in his 1889 oil painting. It depicts a swirling blue sky with yellow moon and stars ...

From sunflowers to starry nights, Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh is one of the most celebrated names in ...