Historians and conservationists at Boston's Old North Church are unveiling nearly 300-year-old decorative paintings during a conservation project, enhancing the church's historical significance. These artworks, created by John Gibbs in 1727, feature elaborate cherubs and festoons. The church's interior was overpainted in 1912, obscuring the original work until now. As the church approaches its 300th anniversary, this restoration not only reveals the past but also enriches the congregation’s understanding of their religious heritage, emphasizing the importance of art in celebrating human achievement.
These paintings, of cherubs and festoons in the upper arches of the church, are just a portion of the interior work that the artist John Gibbs started in 1727.
From the historic-site lens, it is exciting to us to see what the people of the past saw... art was important to the congregation, where human achievement was celebrated.
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