The Adoration of the Lamb - Ghent Altarpiece Extract karl The illumination contrasts with the

The illumination contrasts with the natural and directional lighting of the four upper interior wings

creating a visual feast for the viewer and heightening the spiritual atmosphere of the painting

the founder of the "Golden Age" of Norwegian painters

With his wife and children he led an exemplary family life — a true domestic church

enables the viewer to feel the pain and yet not be swept away by it

The Adoration of the Lamb - Ghent Altarpiece Extract karl The illumination contrasts with theThis is a captured image before the recent horrific restoration of the Lamb. https: www. cnn. com style article ghent altarpiece restoration scli intl index. html This is the center panel of the Ghent Altarpiece showing an altar on which the Lamb of God is positioned, standing in a verdant meadow, while the foreground shows a fountain. Five distinct groups of figures surround altar and fountain. In the mid ground two further groups figures are seen