EditorialThe Infant Krishna Spirited Away by Vasudev, page from the Dispersed Bhagavatapurana manuscript. India; Delhi-Agra region, possibly Mathura. Date: 1520-1555. Dimensions: 17.4 x 23.3 cm (6 13/16 x 9 3/16 in.). Opaque watercolor on paper. Origin: India.
EditorialThe Taste. "Wow! I am not surprised any more why this fellow is so spirited... and he calls me an old beast! Let me have one of these every morning, and I will be full of spirit too," plate 40 from Types Parisiens. Honor? Victorin Daumier; French, 1808...
EditorialThe Taste. "Wow! I am not surprised any more why this fellow is so spirited... and he calls me an old beast! Let me have one of these every morning, and I will be full of spirit too," plate 40 from Types Parisiens. Honor? Victorin Daumier; French, 1808...
EditorialThe Infant Krishna Spirited Away by Vasudev, page from the Dispersed Bhagavatapurana manuscript. India; Delhi-Agra region, possibly Mathura. Date: 1520-1555. Dimensions: 17.4 x 23.3 cm (6 13/16 x 9 3/16 in.). Opaque watercolor on paper. Origin: India.
EditorialMentor and Telemachus, Having Survived the Storm, Are Spirited to the Island of Calypso on a Mast, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 6. Bartolomeo Pinelli; Italian, 1781-1835. Date: 1808. Dimensions: 465 x 591 mm (sight); 558 x 665 mm (overall). ...
EditorialThe Taste. "Wow! I am not surprised any more why this fellow is so spirited... and he calls me an old beast! Let me have one of these every morning, and I will be full of spirit too," plate 40 from Types Parisiens. Honor? Victorin Daumier; French, 1808...
EditorialMentor and Telemachus, Having Survived the Storm, Are Spirited to the Island of Calypso on a Mast, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 6. Bartolomeo Pinelli; Italian, 1781-1835. Date: 1808. Dimensions: 465 x 591 mm (sight); 558 x 665 mm (overall). ...
EditorialThe Spirited Moor Gazul is the First to Spear Bulls According to Rules, plate five from The Art of Bullfighting. Francisco Jos? de Goya y Lucientes; Spanish, 1746-1828. Date: 1813-1816. Dimensions: 205 x 310 mm (image); 249 x 355 mm (plate); 323 x 446 ...
EditorialThe Infant Krishna Spirited Away by Vasudev, page from the Dispersed Bhagavatapurana manuscript. India; Delhi-Agra region, possibly Mathura. Date: 1520-1555. Dimensions: 17.4 x 23.3 cm (6 13/16 x 9 3/16 in.). Opaque watercolor on paper. Origin: India.
EditorialBronze and Stone Inscriptions, Calligraphy, and Painting Authenticated at the Hall of a Spirited Old Man" (Zhuangmu Tang jianding jinshi shuhua)".
EditorialDeacon Saint (Stephen or Lawrence), ca. 1640?50, Red and black chalk, sheet: 9 x 6 15/16 in. (22.8 x 17.6 cm), Drawings, Jacopo Confortini (Italian, Florence 1602?1672 Florence), Probably dating to the 1640-50s, this spirited, relatively finished study...
EditorialDress, 1912, French, silk, Perhaps the most radical achievement in Poiret's career, underestimated by the designer himself, was his development of the chemise silhouette. Although other couturiers might arguably share credit with him for advocating the...
Editorial????? ??????, Mynah Bird on Plum Branch, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, 36 3/16 x 10 1/2 in. (91.9 x 26.7 cm), Paintings, Saien Hosai (Xiyua Fangqi) (1736???1795), A single mynah bird rests upon a flowering p...
EditorialRobe, 19th century, Japan (Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands), Resist-dyed and painted (bingata) silk crepe, 20 1/2 x 56 in. (52.1 x 142.2 cm), Costumes, The bingata dyeing technique used for this garment involved the application of resist paste through one or m...
Editorial??????, Yamauba Combing Her Hair and Kintoki, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1801, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753??1806), The story of Yamam...
Editorial'The Combat of Tus and Human', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1330?40, Attributed to Iran, probably Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, Page: 7 15/16 x 5 3/16 in. (20.2 x 13.2 cm), Codices, Before they led their armi...
EditorialA Large Tree, 1615?73, Pen and brown ink, on brown paper, 24 3/16 x 16 7/16in. (61.5 x 41.8cm), Drawings, Salvator Rosa (Italian, Arenella (Naples) 1615?1673 Rome), Of his myriad achievements as an artist and man of letters, the brilliant and moody Sal...
EditorialRelief fragment with chariots, New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, ca. 1352?1336 B.C., From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Amarna (Akhetaten), Great Temple of the Aten, Sanctuary, Egypt Exploration Society excavations, 1926?27, Limestone, paint, 9 1/16 x 21 ...
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 ...