EditorialGreek art. The parapet of the Athena Nike temple. Lower part of a Nike once adorning a trophy. 5th century BC. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece.
EditorialTerracotta pyxis (box), Classical, ca. 420?400 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm), Vases, Preparations for wedding. The frieze presents a rather full picture of a bride's preparations. At the beginning, she bathes with t...
EditorialStar-Shaped Tile, 13th century, Made in Iran, Kashan, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue and turquoise and luster-painted on opaque white glaze, 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, This eight-pointed star tile was once part of a panel of star- and cr...
EditorialCross-Shaped Tile, 13th century, Made in Iran, probably Kashan, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue and turquoise and luster-painted on opaque white glaze, 8 in. (20.3 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, Four fantastic birds occupy the arms of this cross-shaped tile ...
EditorialStar-Shaped Tile, 14th century, Made in Iran, Stonepaste: inglaze painted in blue and turquoise and luster-painted on an opaque white glaze, 8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, This eight-pointed star tile was once part of a panel of star- and ...
EditorialStar-Shaped Tile, 13th?14th century, Made in Iran, probably Kashan, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue and turquoise and luster-painted on opaque white glaze, 8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, This eight-pointed star tile was once part of a ...
EditorialStar-Shaped Tile, 13th?14th century, Made in Iran, probably Kashan, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue and turquoise and luster-painted on opaque white glaze, 8 in. (20.3 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, This eight-pointed star tile was once part of a panel of st...
EditorialStar-Shaped Tile, 13th?14th century, Made in Iran, probably Kashan, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue and turquoise and luster-painted on opaque white glaze, 8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, This eight-pointed star tile was once part of a ...
EditorialCross-Shaped Tile, 13th century, Made in Iran, probably Kashan, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue and turquoise and luster-painted on opaque white glaze, 8 in. (20.3 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, This cross-shaped tile with a symmetrical leaf pattern was once...
EditorialCross-Shaped Tile, 13th century, Made in Iran, probably Kashan, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue and turquoise and luster-painted on opaque white glaze, 8 in. (20.3 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, This cross-shaped tile with a symmetrical leaf pattern was once...
EditorialStar-Shaped Tile, 13th?14th century, Made in Iran, probably Kashan, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue and turquoise and luster-painted on opaque white glaze, 8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, This eight-pointed star tile was once part of a ...
Editorial?? ?????????(??), Bodhisattva, probably Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), Northern Qi dynasty (550?577), ca. 550?560, China, Sandstone with pigment, H. 13 ft. 9 in. (419.1 cm); H. with base 14 ft. 9 in. (449.6 cm), Sculpture, Large-scale sculptures of bodhisa...
EditorialPendant with Serpent Design, 13th?14th century, United States, Tennessee, Mississippian, Shell, H. 4 3/16 x W. 5 1/8 x D. 1 1/8 in. (10.6 x 13 x 2.8 cm), Shell-Ornaments, Rattlesnake imagery was pervasive during Mississippian times in the Southeast, an...
EditorialLuca Giordano (1634-1705). Italian painter. The Patrons Saints of Naples adorning the Crucifix, 17th century. National Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.
EditorialSkeleton of Death adorning a Countess with a necklace of bones even as she is preoccupied with a new gown from her maid. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein, Coxhead, London, 1816.
EditorialSpain. Madrid. Ministry of Agriculture. 19th century. Designed by Ricardo Velazquez Bosco (1843-1923). Sculptures by Agusti Querol Subirats adorning the ceiling.