EditorialThistle soft spiny leaves by gently biting the long shaft a few flowers ..., Illustration of a thistle species from the 18th century, signed: C.J. Rollinus, M.C. delin, Sculpsite C. F. Fitzsch filius Acad., G?tt, Sculptor, Tab. XVIII, Pag., 477, Rollin...
EditorialAt last the ball falls to the ground ... At the cries of Guerin, we run and, without even touching the ground, in the arms of those who heard his call, he falls gently, Unintentional flight of the 12-year-old boy Gu?rin with a hot-air balloon by Carl K...
EditorialBase, trunk and part of the chalice of a chalice (with a galloping horse and the inscription: Aurea Libertas), Wooden base and trunk. Originally, the chalice was round from below and widened with a gently bent, slightly outward line at the opening. A g...
EditorialCircle Round! Gently Little One, I'm More than Fifteen Years Old. Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (French, 1804-1860); printed by Chez Gihaut Fr?res (French, 19th century). Date: 1832. Dimensions: 175 ? 255 mm (image); 286 ? 400 mm (sheet). Lithograph in bl...
EditorialShiva Seated with Parvati, Thakuri period, 11th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Copper alloy, H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); W. 11 in. (27.9 cm); D. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); Wt. 21 lbs (9.5 kg), Sculpture, The paring of Shiva and his wife, Parvati, as the divin...
EditorialMadonna and Child, about 1450, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Overall, with engaged frame, 16 3/8 x 12 1/8 in. (41.6 x 30.8 cm); painted surface 13 1/8 x 9 in. (33.3 x 22.9 cm), Paintings, Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio) (Italian, Siena 1405...
EditorialAvalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion, Thakuri period, 10th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Copper alloy, H. 13 1/4 in. (33.6 cm); W. 14 in. (10.1 cm); D. 3 1/2 in. (9 cm), Sculpture, This elegant bodhisattva, with its gently flexe...
EditorialPierre-Auguste Renoir: The Artist's Family (La Famille de l'artiste), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1896, Oil on canvas, Renoir presents his family in the garden of the Ch?teau des Brouillards, their residence in Montmartre, Paris. At center is Renoir's wife,...
EditorialPierre-Auguste Renoir: The Artist's Family (La Famille de l'artiste), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1896, Oil on canvas, Renoir presents his family in the garden of the Ch?teau des Brouillards, their residence in Montmartre, Paris. At center is Renoir's wife,...
EditorialPierre-Auguste Renoir: Leaving the Conservatory (La Sortie du conservatoire), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876?1877, Oil on canvas, Renoir uses subtle body language to convey the flirtatious nature of this exchange among a group of young Parisians gathered ...
EditorialPierre-Auguste Renoir: Leaving the Conservatory (La Sortie du conservatoire), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876?1877, Oil on canvas, Renoir uses subtle body language to convey the flirtatious nature of this exchange among a group of young Parisians gathered ...
EditorialPierre-Auguste Renoir: Reclining Nude (Femme nue couch?e), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1910, Oil on canvas, Renoir painted the nude figure obsessively, especially during the later decades of his career when he had turned away from impressionism. Here, as...
EditorialCircle Round! Gently Little One, I'm More than Fifteen Years Old. Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (French, 1804-1860); printed by Chez Gihaut Fr?res (French, 19th century). Date: 1832. Dimensions: 175 ? 255 mm (image); 286 ? 400 mm (sheet). Lithograph in bl...
EditorialCircle Round! Gently Little One, I'm More than Fifteen Years Old. Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (French, 1804-1860); printed by Chez Gihaut Fr?res (French, 19th century). Date: 1832. Dimensions: 175 ? 255 mm (image); 286 ? 400 mm (sheet). Lithograph in bl...
EditorialSo Alice picked him up very gently, from Through the Looking Glass. Peter Blake; English, born 1932. Date: 1970. Dimensions: 605 ? 505 mm. Color screenprint on paper. Origin: England.
EditorialCircle Round! Gently Little One, I'm More than Fifteen Years Old. Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (French, 1804-1860); printed by Chez Gihaut Fr?res (French, 19th century). Date: 1832. Dimensions: 175 ? 255 mm (image); 286 ? 400 mm (sheet). Lithograph in bl...
EditorialAutumn Trees and Grasses by a Stream, ?????????, Edo period (1615?1868), late 17th?early 18th century, Japan, One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and silver on paper, 48 in. x 10 ft. 3 in. (121.9 x 312.4 cm), Screens, The gent...