EditorialA mahout rides his elephant past a statue of a mythical, multi-headed pachyderm in the Baan Ta Klang village, in Thailand on Feb. 3, 2023. (Ulet Ifansasti/The New York Times)
EditorialA mahout rides his elephant past a statue of a mythical, multi-headed pachyderm in the Baan Ta Klang village, in Thailand on Feb. 3, 2023. (Ulet Ifansasti/The New York Times)
EditorialA mahout rides his elephant past a statue of a mythical, multi-headed pachyderm in the Baan Ta Klang village, in Thailand on Feb. 3, 2023. (Ulet Ifansasti/The New York Times)
EditorialA mahout rides his elephant past a statue of a mythical, multi-headed pachyderm in the Baan Ta Klang village, in Thailand on Feb. 3, 2023. (Ulet Ifansasti/The New York Times)
EditorialA mahout rides his elephant past a statue of a mythical, multi-headed pachyderm in the Baan Ta Klang village, in Thailand on Feb. 3, 2023. (Ulet Ifansasti/The New York Times)
EditorialA mahout rides his elephant past a statue of a mythical, multi-headed pachyderm in the Baan Ta Klang village, in Thailand on Feb. 3, 2023. (Ulet Ifansasti/The New York Times)
EditorialA mahout rides his elephant past a statue of a mythical, multi-headed pachyderm in the Baan Ta Klang village, in Thailand on Feb. 3, 2023. (Ulet Ifansasti/The New York Times)
EditorialTwo Mythical Animals (Zwei Fabeltiere). Dated: 1914. Dimensions: block: 9.9 x 12.1 cm (3 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.) sheet: 16.5 x 22.7 cm (6 1/2 x 8 15/16 in.). Medium: woodcut in black on japan paper.
EditorialA Pindaric Ode, late 18th early 19th century. Illustration by William Blake, with mythical characters. Plate 5 from William Blake's watercolours for Thomas Gray's poems. Reproduced full-size in colour from the unique copy belonging to His Grace the...
EditorialThe Ishtar Gate, the main gate of Babylon built during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE). Glazed tiles with mythical animals, bulls and griffins. The gate was dedicated to the goddess Ishtar, a mother-and love goddess related to Astarte and ...
EditorialMythical creature with gazelle's head, lion's body and snake's tail. Enamelled tile and ceramic brick. Detail from the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, Mesopotamia Period of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE).
EditorialPlate 12: Triumphal arch, elevation of the back facade, surmounted with the arms of Ferdinand and decorated with five mythical or heroic scenes; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis... '.
EditorialWilhelm Weimar, lidded goblet, glass negative, black and white negative process, total: height: 23.8 cm; width: 17.8 cm, numbered: top left : in black ink: 1363,b, work of applied arts (precious metals), arts and crafts, decorative arts, industrial des...
EditorialKantharos (A, B: two mythical creatures), Clay, Clay, Total: Height: 25 cm; Diameter: 15,5 cm, Ceramics, Horse, Fabulous animals (hoofed animals), Aries (animal), Animals as ornament, Palmette (ornament), Antiquity, While the form and also the theme of...
EditorialGrotesques with figure on back hippocampus Neues Groteschgen-Werk (series title), Three pilasters with grotesques and various mythical figures and scenes, ornament, grotesque, sea-horse, hippocamp, 'hippocampus', ( horse / fish) (mythological hybrid mo...
EditorialMahogany fire shield, rectangular, on triangular feet with winged half lions, Mahogany fire shield. The rectangular window rests on triangular feet, with winged half lions. Gilt bronze decorations have been applied to the sides, lines and on all sides ...
EditorialMythical figures. P. P. Finauer's allgemeines historisches Verzeichn. Munich, 1761. Illustration showing two mythical figures either side of a female portrait. A winged horse is in the background. Image taken from P. P. Finauer's allgemeines historisc...
Editorial????????, Kirin (Mythical Chimera) Standing on a Seal, Edo period (1615?1868), second half 18th century?first half 19th century, Japan, Ivory, Netsuke, The kirin is considered a paragon of virtue. It has the head of a dragon, the body of a deer, legs a...
EditorialThe Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1109. Famine, Plague, War and Death, represented by four men riding colourful horses. One rider has a set of scales, two hold swords and one has a bow and arrow. A demon or mythical beast waves its arms, lower right...
EditorialThe Amazonian sarcophagus depicts the battle between the Greek heroes and the mythical female warriors. 2nd half 4th BCE. Detail left side Marble, L: 264 cm Inv. I 169.
EditorialKris of a high-ranking dignitary, Sumatran kris with sheath, Sumatran kris with a corrugated blade adorned by the pamor technique and embossed with gold: diamond-shaped pattern of the crowned naga, the top of the blade ( ganja) is decorated with a myth...
EditorialGrotesques with figure on the back of a hippocampus Neues Groteschgen-Werk (series title), Three pilasters with grotesques and various mythical figures and scenes, ornament, grotesque, sea-horse, hippocamp, ' hippocampus' (horse / fish) (mythological h...
EditorialAnimals being attacked or preyed upon by mythical creatures. Serpents with wings. Domesticated animals. Cow and horse. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Ca...
EditorialYouTube stars Rhett McLaughlin, left, and Charles Lincoln Neal III at the Mythical studio in Burbank, Calif. on Monday, July 18, 2022. (Tag Christof/The New York Times)