EditorialA restorer works on the copy of Michaelangelo’s David in Florence’s main square, Piazza della Signoria, on Nov. 21, 2022. (Chiara Negrello/The New York Times)
EditorialFrans Floris the Elder, The Fall of Phaeton, ca. 1555, brush and light brown ink over black chalk on paper, 5 1/8 in. x 4 1/4 in. (13 cm. x 10.8 cm.), Frans Floris popularized mythological subjects as a Northern Mannerist in Antwerp. He depicts the fat...
EditorialA compactor collects styrofoam and compresses it into small blocks in Dart’s recycling facility in Mason, Mich. on Oct. 21, 2019. (Lyndon French/The New York Times)
EditorialAirpistol-carbine, The mechanism of the lock is mounted outwards against a plate which in turn forms part of a strong lock case with inside the piston (= piston-shaped valve) that compresses the compressed air in the reservoir annex pistol grip. The ro...