EditorialGold disc pendant decorated with filigree and garnet inlay, Anglo-Saxon, early 7th century. From Acklam Wold, near Acklam, North Yorkshire. This is one of the largest and finest of many surviving Anglo-Saxon disc pendants. Disc pendants have been found...
EditorialElon Musk barreled in with ideas about how Twitter should operate, but with no comprehensive plan to execute them. Then he quickly ran into myriad business, legal and financial complexities. (Ben Jones/The New York Times)
EditorialIndoor tables at the Castello Plan are wrapped in plastic sheeting for safety in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, on March 2, 2021. (Sasha Arutyunova/The New York Times)
EditorialDesign for the ceiling of the salon of Palazzo Spinola, Genoa, Charles de Wailly, French, 17301798, Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on white paper, An oval central panel shows the Apotheosis of Ambrose Spinola, hero of the Battle of Breda. He i...
EditorialA Ballet Dancer, Mademoiselle Marie Allard, Louis Carrogis, called Carmontelle, France, 1717 1806, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, pink, and gray wash over graphite on white laid paper, Vertical rectangle. The actress Marie Allard (1742-1802), dres...
EditorialThe Judgment of Cambyses The Judgment of Cambyses, Round stained glass with representation of the Judiciary of Cambyses.On the diamond are three episodes from the story. On the left we see the corrupt Judge Sisamnes with a bowed head for King Cambyses,...
EditorialMosque Lamp, 14th century, Attributed to Egypt or Syria, Glass, colorless with yellow tinge; blown, applied blown foot, enameled and gilded, H. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm), Glass, One of the conventions of Mamluk mosque lamp decoration was to execute one insc...
EditorialBatman Torture, Punishment: Two men execute flogging on a young person with wooden sticks, Signed; J. B. le Prince (del.), J. B. Tilliard (sculp.), Engraving, no. XII, after p. 224 (vol. 1), Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste ; Tilliard, Jean-Baptiste, 1768, Jea...
EditorialThe Judgment of Cambyses The Judgment of Cambyses, Round stained glass with representation of the Judiciary of Cambyses.On the diamond are three episodes from the story. On the left we see the corrupt Judge Sisamnes with a bowed head for King Cambyses,...