EditorialWater Pipe Base, 17th century, Made in Iran, Kirman, Stonepaste; painted in blue and incised under colorless glaze with copper fittings, H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm), Ceramics, The technique of frit-carving was popular in the 12th century and experienced a r...
EditorialBird Vessel, 12th?9th century B.C., Mexico, Mesoamerica, Olmec, Ceramic, red ochre, H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), Ceramics-Containers, Animal effigy vessels are among the most engaging objects known from Mesoamerica. Often the animal body forms the entire ve...
EditorialReclining Nude, 1917, Oil on canvas, 23 7/8 x 36 1/2 in. (60.6 x 92.7 cm), Paintings, Amedeo Modigliani (Italian, Livorno 1884?1920 Paris), Modigliani?s celebrated series of reclining nudes, begun in 1916, are influenced by Italian Renaissance represen...
EditorialAntlion, Myrmeleon species, and its lair. The antlion digs a pit (1,2) and hides its entire body in the sand (3) to ambush ants (4,5) and a caterpillar (6f). Building a pit by using its abdomen as a plough to expel sand (7,8). Handcoloured copperplate ...
EditorialBaptismal font in Skjeberg church, Norway, 1125-1150. Soapstone, English style, showing Christ, Saint Mary and the apostles. The font is large enough to immerse the entire body of the chid, as was the medieval custom.