EditorialEquus caballus, Print, The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus. It is an odd-toed ungulate mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small...
EditorialAnas sparsa, Print, The African black duck (Anas sparsa) is a species of duck of the genus Anas. It is genetically closest to the mallard group, but shows some peculiarities in its behavior and (as far as they can be discerned) plumage; it is according...
EditorialAgeronia, Print, Cracker butterflies are a Neotropical group of medium-sized brush-footed butterfly species of the genus Hamadryas. They acquired their common name due to the unusual way that males produce a "cracking" sound as part of their territoria...
EditorialFragment of a terracotta kylix (drinking cup), Classical, ca. 475 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, Overall: 2 3/8 x 3 3/16in. (6 x 8.1cm), Vases, Interior, upper body of a satyr holding a lyre, Reverse, legs of three figures. While satyrs of...
Editorial??? ???????, Life of the Buddha: King Bimbisara's Conversion, Muromachi period (1392?1573), early 15th century, Japan, Section from a cycle of eight scenes from the life of the Buddha; ink, color, and gold on silk, 29 1/2 x 43 7/8 in. (75 x 111.5 cm), ...
EditorialSvetovid, Slavic deity of war and sun, depicted as a four-faced god with a horn of abundance and bow in a temple. A priest predicts the future by observing the behavior of a white horse. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Scrantoni from Giulio Ferra...
EditorialShodan, Act one [of the Chushingura]., Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806, artist, [between 1799 and 1801], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 34 x 22.7 cm., Print shows actors in the roles of Morono (Kira Yoshinaka) propositioning Lady Kaoyo, Enya's wife, and Waka...
EditorialShodan, Act one [of the Chushingura]., Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806, artist, [between 1799 and 1801], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 34 x 22.7 cm., Print shows actors in the roles of Morono (Kira Yoshinaka) propositioning Lady Kaoyo, Enya's wife, and Waka...
EditorialKiku no tsuitate no mae no shuen, Drinking party before a single standing screen (Tsuitate) with chrysanthemums., [between 1820 and 1860], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 37 x 50.1 cm., Print shows a man and three women slightly amused by another man's beha...
EditorialKiku no tsuitate no mae no shuen, Drinking party before a single standing screen (Tsuitate) with chrysanthemums., [between 1820 and 1860], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 37 x 50.1 cm., Print shows a man and three women slightly amused by another man's beha...