EditorialTitelblatt ans Agostino Scilla ' Both major and minor metaphysical cosmos ...', Title page from Agostino Scillas '17th century Utriusque cosmi maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysica ...', title page, 1670, Agostino Scilla: La vana speculazione disinga...
EditorialThe Genius of Cosimo I de 'Medici Il Genio Mediceo, Il Genio Medici (' The Medici Genius'), A naked youth - a genius or guardian spirit from classical antiquity - sitting on a baluster-shaped pedestal with the symbol of the constellation Capricorn - a ...
EditorialApollo, Pan, and a putto blowing a horn, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau.
EditorialApollo, Pan, and a putto blowing a horn, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau.
EditorialEgypt. R. M. Junghaendel (German, active 19th century) and C. G. Rawlinson (German, 19th Century); published by Cosmos Art Publishing Company (German, 19th century). Date: 1888-1898. Dimensions: 54.3 ? 44.5 cm. Book containing photogravures (25). Origi...
EditorialEgypt. R. M. Junghaendel (German, active 19th century) and C. G. Rawlinson (German, 19th Century); published by Cosmos Art Publishing Company (German, 19th century). Date: 1888-1898. Dimensions: 54.3 ? 44.5 cm. Book containing photogravures (25). Origi...
EditorialApollo, Pan, and a putto blowing a horn, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau.
EditorialApollo, Pan, and a putto blowing a horn, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau.
EditorialThree levels of the world (Iha Tsen Lu Rigsum) -an explanation of the cosmos: Above: The celestial Gods, Middle: The divine owners of the land (Tsen). Below: The snake-like beings granting fertility (Lu). The people share their space with the divine be...
EditorialApollo, Pan, and a putto blowing a horn, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau.
EditorialDainichi Nyorai, ??????, Heian period (794?1185), 12th century, Japan, Wood with gold leaf and lacquer decoration, H. 36 3/8 in. (92.4 cm); W. 27 1/2 in. (69.9 cm); D. 19 5/8 in. (49.8 cm), Sculpture, As Supreme Buddha of the Cosmos, from which the ent...
EditorialCandlestick with Enthronement Scene, second quarter 13th century, Attributed to Jazira, probably Mosul. Country of Origin Iraq, Brass; engraved, incised, inlaid with silver, H. 9 9/16 in. (24.4 cm), Metal, This sophisticated candlestick illustrates var...
EditorialHototogisu or toad lily, Tricyrtis hirta, and garden cosmos or Mexican aster, Cosmos bipinnatus. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.
EditorialGarden cosmos or Mexican aster, Cosmos bipinnatus, and hototogisu or toad lily, Tricyrtis hirta. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.
EditorialCast gold pendant of a winged shaman, from Popayán, Colombia, 100-1500. The figure on this pendant combines human attributes with the outstretched wings of a bird. These elements allude to shamanic powers of flight. After careful ritual preparat...
EditorialThree levels of the world (Iha Tsen Lu Rigsum) -an explanation of the cosmos: Above: The celestial Gods, Middle: The divine owners of the land (Tsen). Below: The snake-like beings granting fertility (Lu). The people share their space with the divine be...