EditorialDaniel Webster, ca. 1850, Daguerreotype, 21.5 x 16.6 cm (8 7/16 x 6 9/16 in.), Photographs, Albert Sands Southworth (American, West Fairlee, Vermont 1811?1894 Charlestown, Massachusetts), Josiah Johnson Hawes (American, Wayland, Massachusetts 1808?1901...
EditorialWedding ensemble, 1864, French, cotton, A rounded shoulderline that enhanced the length of the neck was prized through most of the nineteenth century. From the 1830s to the 1880s, it was accomplished by the lowered splayed stance of corset straps.
EditorialLimestone statue of a young man, Classical, mid-4th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, H. 63 3/4 in. (161.9 cm), Stone Sculpture, The head and body are from two different statues. The regular features and serene expression of the face as well as the car...
EditorialMarble statue of a kouros (youth), Archaic, ca. 590?580 B.C., Greek, Attic, Marble, Naxian, H. without plinth 76 5/8 in. (194.6 cm); H. of head 12 in. (30.5 cm); length of face 8 7/8 in. (22.6 cm); shoulder width 20 5/16 in. (51.6 cm), Stone Sculpture,...
EditorialMarble grave stele of a little girl, Classical, ca. 450?440 B.C., Greek, Marble, Parian, Height: 31 3/4 in. (80.6 cm), Stone Sculpture, The gentle gravity of this child is beautifully expressed through her sweet farewell to her pet doves. Her peplos is...
EditorialBronze statuette of Herakles, Hellenistic, ca. 3rd?1st century B.C., Italic, Bronze, H. 5 11/16 in. (14.4 cm), Bronzes, Statuettes of Herekles in an advancing stance.
EditorialStudy for a Triton (recto); Anatomical Studies ? (verso), 1642?43, Red chalk, the background tinted with an almost imperceptible pale brown wash, framing lines in pen and brown ink (recto); black chalk (verso), 14 5/16 x 9 5/8 in. (36.4 x 24.5 cm), Dra...
EditorialHigh chest of drawers, 1755?90, Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Mahogany, tulip poplar, yellow pine, 99 x 45 1/2 x 25 in. (251.5 x 115.6 x 63.5 cm), Furniture, Immigrant craftsmen in Philadelphia produced the most elaborate...
EditorialManjushri, the Bodhisattva of Transcendent Wisdom, in an Awesome Aspect, Thakuri period, 10th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Gilt-copper alloy with color and gold paint, H. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm); H. incl. base 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm); W. 6 1/4 in. (15....
EditorialBes standing on a papyriform capital, Beset on opposite side, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.); W. 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in.); D. 2.3 cm 7/8 in.), Bes and his wife Beset appear on opposite sides of...
EditorialBird-Headed Figure Whistle, 8th?9th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Veracruz, Veracruz, Ceramic, pigment, H. 20 1/4 x W. 9 1/2 x D. 5 3/4 in. (51.4 x 24.1 x 14.6 cm), Ceramics-Musical Instruments, This freestanding ceramic figure represents a mastery of ...
EditorialChamorro natives of Agagna (Hagatna), Guam, distilling alcohol, and costume and stance of male and female dancers. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peo...
EditorialThe Gundestrup cauldron. Decorated silver vessel, thought to date between 200 BC and 300 AD, placing it within the late La Te_ne period or early Roman Iron Age. Gundestrup in the Aars parish of Himmerland, Denmark. Scene showing the bust of a bearded ...
EditorialBreast-plate of the Rhetoricians'Chamber. In the Nether-lands, these literary circles organized theatrical performances, poetry competitions and discussions. Because of their liberal stance and reformist ideas they were politically influential.