EditorialThe Artisan (Ko) from the series "Beauties Illustrating the Four Social Classes (Adesugata shi no ko sho)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1774-1784. Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.9 cm. Color woodblock print; koban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Artisan, plate three from The Ranks and Conditions of Men. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi; Italian, active c. 1465. Date: 1460-1470. Dimensions: 180 x 101 mm (plate); 184 x 104 mm (sheet). Engraving on paper. Origin: Italy.
EditorialFrench: Sign for a Locksmith, French, 18th?early 19th century, Iron, This 18th-century key has always been meant for display. It was made as a sign for a locksmith's shop in France. The ornate decoration was probably intended to show off the skills of ...
EditorialThe Artisan (Ko) from the series "Beauties Illustrating the Four Social Classes (Adesugata shi no ko sho)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1774-1784. Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.9 cm. Color woodblock print; koban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Artisan, plate three from The Ranks and Conditions of Men. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi; Italian, active c. 1465. Date: 1460-1470. Dimensions: 180 x 101 mm (plate); 184 x 104 mm (sheet). Engraving on paper. Origin: Italy.
EditorialArtisan, 250-600. Guatemala, Pet?n region, Maya style (250-900), Maya style (250-900). Earthenware with colored slips; overall: 56.5 x 22 x 35.5 cm (22 1/4 x 8 11/16 x 14 in.).
EditorialThe Artisan, plate three from The Ranks and Conditions of Men. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi; Italian, active c. 1465. Date: 1460-1470. Dimensions: 180 x 101 mm (plate); 184 x 104 mm (sheet). Engraving on paper. Origin: Italy.
EditorialThe Artisan (Ko) from the series "Beauties Illustrating the Four Social Classes (Adesugata shi no ko sho)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1774-1784. Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.9 cm. Color woodblock print; koban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Artisan, plate three from The Ranks and Conditions of Men. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi; Italian, active c. 1465. Date: 1460-1470. Dimensions: 180 x 101 mm (plate); 184 x 104 mm (sheet). Engraving on paper. Origin: Italy.
EditorialWall painting of tradespeople from the House of the Pygmies (Casa dei Pygmeii) at 9, Regio IX, Insula V. At left, a plasterer or stucco artisan, and at right a man casting a net, perhaps a fisherman. Illustration drawn by Discanno and lithographed by V...
EditorialSpain. Valencia. The Revolt of the Brotherhoods. Revolt by artisan guilds against the government of King Charles I in the Kingdom of Valencia, part of the Crown of Aragon. It took place from 1519?1523, with most of the fighting occurring during 1521. C...
EditorialA illustration showing ordinary types of tools used in carpentry and joinery. Every Man his own Mechanic. A complete and comprehensive guide to every description of constructive and decorative work that may be done by the amateur artisan ... [By F. Y.]...
EditorialAn advertisement for C. Isler and Company, artisan well engineers. Towards the end of the 19th century more and more people had piped water but it was usually to the kitchen. It was not until the 1930s that the majority of people had water piped to bat...
EditorialSwiss costumes of the first half of the 16th century. Bailiff from Basle A, cook B, and young woman of the artisan class C. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt,...
EditorialSpain. Valencia. The Revolt of the Brotherhoods. Revolt by artisan guilds against the government of King Charles I in the Kingdom of Valencia, part of the Crown of Aragon. It took place from 1519?1523, with most of the fighting occurring during 1521. C...
EditorialJar, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6-8, ca. 2323?2150 B.C., From Egypt, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), H. 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.), This bag-shaped jar owes more to vessel shapes in pottery than to the older tradition of stone vessels. Note how the artisan has skil...
EditorialHead of a King, ca. 1230?35, French, Limestone, 13 1/2 ? 11 5/8 ? 11 5/8 in. (34.3 ? 29.6 ? 29.5 cm), Sculpture-Stone, This noble bearded head of a king is a striking example of the courtly style associated with the reign of Louis IX (1226?70). The ele...
EditorialSwiss costumes of the first half of the 16th century. Bailiff from Basle A, cook B, and young woman of the artisan class C. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt,...
EditorialItalian guild artisans and a judicial notary, 14th century. The notary wears a brown bonnet and blue cape. The left artisan wears a scarlet cape and hood, blue doublet and stockings. The right artisan in blue bonnet and doublet, pink cape and stockings...
EditorialWall painting of tradespeople from the House of the Pygmies (Casa dei Pygmeii) at 9, Regio IX, Insula V. At left, a plasterer or stucco artisan, and at right a man casting a net, perhaps a fisherman. Illustration drawn by Discanno and lithographed by V...
EditorialSpain. Valencia. The Revolt of the Brotherhoods. Revolt by artisan guilds against the government of King Charles I in the Kingdom of Valencia, part of the Crown of Aragon. It took place from 1519?1523, with most of the fighting occurring during 1521. C...
EditorialStele of Pashed, artisan, from the cemetery at Deir el-Medina. Pashed, with long, pleated skirt, adores the God Ptah, The God is shrouded like a mummy and holds the staff " ouas".19th-20th dynasties,1295-1069 BCE. Limestone,H: 23 cm Inv. E16370.