Editorial?? ?????, Female Dancer, Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.?A.D. 9), 2nd century B.C., China, Earthenware with slip and pigment, H. 21 in. (53.3 cm); W. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm); D. 7 in. (17.8 cm), Tomb Pottery, This figure vividly captures the moment when, wit...
Editorial???????, ?Window onto Bamboo on a Rainy Day?, Edo period (1615?1868), first half of the 18th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 52 5/8 ? 22 13/16 in. (133.7 ? 58 cm), Paintings, Gion Nankai (Japanese, 1677?1751), The top two-thirds of...
EditorialChrist on the Cross, around 1541. This drawing shows the crucified and living Christ with his head turned upwards to heaven. Two mourning angels hover in the sky below the arms of the cross. At the foot of the cross lies a skull to indicate the setting...
EditorialOrpheus and Eurydice,15th. Orpheus in the underworld is playing to his beloved Eurydice. Demons hover behind her. From a work by Christine de Pisan. Harl.4431.fol.126 v (detail) .
EditorialLimestone carving of the enlightenment of the Buddha, 1st BCE. A group of men worship at the spot; at the base of the empty throne are the Buddha's footprints with the "Wheel of the Law" set in motion by Buddha's first sermon. A pair of kimranas (semi ...