EditorialMarble female figure, Final Neolithic, 4500?4000 B.C., Cycladic, Marble, H. 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm), Stone Sculpture, The figure represents a rare type known as steatopygous, characterized by particularly full legs and buttocks, and is undoubtedly indicat...
EditorialPair of candelabra, ca. 1865?70, French, Paris, Gilt brass, enamel, Overall (confirmed): 22 3/8 x 13 1/4 x 6 3/8 in. (56.8 x 33.7 x 16.2 cm), Metalwork-Brass, The decoration was inspired by motifs from Romanesque metalwork, yet the design freely mixes ...
EditorialLes Quatre Saisons (The Four Seasons), Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave, Long panel of rural scenes indicative of the four seasons of the year (skating, maypole, fishing, harvesting) in red on white. Panel bound with w...
EditorialPortrait of Zhu Guan, from the set Five Old Men of?Suiyang, before?1056, Album leaf: ink and color on silk, without mounting: 15 7/8 ? 12 11/16 in. (40.3 ? 32.2 cm), Sometime in the early 1050s, five portraits were painted to commemorate the lives of f...
EditorialL?on Cogniet, The Abduction of Rebecca by Brian de Bois-Guilbert, ca. 1828, watercolor and graphite on white wove paper, 9 1/8 in. x 11 15/16 in. (23.2 cm. x 30.3 cm.), The dramatic subject of this work, from Sir Walter Scott's novel 'Ivanhoe' (1820), ...
Editorial*PREMIUM EXCLUSIVE NO WEB UNTIL 1230PM EST 5TH JAN* Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde arrive back at his luxury LA home together carrying luggage - after spending time with each other away from the set of their new movie
EditorialDa?aratha, enthroned in durbar, tells the Brahmins Vasi??ha and Vāmadeva and his minister Sumantra of his intention to resign his throne to Rāma as regent; on the left, these three summon Rāma and Lak?ma?a. Above, four Brahmins begin to pre...
EditorialFemale Figure, 12th?9th century B.C., Mexico, Mesoamerica, Olmec, Ceramic, H. 6 3/4 in. (17 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, Ceramic figures from central Mexico made during the late second millennium B.C. usually depict women. Commonly described as fertility f...
EditorialMask, 900?400 B.C., Mexico, Mesoamerica, Olmec, Jadeite, H. 6 3/4 x W. 6 5/16 in. (17.1 x 16.5 cm), Stone-Sculpture, Depicting a typical Olmec face with slanted, almond-shaped eyes and a toothless, slightly downturned mouth, this mask is rendered with ...
EditorialInflatable pink flamingoes, indicative of an end to the era of discreet outdoor settings, at a restaurant in Manhattan, July 5, 2020. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)