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?...
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...