EditorialTerracotta kylix (drinking cup), Archaic, ca. 510 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm), Vases, Komast (reveler) with skyphos (deep drinking cup) and oinochoe (jug). Among the very early red-figure artists who specialized in...
EditorialPierre-Auguste Renoir: Young Mother (Jeune m?re), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881, Oil on canvas, Renoir painted this scene of a peasant girl holding a child during a trip to Naples in 1881. Dissatisfied with his drawing skills, he had travelled to Italy t...
EditorialAfter the simplicity of the pyramids of Egypt, posterity does not find rest of an Architecture more ..., Illustration of two Egyptian mausoleums from the 18th century, signed: Joh. Bernh., Fischers d'Erl., delin, Delsenbach Sculpsite, TA., XVI, p. 73, ...
Editorial'Interesting simplicity - Canadian revolt explained'. Lord Melbourne and Queen Victoria in discussion. Political Sketches of H. B. [i.e. John Doyle. A series of coloured lithographic prints.] no. 1-757. London, 1829-43. Source: Tab.435.a.1-8. plate 524...
EditorialHer poise, her unconsciousness, the winning simplicity of her manner were noticed everywhere. Date/Period: 1910. Drawing. Ink and pencil on board. Height: 533.40 mm (21 in); Width: 711.20 mm (28 in).
EditorialKobori Enshu designed and built Villa Katsura and its gardens for prince Toshito in 1590. The villa is a triumph of simplicity and precision, a "mirror image of the esoteric Japanese mind".
EditorialKobori Enshu designed and built Villa Katsura and its gardens for prince Toshito in 1590. The villa is a triumph of simplicity and precision, a "mirror image of the esoteric Japanese mind".
Editorial?, ???, ??, ??, Apricot, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 19th century, China, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper, 7 3/8 x 21 1/2 in. (18.7 x 54.6 cm), Paintings, Wu Xizai (Chinese, 1799?1870), The cool, declarative simplicity o...
EditorialDish (one of a pair), Anthony Ficketts (British, active 1635?85), 1664/65, British, London, Silver gilt, Overall (confirmed): 2 1/2 x 18 x 18 in., 7 oz. 17 dwt. (6.4 x 45.7 x 45.7 cm, 244.3g), Metalwork-Silver, Anthony Ficketts (British, active 1635?85...
EditorialDish (one of a pair), Anthony Ficketts (British, active 1635?85), 1664/65, British, London, Silver gilt, Overall (confirmed): 2 7/8 x 18 in., 78 oz. 9 dwt. (7.3 x 45.7 cm, 2.4395kg), Metalwork-Silver, Anthony Ficketts (British, active 1635?85), The som...
EditorialTerracotta kylix (drinking cup), Archaic, ca. 510 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm), Vases, Komast (reveler) with skyphos (deep drinking cup) and oinochoe (jug). Among the very early red-figure artists who specialized in...
EditorialTray, ca. 1922, Silver and lapis lazuli, W. 27 3/4 x D. 23 1/2 in. (70.5 x 59.7 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Even in his day the silversmith Puiforcat was renowned for the elegant, often mathematical simplicity of his geometric forms and the unexpected combi...
EditorialSchloss Glienicke, Berlin, was built in 1825 / 28 for Prince Karl, son of King Friedrich Wilhelm III. Memory of the Prince's voyage through Italy are evoked by the Italianate simplicity of the villa. The lions fountain is inspired by one at the Villa M...