EditorialNegative - Katherine, Northern Territory, 1936, Bill Carter - 'mug baker', standing by his shop which is painted with the slogans: weird pies, strange pasties, rock cakes for road making, love buns for lost vitality.
EditorialBronze Herakles, Archaic, last quarter of the 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 5 1/16 in. (12.80 cm), Bronzes, Herakles is presented here not only as a hero of extraordinary strength and vitality but also as a beautifully groomed?and thus civilized?...
EditorialTerracotta lekythos (oil flask), Classical, ca. 460 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 13 3/8 in. (34 cm); diameter 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm), Vases, Maenad; on shoulder, satyr eating grapes. Hermonax was a follower of the Berlin Painter. His vi...
EditorialBringing together the four symbols. A dragon, tiger, tortoise and a bird, the animals of the four directions, surround an alchemical crucible. Directions for endowment and vitality. China, 1615. Source: 15113.e.6. Language: Chinese.
EditorialIllustration of the marriage of the dragon and the tiger. A boy rides the tiger, and a girl rides the dragon. They infuse their energies into the alchemical crucible. Directions for endowment and vitality. China, 1615. Source: 15113.e.6. Language: Chinese.
EditorialBronze Herakles, Archaic, last quarter of the 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 5 1/16 in. (12.80 cm), Bronzes, Herakles is presented here not only as a hero of extraordinary strength and vitality but also as a beautifully groomed?and thus civilized?...
Editorial?????? ???????????????, Pine and Camellia with Hawks and Willow and Camellia with Small Birds, Edo period (1615?1868), 17th century, Japan, Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on paper, Image (each): 58 7/16 in. x 10 ft. 8 13/16 in. (148.5...
EditorialBronze Herakles, Archaic, last quarter of the 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 5 1/16 in. (12.80 cm), Bronzes, Herakles is presented here not only as a hero of extraordinary strength and vitality but also as a beautifully groomed?and thus civilized?...
EditorialOkimono in the Form of a Raven, early 18th century, Japanese, Steel, L. 18 in. (45.7 cm), Miscellaneous, Myochin Munesuke (Japanese, Edo period, 1688?1735), This raven was fashioned by hammering and embossing steel??a most intractable medium??into a be...
EditorialTerracotta lekythos (oil flask), Classical, ca. 460 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 13 3/8 in. (34 cm); diameter 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm), Vases, Maenad; on shoulder, satyr eating grapes. Hermonax was a follower of the Berlin Painter. His vi...
Editorial??, ???, ????, ??, Narcissus and Orchid, dated 1920, China, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper, 7 7/8 x 21 2/3 in. (20.0 x 55.0 cm), Paintings, Chen Hengke (Chinese, 1876?1923), Chen Hengke's studies in Japan gave him the...
EditorialWELLS CATHEDRAL, Much of the structure is in the Early English style, much enriched by its sculptural aspects and the vitality of the carved capitals in a foliate style known as ?stiff leaf?. UK.