EditorialRomanesque Art. Spain. Chest of Saint Aemilian of Cogolla. Middle of 11th century. Decorated with ivory carvings that represents his life. Relief depicting the capture of the Cantabria by Leovigildo, 574. Sacristy of the Monastery of Yusho. San Millan ...
EditorialChest, 16th century, Made in Berne, Switzerland, Swiss, Walnut with restored lid and sides, Overall: 32 5/8 x 82 1/4 x 29 1/4 in. (82.9 x 208.9 x 74.3 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, As storage containers, chests became increasingly elaborate with high relief...
EditorialChest, 16th century, Made in Berne, Switzerland, Swiss, Walnut with restored lid and sides, Overall: 32 5/8 x 82 1/4 x 29 1/4 in. (82.9 x 208.9 x 74.3 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, As storage containers, chests became increasingly elaborate with high relief...
EditorialRelief of the Holy Family, ca. 1160?80, British or North French, Ivory, Overall: 3 3/16 x 1 1/2 x 1/2 in. (8.1 x 3.8 x 1.3 cm), Ivories, This exquisite carving, probably originally from a portable altar, is one of the most intimate and sensitive carvin...
EditorialRelief, 15th?early 16th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Aztec (?), Stone, Overall: 8 x 13 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (20.32 x 34.29 x 41.91 cm), Stone-Sculpture, Low-relief carvings adorn two of the six sides of this fragmentary stone block. Its main motifs consis...
EditorialAntique ivory carvings with cupids and flowers, and terracotta bas-relief with foliage from Pompeii. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of All Classical Art Eras, Ornamente aller klassischen Kunst-Epochen, R...
EditorialRomanesque Art. Spain. Chest of Saint Aemilian of Cogolla. Middle of 11th century. Decorated with ivory carvings that represents his life. Relief depicting the capture of the Cantabria by Leovigildo, 574. Sacristy of the Monastery of Yusho. San Millan ...
EditorialPharaoh Amenophis III (1391-1353 BCE) in chariot wearing a crown with the uraeus cobra. God Nekhbet (vulture) is depicted hovering with her wings spread above the royal image, clutching an ankh (symbol of life) in her claws. Next to the Pharaoh is a de...