EditorialCenser, upper part of a vessel in which fragrant resin was burnt. The incense issued from the mouth of the human head. From Amatitlan-Lake, Guatemala. Sacrificial vessels were thrown into the lake during ceremonies. Clay with paint (250-600 CE). Height...
EditorialRectangular Komon Motif, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), Tiny rectangles perfectly lined up form a typical komon motif. Within the rectangle is a tiny hole punched out. This type of design would be popul...
EditorialPachycephala gutturalis, Print, The Australian golden whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis), or golden whistler, is a species of bird found in forest, woodland, mallee, mangrove and scrub in Australia (except the interior and most of the north) Most popul...
EditorialCylinder sieve of a flour mill, bag cylinder, cylindrical screen of a flour mill, Fig. 344, p. 337, 1890, Gustav Pappenheim: Popul?res Lehrbuch der M?llerei. Wien: Perles, 1890.
EditorialAmerican elevator in Chicago, Grain Scales, Warehouse for Cereals, Fig. 61, p. 99, 1890, Gustav Pappenheim: Popul?res Lehrbuch der M?llerei. Wien: Perles, 1890.
EditorialOld German mill, Cross section of a German mill, Signed: V. Eder, Fig. 2, p. 3, Eder, V. (gest.), 1890, Gustav Pappenheim: Popul?res Lehrbuch der M?llerei. Wien: Perles, 1890.
EditorialPierre-Auguste Renoir: Sailor Boy (Portrait of Robert Nun?s), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1883, Oil on canvas, This 10-year-old boy is Robert Nun?s, the son of the mayor of a small town on the Normandy coast in France. Dressed in a sailor-boy outfit?a popul...
EditorialPachycephala gutturalis, Print, The Australian golden whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis), or golden whistler, is a species of bird found in forest, woodland, mallee, mangrove and scrub in Australia (except the interior and most of the north) Most popul...
EditorialMilvus migrans, Print, The black kite (Milvus migrans) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors. It is thought to be the world's most abundant species of Accipitridae, although some popul...
EditorialMilvus affinis, Print, The black kite (Milvus migrans) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors. It is thought to be the world's most abundant species of Accipitridae, although some popul...
EditorialMilvus migrans, Print, The black kite (Milvus migrans) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors. It is thought to be the world's most abundant species of Accipitridae, although some popul...
EditorialMilvus migrans, Print, The black kite (Milvus migrans) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors. It is thought to be the world's most abundant species of Accipitridae, although some popul...
EditorialIvory Mirror Case with a Falconing Party, 1330?60, French, Ivory, Overall: 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 3/8 in. (9.5 x 9.5 x 1 cm), Ivories, Such mirror cases were made by ivory carvers called pigniers, who specialized in them as well as combs. Among the most popul...
EditorialHead of Saint John the Baptist on a Charger, ca. 1500, Oil on poplar, Diameter 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm), Paintings, Aelbert Bouts (Netherlandish, Leuven ca. 1451/54?1549), This grisly depiction of John the Baptist's severed head was once an extremely popul...
EditorialSash with Flowering Plants, 17th century, Attributed to Iran, probably Kashan, Silk, silver- and gilt-metal wrapped thread (metal strip, silk core); taquet?, brocaded, Textile: H. 164 in. (416.5 cm), Textiles-Costumes, Sashes like this one became popul...
EditorialCenser, upper part of a vessel in which fragrant resin was burnt. The incense issued from the mouth of the human head. From Amatitlan-Lake, Guatemala. Sacrificial vessels were thrown into the lake during ceremonies. Clay with paint (250-600 CE). Height...