EditorialApollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas: at right Midas with the ears of an ass resting his hand against a tree stump, at center Apollo holds a flaying knife, at left the flayed corpse of Marsyas roped to a tree, soldiers and satyrs beyond.
EditorialPeaked Morion, c. 1580-1590. North Italy, Milan?, 16th century. Etched russet steel with traces of gilding; roped brim, brass plume holder; overall: 35.4 x 23.7 x 26.7 cm (13 15/16 x 9 5/16 x 10 1/2 in.).
EditorialBlack and White Morion (of Munich Town Guard), c. 1575-1600. Germany, late 16th Century. Steel, roped edge, decorative brass rivet washers as rosettes; black paint; overall: 25.4 x 36.2 x 23.2 cm (10 x 14 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.).
EditorialBurgonet with Hinged Cheek Pieces, c. 1560 - 1570. North Italy, 16th century. Steel with brass rivets, roped edges terminating in decorative spiral; fragments of leather liner; overall: 37 x 31.2 x 19.2 cm (14 9/16 x 12 5/16 x 7 9/16 in.).
EditorialPear Stalk Cabasset, 1580-1600. North Italy, Brescia(?), late 16th Century. Steel, etched, roped edge and brass rivets; overall: 30.5 x 36.8 x 18.4 cm (12 x 14 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.).
EditorialApollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas: at right Midas with the ears of an ass resting his hand against a tree stump, at center Apollo holds a flaying knife, at left the flayed corpse of Marsyas roped to a tree, soldiers and satyrs beyond.
EditorialApollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas: at right Midas with the ears of an ass resting his hand against a tree stump, at center Apollo holds a flaying knife, at left the flayed corpse of Marsyas roped to a tree, soldiers and satyrs beyond.
EditorialApollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas: at right Midas with the ears of an ass resting his hand against a tree stump, at center Apollo holds a flaying knife, at left the flayed corpse of Marsyas roped to a tree, soldiers and satyrs beyond.
EditorialBuffalo and Herdsman, Meiji period (1868?1912), ca. 1887, Japan, Album leaf; ink and color on silk, 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (36.2 x 26.7 cm), Paintings, Kawanabe Kyosai (Japanese, 1831?1889), One of the most engaging of Zen (Ch'an) Buddhist instructional t...
EditorialOx treadmill, uper Italy, ca. 1600. Were used to drive corn mills. Two oxen can work on the slanting plate. The animals are roped and forced to walk up the plate all the time in so doing the plate turn away beneath them a wooden gear system transmits t...