EditorialPair of Figures, 1st century B.C.?A.D. 2nd century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Nayarit, Iztlan del R?o, Iztlan del R?o, Ceramic, H. 16 1/4 x W. 12 1/4 x D. 5 1/2 in. (41.3 x 31.1 x 14 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, Paired male and female figures are common subject...
EditorialCovered Vase on Plinth, 1892, Made in Trenton, New Jersey, United States, American, Earthenware, Base and cover: GW. 39 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (100.3 x 44.5 cm), Ceramics, Burroughs & Mountford (American, Trenton, New Jersey, 1879?ca. 1901), Trenton, New Jer...
Editorial[Whole drawing] The woman of Tahiti is dressed in the manner called 'Atee'; her body is wrapped in a large quantity of cloth, and decorated with two 'Taames' or breastplates. The cloth and breastplates are to be offered a gifts. Cook records in his jou...
EditorialA girl bringing presents to Captn. Cook. Drawn by John Webber and engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi. A girl wearing a `dress' consisting of a prodigous quantity of tapa cloth bound about her waist. This, and the two feather gorgets, or breast plates, f...
EditorialFriar Antonio de Villacast?n (1512-1603). Spanish religious of the Order of Saint Jerome and quantity surveyor. Director of the works of the Monastery of El Escorial. Portrait. Illustration by Llanta. Lithography. Cr?nica General de Espa?a, Historia Il...
EditorialStanding Male?Figure, 900400 B.C., Jadeite with pigment, 8.9 ? 3.6 ? 1.5 cm (3 1/2 ? 1 7/16 ? 9/16?in.), Despite its small size, this standing male figurine carved of jadeite embodies many of the qualities of Olmec monumental art, in which hard stone i...
EditorialPair of Figures, 1st century B.C.?A.D. 2nd century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Nayarit, Iztlan del R?o, Iztlan del R?o, Ceramic, H. 16 1/4 x W. 12 1/4 x D. 5 1/2 in. (41.3 x 31.1 x 14 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, Paired male and female figures are common subject...
EditorialBottle, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19?20, ca. 1295?1070 B.C., From Egypt, Glass, H. 12 cm (4 3/4 in.), Egyptian glassmaking, which had reached a high level of virtuosity in late Dynasty 18, continued to be practiced in the Ramesside Period; howeve...
EditorialVase, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19?20, ca. 1295?1070 B.C., From Egypt, Glass, H. 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.), Egyptian glassmaking, which had reached a high level of virtuosity in late Dynasty 18, continued to be practiced in the Ramesside Period; howev...
EditorialKohl Tube, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19?20, ca. 1295?1070 B.C., From Egypt, Glass, H. 10.2 cm (4 in.), Diam. 2.1 cm (13/16 in.), Egyptian glassmaking, which had reached a high level of virtuosity in late Dynasty 18, continued to be practiced in t...
EditorialBottle, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19?20, ca. 1295?1070 B.C., From Egypt, Glass, H. 10.6 cm (4 3/16 in.), Egyptian glassmaking, which had reached a high level of virtuosity in late Dynasty 18, continued to be practiced in the Ramesside Period; how...
Editorial[Whole drawing] The woman of Tahiti is dressed in the manner called 'Atee'; her body is wrapped in a large quantity of cloth, and decorated with two 'Taames' or breastplates. The cloth and breastplates are to be offered a gifts. Cook records in his jou...
EditorialWholesale Discoids Mushroom, Class I, Pl. WE., Fig. 32: Grand Agaric discoide, c?t? sup?rieur & convexe, ? quantit? de zones concentriques, form?es par une prodigieuse infinit? de petits filamens pierreux d'une structure admirable, Fig. 33: C?te concav...
EditorialVirgin Suckling the Child, Tempera and gold on linen, 15 5/8 x 11 7/8 in. (39.7 x 30.2 cm), Paintings, Netherlandish (Antwerp) Painter (ca. 1520), Although originally produced in great quantity, paintings in tempera on linen from this period are quite ...
EditorialStele, 3rd?12th century, Found Egypt, Aswan (Assouan), Sandstone; inscribed, H. 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm), Sculpture, Funerary stelae from the Byzantine period in Egypt are thought to have been produced in quantity, then modified for individual use. Inscrip...