EditorialMarble lion, Late Classical, mid-4th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Marble, Pentelic, Overall: 27 7/8 x 12 x 50 in. (70.8 x 30.5 x 127 cm), Stone Sculpture, The sphinxes and other animals that guarded tombs in the archaic period tend to convey immobility ...
EditorialNicolas Lancret: Open Cage - Girl in Landscape, Nicolas Lancret, First half of 18th century, Oil on canvas, A young woman, possibly a sherpherdess, searches the sky for a bird released from a small birdcage. Painted by the French artist Nicolas Lancret...
EditorialMarble lion, Late Classical, mid-4th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Marble, Pentelic, Overall: 27 7/8 x 12 x 50 in. (70.8 x 30.5 x 127 cm), Stone Sculpture, The sphinxes and other animals that guarded tombs in the archaic period tend to convey immobility ...
EditorialDjed pillar amulet, Third Intermediate Period?Ptolemaic Period, 1086?30 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, H. 3.2 ? W. 1 ? D. 0.6 cm (1 1/4 ? 3/8 ? 1/4 in.), Amulets were thought to magically transfer their power to the wearer. Such power often derived from th...