EditorialRoom in the Villa Bertramka (composer Duschek's house), Prague's suburb of Smichov, where Mozart stayed in 1787 for the performance of the " Marriage of Figaro" and whe he finished " Don Giovanni" for the opera's firstnight at Pragu...
EditorialWalls of the Grand Ca?on, Colorado River, Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 18371926, Annin, British, Wood engraving on cream wove paper, Close-up view of walls of canyon. Tall cliffs, river below leading up to small waterfalls and narrow opening whe...
EditorialVz: the god wears a chiton and himation, he has a scepter in his right hand and an eagle sits on his left hand., Gem, intaglio, ringstone, carnelian, Color: red, Shape: oval, Machining: front convex, Method: body modeling and detailing with rounded whe...
EditorialRoom in the Villa Bertramka (composer Duschek's house), Prague's suburb of Smichov, where Mozart stayed in 1787 for the performance of the " Marriage of Figaro" and whe he finished " Don Giovanni" for the opera's firstnight at Pragu...
EditorialChateau de Nohant, home of French romantic writer George Sand (1804-1876). Whe Napoleon III made himself Emperor, the liberal Sand retired to Nohant for good. The boudoir, in the background the desk on which she wrote the novel " Indiana. ".
EditorialThe Annunciation, ca. 1585, Oil on wood, 91 1/4 x 68 1/4 in. (231.8 x 173.3 cm), Paintings, Peter Candid (Pieter de Witte, Pietro Candido) (Netherlandish, Bruges ca. 1548?1628 Munich), Candid (or Candido) was born in Bruges and trained in Florence, whe...
EditorialTea. An Essay upon the nature and qualities of Tea. Whe. London, 1699. Page of text. Image taken from An Essay upon the nature and qualities of Tea. Wherein are shown I. The Soil and Climate where it grows. II. The various kinds of it, etc. Originall...
EditorialGold pendant in the form of a bull's head, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1400?1050 B.C., Cypriot, Gold, L. 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm), Gold and Silver, Most of the raw materials for Cypriot jewelry came from the East. Gold became plentiful in the Late Bronze Age, whe...
EditorialWoodcut to "Wie der Würffel auff ist Kumen". Published by Max Ayrer, Nuremberg, 1489). This woodcut is divided into two parts. Above: The Devil tempting a knight to gamble, the outbreak of a quarrel at the gaming table punished by death on the whe...
EditorialGold pendant in the form of a bull's head, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1400?1050 B.C., Cypriot, Gold, L. 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm), Gold and Silver, Most of the raw materials for Cypriot jewelry came from the East. Gold became plentiful in the Late Bronze Age, whe...
EditorialThe Annunciation, ca. 1585, Oil on wood, 91 1/4 x 68 1/4 in. (231.8 x 173.3 cm), Paintings, Peter Candid (Pieter de Witte, Pietro Candido) (Netherlandish, Bruges ca. 1548?1628 Munich), Candid (or Candido) was born in Bruges and trained in Florence, whe...
EditorialChateau de Nohant, home of French romantic writer George Sand (1804-1876). Whe Napoleon III made himself Emperor, the liberal Sand retired to Nohant for good. The boudoir, in the background the desk on which she wrote the novel " Indiana. ".
EditorialRoom in the Villa Bertramka (composer Duschek's house), Prague's suburb of Smichov, where Mozart stayed in 1787 for the performance of the " Marriage of Figaro" and whe he finished " Don Giovanni" for the opera's firstnight at Pragu...