EditorialColaptes auratus, Print, The northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) or common flicker is a medium-sized bird of the woodpecker family. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands, and is one of the few woo...
EditorialBronze neck-amphora (jar), Classical, ca. 460 B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, H. 13 3/8 in. (33.9 cm), Bronzes, The elegant curves of this vessel imitate early fifth century B.C. Greek prototypes of terracotta and bronze. Each handle is elaborately ornamented ...
EditorialNo. 4: Chinese boys playing a raffle game, from the series "Children Say 'This is Japan!' and Imitate the Games They See in Picturebooks (Yodo iu koitsu wa Nippon, ezoshi o mite yori sono gai ni asobu)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1786-...
EditorialNo. 2: Chinese boys copying paintings and writing Japanese, from the series "Children Say 'This is Japan!' and Imitate the Games They See in Picturebooks (Yodo iu koitsu wa Nippon, ezoshi o mite yori sono gai ni asobu)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-...
Editorialscarab, Re, sitting, anchteken, The seal has the shape of a stylized scarab. The head with clypeus has been broken off. The body is divided into pronotum and two elytras by means of two notched lines. Legs are shown on both sides. The front legs turned...
EditorialEXCLUSIVE: Imelda Staunton & Jonathan Pryce film scenes for the upcoming The Crown Series 5 at The Coliseum Theatre in Covent Garden, Central London
EditorialMachine-made openwork samples, Medium: cardboard, linen, silk, metallic Technique: linen embroidery with ground cloth dissolved Examples of embroidery on net produced by the Schiffli machine Metallic embroidery on net Machine-made openwork in imitation...
Editorialpunched work fragment, Medium: silk Technique: painted and punched work with embroidery, Fragment of cream-colored silk pierced or punched to imitate lace insertions with a band of painted dots and V-shapes in between. Multicolored embroidered sprigs w...
EditorialBronze neck-amphora (jar), Classical, ca. 460 B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, H. 13 3/8 in. (33.9 cm), Bronzes, The elegant curves of this vessel imitate early fifth century B.C. Greek prototypes of terracotta and bronze. Each handle is elaborately ornamented ...