EditorialCourtesan, Keisei Eisen, Japanese, 1790 1848, Woodblock print in colored ink on paper, Covered from head to toe is this well-dressed woman looking back at the viewer. Combs fill her hair, which signals her high ranked status as a courtesan. Each of her...
EditorialFrench - Telegraph Making Signals in the Dark, James Gillray, 17571815, British, 1795, Etching and aquatint, hand-colored, Sheet: 8 3/4 x 13 3/16in. (22.2 x 33.5cm).
EditorialUnknown Artist, Assyrian Relief: Winged Spirit or Apkallu Anointing Ashurnasirpal II from Kalhu (Nimrud), Iraq, ca. 875860 B.C.E., gypsum (Mosul alabaster), 65 11/16 in. x 78 1/8 in. x 6 3/8 in. (166.8 cm. x 198.5 cm. x 16.2 cm.), This relief shows the...
EditorialMarble Portrait Bust of a Woman with a Scroll, late 4th?early 5th century, Made in Constantinople, Byzantine, Pentelic Marble, Overall: 20 7/8 x 10 13/16 x 8 3/4 in. (53 x 27.5 x 22.2 cm), Sculpture-Stone, This sensitively carved portrait bust presents...