EditorialSanctuary cross with medallions: Crucifixion. Elephant ivory, ebony; lathe work. St. Petersburg. Turney of the Peter the Great. Early 1710s-first half of the 1720s. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialThe composer Jon Gibson, right, performs with the dancer Douglas Dunn and with film of the dancer Matt Turney projected in the background, at the Ailey Citigroup Theater in Manhattan as part of the American Dance Guild Performance Festival on Sept. 6, 2012. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)
EditorialSanctuary cross with medallions: Crucifixion. Elephant ivory, ebony; lathe work. St. Petersburg. Turney of the Peter the Great. Early 1710s-first half of the 1720s. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialSanctuary cross with medallions: Crucifixion. Elephant ivory, ebony; lathe work. St. Petersburg. Turney of the Peter the Great. Early 1710s-first half of the 1720s. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialCornelius van Dun, soldier with King Henry at Turney, Yeoman of the Guard, died 1577. Copperplate engraving by T. Trotter from William Richardson's Portraits Illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England, London, 1792?1812. James Granger (1723...
EditorialSanctuary cross with medallions: Crucifixion. Elephant ivory, ebony; lathe work. St. Petersburg. Turney of the Peter the Great. Early 1710s-first half of the 1720s. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialCornelius van Dun, soldier with King Henry at Turney, Yeoman of the Guard, died 1577. Copperplate engraving by T. Trotter from William Richardson's Portraits Illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England, London, 1792?1812. James Granger (1723...