EditorialWoman in the wind, Woman with black headscarf, the skirt of her kimono, held open by the wind, closed, under blooming blue rain., Torii Kiyonaga (mentioned on object), Japan, 1778 - 1782, paper, colour woodcut, h 620 mm ? w 114 mm.
EditorialEmblem: year, In the middle a palm tree (symbol for the annual rotation) with a medallion with the god Janus, the Roman god of the past and the future. The snake Ouroboros (symbol for eternity) has turned around the trunk of the palm tree. At the foot ...
EditorialVelella lata, Print, Velella is a monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the Porpitidae family. Its only known species is Velella velella, a cosmopolitan free-floating hydrozoan that lives on the surface of the open ocean. It is commonly known by the names ...
EditorialVelella antarctica, Print, Velella is a monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the Porpitidae family. Its only known species is Velella velella, a cosmopolitan free-floating hydrozoan that lives on the surface of the open ocean. It is commonly known by the ...
EditorialVelella mutica, Print, Velella is a monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the Porpitidae family. Its only known species is Velella velella, a cosmopolitan free-floating hydrozoan that lives on the surface of the open ocean. It is commonly known by the name...
EditorialVelella oblonga, Print, Velella is a monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the Porpitidae family. Its only known species is Velella velella, a cosmopolitan free-floating hydrozoan that lives on the surface of the open ocean. It is commonly known by the nam...
EditorialVelella antarctica, Print, Velella is a monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the Porpitidae family. Its only known species is Velella velella, a cosmopolitan free-floating hydrozoan that lives on the surface of the open ocean. It is commonly known by the ...
EditorialVelella limbosa, Print, Velella is a monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the Porpitidae family. Its only known species is Velella velella, a cosmopolitan free-floating hydrozoan that lives on the surface of the open ocean. It is commonly known by the nam...
EditorialVelella emarginata, Print, Velella is a monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the Porpitidae family. Its only known species is Velella velella, a cosmopolitan free-floating hydrozoan that lives on the surface of the open ocean. It is commonly known by the ...
EditorialVelella scaphidia, Print, Velella is a monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the Porpitidae family. Its only known species is Velella velella, a cosmopolitan free-floating hydrozoan that lives on the surface of the open ocean. It is commonly known by the n...
EditorialVelella cyanea, Print, Velella is a monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the Porpitidae family. Its only known species is Velella velella, a cosmopolitan free-floating hydrozoan that lives on the surface of the open ocean. It is commonly known by the name...
EditorialInferno, Canto V. Miniature shows Dante and Virgil observing the Carnal Sinners driven by the wind; Dante in a faint; Virgil with Paolo and Francesca. Divine Comedy. Italy [Tuscany]; 1442-1450. Source: Yates Thompson 36, f.10. Language: Italian.
EditorialPage from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Eleventh night: The Brahman is asked by the Raja to bring the king of the Ocean to his nuptial feast on pain of death. The Brahman?s predicament is conveyed by the wind to the fish who carries the news to the ki...
EditorialInferno, Canto V. Miniature shows Dante and Virgil observing the Carnal Sinners driven by the wind; Dante in a faint; Virgil with Paolo and Francesca. Divine Comedy. Italy [Tuscany]; 1442-1450. Source: Yates Thompson 36, f.10. Language: Italian.
EditorialRobe de drap blanc bordé d'un ourlet couleur de rose. Ceinture de roses au crochet. Costumes Parisiens no.21. Woman is wearing a dress of white cloth trimmed with a rose-colored hem and a pink belt. She is also wearing black heels and a black necklace...
EditorialThe finding of the veil. A legend of the origin of Klosterneuburg-monastery tells that the veil of Agnes, wife of Leopold the Saint, was blown away by the wind. The Babenberg duke vowed to build a monastery wherever the veil was found. Tempera on wood,...
Editorial" Les Bronzes de la Couronne", comprise bronze sculptures mainly collected by and presented to Louis XIVth. The rape of Orithyia, by the wind Boreas. H: 105,5 cm Small bronze after the large marble statue for the gardens of Versailles.1693 (?...
EditorialBasket of Flowers with Bamboo Blind, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1799?1810, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 8 1/4 x 22 1/8 in. (21 x 56.2 cm), Prints, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760?1849 Tokyo (Edo)...
Editorial" Les Bronzes de la Couronne", comprise bronze sculptures mainly collected by and presented to Louis XIVth. The rape of Orithyia, by the wind Boreas. H: 105,5 cm Small bronze after the large marble statue for the gardens of Versailles.1693 (?...
EditorialThe finding of the veil. A legend of the origin of Klosterneuburg-monastery tells that the veil of Agnes, wife of Leopold the Saint, was blown away by the wind. The Babenberg duke vowed to build a monastery wherever the veil was found. Tempera on wood,...
EditorialKukulcan Pyramid at Chichen Itza, Yucatan. Kukulcan is the Maya God of Creation symbolized by the wind. Chichen Itza was founded by the Maya, but building continued under invading Toltecs after 918. Four stairs lead up to the temple on top of the Pyramid.