EditorialShakyamuni Conquering the Demons (Shaka Goma-zu), Meiji period (1868?1912), ca. 1888, Japan, Album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, 14 1/2 x 11 in. (36.8 x 27.9 cm), Paintings, Kawanabe Kyosai (Japanese, 1831?1889), This scene p...
Editorial'Allegory on the Equality of all Mankind in Death', 1599. The complex meaning of this image is derived from the Latin inscriptions. The most important is that at the top of the tent: " MORS SCEPTRA LIGONIBUS AEQVAT" (Death makes the sceptre a...
EditorialCartel (wallclock) " L'amour vainqueur du temps" -" Love conquering time" Paris,1740-1745 Ebony veneer on an oak frame,brass and tortoise shell marquetry,gilt bronze,132,5 x 47 x 38cm.
EditorialAssyrian warriors empaling jewish prisoners after conquering Jewish fortress Lachish (battle 701 BCE). Part of a relief from the palace of Sennacherib at Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq).