EditorialBronze kylix (drinking cup), Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); diameter 3 9/16 in. (9 cm), Bronzes, This elegant cup combines the deep bowl of a skyphos with the handles of kylix. The tensile qua...
EditorialTerracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), Classical, ca. 450 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm); diameter of mouth 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm), Vases, Obverse and reverse, satyr and maenad. The aggression between the satyrs and ma...
EditorialLetter - Mr Jones to Robert Salter, 1 Jun 1939, Letter from Mr. Jones to Robert Salter, dated 1 June 1939. The letter informs Robert that landing permits for his parents, Marcus and Gisela Salter, have been approved and are enclosed. It also informs Ro...
EditorialAmphiprion percula, Print, The orange clownfish (Amphiprion percula) also known as percula clownfish and clown anemonefish, is widely known as a popular aquarium fish. Like other clownfishes (also known as anemonefishes), it often lives in association ...
EditorialAmphiprion percula, Print, The orange clownfish (Amphiprion percula) also known as percula clownfish and clown anemonefish, is widely known as a popular aquarium fish. Like other clownfishes (also known as anemonefishes), it often lives in association ...
EditorialBefore the Berlin Wall was built: even then, the " frontier" between the three Western sectors of Berlin and the Eastern, Soviet sector, could not be crossed without hard-to-get permits. Women and children hurry across the sector boundary. Be...
EditorialBefore the Berlin Wall was built: even then, the " frontier" between the three Western sectors of Berlin and the Eastern, Soviet sector, could not be crossed without hard-to-get permits. Women and children hurry across the sector boundary. Be...
EditorialStultitiam patiuntur opes (Wealth permits Stupidity), or, Allegory of Wealth, Lust, and Stupidity, 1588. Raphael Sadeler (Flemish, 1560/61-1628/32), after Joos Van Winghe (Flemish, 1544-1603). Engraving; sheet: 31.4 x 37.1 cm (12 3/8 x 14 5/8 in.); ima...
EditorialBronze kylix (drinking cup), Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); diameter 3 9/16 in. (9 cm), Bronzes, This elegant cup combines the deep bowl of a skyphos with the handles of kylix. The tensile qua...
EditorialThe Great Woven Cap (Taishokkan), Edo period (1615?1868), 17th century, Japan, Three handscrolls; ink, color, and gold on paper, Image (a): 22 15/16 in. ? 33 ft. 11 1/8 in. (58.2 ? 1034.1 cm), Paintings, The way in which a narrative is illustrated resp...
EditorialBronze kylix (drinking cup), Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); diameter 3 9/16 in. (9 cm), Bronzes, This elegant cup combines the deep bowl of a skyphos with the handles of kylix. The tensile qua...
EditorialTerracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), Classical, ca. 450 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm); diameter of mouth 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm), Vases, Obverse and reverse, satyr and maenad. The aggression between the satyrs and ma...
EditorialMarble head and torso of Athena, Imperial, 1st?2nd century A.D., Roman, Marble, Pentelic, Overall: 26 1/2 x 12 3/4 x 11 5/8 in. (67.3 x 32.4 x 29.5 cm), Stone Sculpture, The goddess Athena is rendered as a beautiful young woman. The lining of her helme...
EditorialBefore the Berlin Wall was built: even then, the " frontier" between the three Western sectors of Berlin and the Eastern, Soviet sector, could not be crossed without hard-to-get permits. Women and children hurry across the sector boundary. Be...
EditorialBefore the Berlin Wall was built: even then, the "frontier" between the three Western sectors of Berlin and the Eastern, Soviet sector, could not be crossed without permits, which were hard to get. Women and children hurry across the sector boundary. ...
EditorialBefore the Berlin Wall was built: even then, the border between the three Western sectors of Berlin and the Eastern, Soviet sector, could not be crossed without permits, which were extremely hard to get. Here, nails mark the line between West and East....
Editorial" A l'Egide de Minerve", in the sign of Minerva, goddess of reason, a golden age of tolerance unites people of different creeds, permits travel and the dissemination of books and newspapers. Oil on wood, 64.5 x 85.5 cm.
EditorialCarving of the Great Stupa on a limestone slab, 3rd CE. An image of the Buddha stands in the entrance to the stupa being worshipped. Lions on pillars guard the entrance. Celestial beings and dwarf yakshas (nature deities) surround the stupa. Reliefs ...