Editorial(background). Khusrau lying in state. (foreground). Shirin adorning herself. An abridged version of Khusrau u Shirin by Nizami. Sixty-three miniatures. 1726. Opaque watercolour. Mughal style. Source: Or.2933 f.93.
EditorialFuneral Decorations for King Louis XVI of France, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, Below are steps. A sockle has the general shape of a bank, in which two female allegories sit;...
EditorialMold and Impression for an Adorning Figure, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), 4th5th century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Terracotta?, 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm), Sculpture.
EditorialGreek art. The parapet of the Athena Nike temple. Lower part of a Nike once adorning a trophy. 5th century BC. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece.
EditorialLuca Giordano (1634-1705). Italian painter. The Patrons Saints of Naples adorning the Crucifix, 17th century. National Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.
EditorialSpain. Madrid. Ministry of Agriculture. 19th century. Designed by Ricardo Velazquez Bosco (1843-1923). Sculptures by Agusti Querol Subirats adorning the ceiling.
EditorialGreek art. The parapet of the Athena Nike temple. Lower part of a Nike once adorning a trophy. 5th century BC. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece.
EditorialLuca Giordano (1634-1705). Italian painter. The Patrons Saints of Naples adorning the Crucifix, 17th century. National Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.
EditorialTerracotta pyxis (box), Classical, ca. 420?400 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm), Vases, Preparations for wedding. The frieze presents a rather full picture of a bride's preparations. At the beginning, she bathes with t...
EditorialStar-Shaped Tile, 13th?14th century, Made in Iran, probably Kashan, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue and turquoise and luster-painted on opaque white glaze, 8 in. (20.3 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, This eight-pointed star tile was once part of a panel of st...
Editorial?? ?????????(??), Bodhisattva, probably Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), Northern Qi dynasty (550?577), ca. 550?560, China, Sandstone with pigment, H. 13 ft. 9 in. (419.1 cm); H. with base 14 ft. 9 in. (449.6 cm), Sculpture, Large-scale sculptures of bodhisa...
EditorialGreek art. The parapet of the Athena Nike temple. Lower part of a Nike once adorning a trophy. 5th century BC. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece.
EditorialLuca Giordano (1634-1705). Italian painter. The Patrons Saints of Naples adorning the Crucifix, 17th century. National Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.
Editorial(background). Khusrau lying in state. (foreground). Shirin adorning herself. An abridged version of Khusrau u Shirin by Nizami. Sixty-three miniatures. 1726. Opaque watercolour. Mughal style. Source: Or.2933 f.93.
Editorial(background). Khusrau lying in state. (foreground). Shirin adorning herself. An abridged version of Khusrau u Shirin by Nizami. Sixty-three miniatures. 1726. Opaque watercolour. Mughal style. Source: Or.2933 f.93.