EditorialVasco da Gama plants a monumental monument on an island in the Gulf of Arabia, Vasco sets a landmark on a small island in the Arabian Gulf, Datumg estimated, signed: Morin, Fig. 32, after p. 442, p. 521, Morin, M. E., 1868, Louis Figuier: Savants de la...
EditorialThe Meditation on the Passion, ca. 1490, Oil and tempera on wood, Overall 27 3/4 x 34 1/8in. (70.5 x 86.7cm); painted surface 26 3/16 ? 33 1/4 in. (66.5 ? 84.5 cm), Paintings, Vittore Carpaccio (Italian, Venice 1460/66??1525/26 Venice), This extraordin...
EditorialLandmark. Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008); published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955). Date: 1968. Dimensions: 1050 x 683 mm (image); 1077 x 762 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black and red on white wove paper. Origin: Un...
EditorialLandmark. Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008); published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955). Date: 1967-1968. Dimensions: 1050 x 683 mm (image); 1078 x 766 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black and peach on white wove paper. Ori...
EditorialLandmark. Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008); published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955). Date: 1968. Dimensions: 1033 x 697 mm (image); 1200 x 807 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on glossy white paper. Origin: United S...
EditorialThe Lamentation, ca. 1582, Oil on canvas, 37 1/2 x 68 in. (95.3 x 172.7 cm), Paintings, Ludovico Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1555?1619 Bologna), This astonishing painting belonged to Alessandro Tanari, papal treasurer of Bologna. At the time of his deat...
EditorialThe jurors who refused to convict William Penn in 1670 were fined and imprisoned for contempt of court because they returned a verdict with which the judge disagreed. One juror, Edward Bushell, refused to pay the fine and instead sued for a writ of hab...
EditorialDrawing of Stonehenge. Circle of standing stones, prehistoric stone circle and place of worship. National landmark in England. . The most notable antiquity of Great Britain. London. FRom The most notable antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Ston...
EditorialAlbum with Prints recording the Festivities and Decorations organized in Florence for the 1589 Wedding of Archduke Ferdinand de' Medici and Christine of Lorraine.
EditorialThe Lamentation, ca. 1582, Oil on canvas, 37 1/2 x 68 in. (95.3 x 172.7 cm), Paintings, Ludovico Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1555?1619 Bologna), This astonishing painting belonged to Alessandro Tanari, papal treasurer of Bologna. At the time of his deat...
EditorialThe Meditation on the Passion, ca. 1490, Oil and tempera on wood, Overall 27 3/4 x 34 1/8in. (70.5 x 86.7cm); painted surface 26 3/16 ? 33 1/4 in. (66.5 ? 84.5 cm), Paintings, Vittore Carpaccio (Italian, Venice 1460/66??1525/26 Venice), This extraordin...
EditorialThe Old Duchess, 1905, Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm), Paintings, George Luks (American, Williamsport, Pennsylvania 1866?1933 New York), Luks showed this canvas in the landmark show of the Eight at New York?s Macbeth Galleries in February ...
EditorialRelief with Enthroned Ruler, late 8th century, Guatemala or Mexico, La Pasadita, Maya, Limestone, paint, H. 35 x W. 34 1/2 x D. 2 3/4 in. (88.9 x 87.6 x 7 cm), Stone-Sculpture, Chakalte' (Guatemalan or Mexican, active ca. A.D. 750?800), This Maya landm...
Editorial"Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche", Berlin: The church was bombed and burnt out during the last days of World War II and left standing as a landmark and memorial to wartime destruction. Berlin-West, 1955.