The late 13th century paintings were whitewashed following a mid-15th-century fire at the cathedral and subsequently boxed behind woodwork by 1786, which protected them from iconoclasts and ...

Restorations at a 13th-century church in northwestern France revealed never-before-seen paintings under modern-day plaster. See photos.

Some towns don’t just feel historic or scenic - they look like they were painted into life by an artist with a love for charm ...

Recalling this time of creative ferment between France and Russia—just as the paintings traveled east, in the early 20 th century, so works by Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Diaghilev, and Nijinsky ...