EditorialHenry Segerman, a British American mathematician and inventor at Oklahoma State University, at his home studio in Stillwater, Okla., Dec. 3, 2022. (Brett Deering/The New York Times)
EditorialIran. Naqsh-e Rostam. Cube of Zoroaster (Kaba Zartosht) fire temple. Late 6th century BC-early 5th century BC. Achaemenid period. Near Shiraz.
EditorialPerspectival Drawing of a Column Base with Cube, 1528, Pen and black ink, brush and grey wash, sheet: 4 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (10.8 x 9.5 cm), Drawings, Peter Fl?tner (German, Thurgau 1485?1546 Nuremberg), For Renaissance artists, the representation of geome...
EditorialThistle (recto) and Thistle buds (verso) from Gart Der Gesundheit (also called Hortus sanitatis, or Garden of Health), Plate 32 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century. Attributed to Erhard Reuwich (Dutch, c. 1455-c. 1490); printed and published b...
EditorialTap jug, round, decorated with appliqu? profile edge with lambrequins, The round can rest on three legs and has a tap, two ears with hinged handles and a loose lid. The legs are each constructed from a C-volute rolled in at the bottom, octagonal in cro...
EditorialFigwort (recto), and Bloodroot (verso), from Gart der Gesundheit (Garden of Health), Plate 11 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century. Unknown Artist (Augsburg, 15th century); printed and published by Johann Sch?nsperger the Elder (German, c. 145...
EditorialHazelwort from Gart der Gesundheit (Garden of Health), Plate 16 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century. Unknown Artist (Ulm, 15th century); printed and published by Konrad Dinckmut (German, active 1476-1499); original text by Johann Wonnecke von ...