EditorialTwo putti and a lamb, Oval marble relief with a standing and sitting putto as a shepherd and shepherdess, next to a lying lamb. The standing putto holds a shepherd's staff, the seated puts her arm around the lamb. The whole on a rocky ground and feathe...
EditorialThe Annunciation. Mirandola Hours. Italy, circa 1490-1499. [Whole folio] The Hours of the Virgin. The Annunciation, set in palace with columns and balconies, a phoenix rises from a hexagonal entablature. At foot, Adam and Eve, with the arms of Galeotto...
EditorialSurface Decoration, Grotesque with Strapwork, Aedicula at Center, on Either Side Recessed Balconies, in Frame at Lower Center Moses and the Brazen Serpent from Veelderleij Veranderinghe van grotissen ende Compertimenten... Libro Primo.
EditorialThe Annunciation. Mirandola Hours. Italy, circa 1490-1499. [Whole folio] The Hours of the Virgin. The Annunciation, set in palace with columns and balconies, a phoenix rises from a hexagonal entablature. At foot, Adam and Eve, with the arms of Galeotto...
EditorialSurface Decoration, Grotesque with Strapwork, Aedicula at Center, on Either Side Recessed Balconies, in Frame at Lower Center Moses and the Brazen Serpent from Veelderleij Veranderinghe van grotissen ende Compertimenten... Libro Primo.
EditorialHexagonal Tile Ensemble with Sphinx, ca. 1160s?70s, From Turkey, Konya, Stonepaste; over- and underglaze-painted, gilded, H. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, By the early twentieth century, the two-story Konya K??k had largely fallen into ruin, but...
EditorialBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Casa Mila or La Pedrera. Wrought iron work. Decorative detail of the balconies, by the Badia Miarnau brothers, Luis and Josep Badia i Miarnau, both smiths.
EditorialSpain, Barcelona. Casa Mila or La Pedrera. Modernist building designed by Antonio Gaudi between 1906 and 1912. Facade. Balconies. Wrought iron work by the smith brothers Lluis Badia i Miarnau and Josep Badia i Miarnau.
EditorialITALY. VENICE. View of the Ducal Palace of the Doges, built mostly between 1309 and 1442 as the residence of the Doge. Is decorated with marble lattices and surrounded by a portico with columns and galleries, with two balconies at the top among large a...
EditorialITALY. VENICE. View of the Ducal Palace of the Doges, built mostly between 1309 and 1442 as the residence of the Doge. Is decorated with marble lattices and surrounded by a portico with columns and galleries, with two balconies at the top among large a...
Editorial" Pilatus-House",1784, a Bavarian version of a Trompe-l'oeil fresco,full of mock columns,balconies and porticos. This typically Alpine technique is called " Lueftlmalerei" .
Editorial" Hundertwasser-House" in Kegelgasse, Vienna, 1986. Designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, painter and architect, the apartment house sports trees (" tree-tenants") in windows and strips of grass on balconies and wide window sills...