EditorialEmblem 43 self portrait. Notebook of William Blake. England; circa 1787-1818. [Whole folio] Self-portrait of William Blake, his left profile, with wisps of hair. Emblem drawing of two figures walking away from a cloiser. Lines from 'Public Address' Im...
EditorialAbstract Hexagons, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), Multiple wisps of lines carved out form abstract hexagons. The three-pronged shape represents the pattern of a tortoiseshell, which represents longevity...
EditorialMask of a woman with a large coil of plaited hair, Roman Period, Hadrian, A.D. 117?138, From Egypt, Plaster, paint, glass, h. 21 cm (8 1/4 in); w. 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in), This woman's high coiled braid recalls portraits of the Empress Sabina. The softer ar...
EditorialEmblem 43 self portrait. Notebook of William Blake. England; circa 1787-1818. [Whole folio] Self-portrait of William Blake, his left profile, with wisps of hair. Emblem drawing of two figures walking away from a cloiser. Lines from 'Public Address' Im...
EditorialMask of a woman with a large coil of plaited hair, Roman Period, Hadrian, A.D. 117?138, From Egypt, Plaster, paint, glass, h. 21 cm (8 1/4 in); w. 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in), This woman's high coiled braid recalls portraits of the Empress Sabina. The softer ar...
EditorialMildred Howells, 1897, silvered bronze, Diameter: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm), Sculpture, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, Dublin 1848?1907 Cornish, New Hampshire), This medal of poet and artist Mildred Howells (1873-1966) was excerpted from Saint-Gaudens?s re...
EditorialA female ghost, Meiji era, Japan, c1871-c1889. She shrieks in triumph as she bears off the severed head. Cutting off a defeated enemy's head was the ultimate sign of victory in battle, but here, she even has blood dripping from her gaping fangs, sugges...