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...
EditorialModel of a Ship's Galley, Model of a galley for the main deck, painted black. It is a simple cube with iron walls, standing on legs that have a hole to be screwed into the deck. The galley has double doors with a slide and lock. The floor has two level...