EditorialNew era. Presenting the plans for the New era union to help develop and utilize the best resources of this country. Also to employ the best skill there is available to realize the highest degree of prosperity that is possible for all who will help to a...
EditorialWorldview leads to True Faith Title page for Bernard Nieuwentyt, The right use of the world views demonstrated for the conviction of ungodists and unbelievers, 1727 Right use of world reflections (title on object), On a pedestal the female personificat...
EditorialShakyamuni Conquering the Demons (Shaka Goma-zu), Meiji period (1868?1912), ca. 1888, Japan, Album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, 14 1/2 x 11 in. (36.8 x 27.9 cm), Paintings, Kawanabe Kyosai (Japanese, 1831?1889), This scene p...
EditorialWooden figure of Avalokiteshvara, Chinese, Song dynasty, 11th-12th century. The bodhisattva of Compassion is relaxed and serene; bodhisattvas were beings who chose not to attain Buddha-hood in order to remain in the world and work for the salvation of ...
EditorialAs Rāma and the procession reach the banks of the river Sarayū, Brahmā and the gods appear to witness Rāma’s ascent and light the sky with an effulgent glow. Accompanied by chants of ‘Hail Vi??u’, Rāma enters the waters and ascends to he...
EditorialAnshuman finds the horse and the ashes of his sixty thousand uncles. In great distress, he looks for water with which to sprinkle the ashes. His maternal uncle Garuda advises him to return with the horse in order to complete the sacrifice. He also says...
EditorialRetrato de Jos? de lbarra Portrait of Jos? de Ibarra. This work was long considered a self-portrait, first of Miguel Cabrera and then of Jos? de Ibarra. Recently the matter of its authorship was cleared up based on a document in the files of the old Sa...
EditorialAs Rāma and the procession reach the banks of the river Sarayū, Brahmā and the gods appear to witness Rāma’s ascent and light the sky with an effulgent glow. Accompanied by chants of ‘Hail Vi??u’, Rāma enters the waters and ascends to he...
EditorialChrist and the children. The Gospels of Tsar Ivan Alexander. Turnovo, 1355-1356. (Whole folio) Gospel of St Matthew. Christ teaches the necessity of becoming as a little child to attain heaven. Text Image taken from The Gospels of Tsar Ivan Alexander....
EditorialAnshuman finds the horse and the ashes of his sixty thousand uncles. In great distress, he looks for water with which to sprinkle the ashes. His maternal uncle Garuda advises him to return with the horse in order to complete the sacrifice. He also says...
EditorialMacbeth IV, 1918, Drypoint; first state of two, plate: 15 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (39.5 x 29.5 cm), Prints, Wilhelm Lehmbruck (German, Duisburg 1881?1919 Berlin), Known best as a sculptor, Lehmbruck also made etchings and drypoints in his last decade. This...
EditorialRetrato de Jos? de lbarra Portrait of Jos? de Ibarra. This work was long considered a self-portrait, first of Miguel Cabrera and then of Jos? de Ibarra. Recently the matter of its authorship was cleared up based on a document in the files of the old Sa...
EditorialMacbeth IV, 1918, Drypoint; first state of two, plate: 15 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (39.5 x 29.5 cm), Prints, Wilhelm Lehmbruck (German, Duisburg 1881?1919 Berlin), Known best as a sculptor, Lehmbruck also made etchings and drypoints in his last decade. This...
EditorialGuardian Protector of the East (Dongfang chiguo tianwang), ???(???????) ?????? ?????, Dali kingdom (938?1253), 11th?12th century, China, Partially gilt arsenical bronze; lost-wax cast, H. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm); W. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm); D. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)...
EditorialShakyamuni Conquering the Demons (Shaka Goma-zu), Meiji period (1868?1912), ca. 1888, Japan, Album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, 14 1/2 x 11 in. (36.8 x 27.9 cm), Paintings, Kawanabe Kyosai (Japanese, 1831?1889), This scene p...
EditorialVase with 'One Hundred Deer' Motif, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 18th century, China, Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels (Jingdezhen ware), H. 18 in. (45.7 cm); W. 14 in. (35.6 cm); Diam. of rim: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); Diam. of foot: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)...
EditorialWALES, UK, 1883, THE ASCENT OF SNOWDON: 1. Near the Top they are Confronted with an Animal (The Caretaker's Dog). 2. They Attain the Very Summit, and are Enveloped in the Fumes of an adjacent Volcano (" Must be the Cheminee."?ED.). 3. The Top. 4. Refre...
EditorialGopaka, one of the Sixteen arhats who were the first of Buddhas disciples to attain Buddhahood. The Mahayana tradition added two Buddhas later on.
EditorialWooden figure of Avalokiteshvara, Chinese, Song dynasty, 11th-12th century. The bodhisattva of Compassion is relaxed and serene; bodhisattvas were beings who chose not to attain Buddha-hood in order to remain in the world and work for the salvation of ...