EditorialA lohan A lohan A lohan A luohan, A Buddhist monk figure sits with his head raised and an attentive look in the glass-inlaid eyes. His elongated earlobes indicate that it is no ordinary monk. It is a luohan (arhat), a hermit who lives in seclusion in t...
EditorialTeabowl with an orange red glaze, Stoneware tea bowl, covered with a crackled orange-red glaze. On the underside outside the foot ring inscriptions in red: ? ?? ?? ? ? 'koraku' 'old raku' and a given bowl name, ? ? ?? ? 'fuyugomori' 'wintering / winter...
EditorialGalileo Galilei's house in Arcetri, near Florence, where he died in 1642. Sentenced to seclusion by the Inquisition in Rome, Galilei returned to his house here in 1633.
EditorialGalileo Galilei's workroom with his table and a globe. Sentenced to seclusion by the Inquisition in Rome, he returned to his house near Florence where he wrote the " Discorsi" .
EditorialGold ring with carnelian intaglio portrait of Tiberius, Early Imperial, Tiberian, ca. A.D. 14?37, Roman, Gold, carnelian, Overall: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm), Gold and Silver, Tiberius, stepson of Augustus, was already fifty-six years old when he became empero...
Editorial? ?? ????? ??, Sparse Trees and Pavilion, late Yuan dynasty (1271?1368), ca. 1361, China, Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk, Image: 9 7/8 x 11 1/8 in. (25.1 x 28.3 cm), Paintings, Wang Meng (Chinese, ca. 1308?1385), Wang Meng painted and inscri...
EditorialGalileo Galilei's workroom with his table and a globe. Sentenced to seclusion by the Inquisition in Rome, he returned to his house near Florence where he wrote the " Discorsi" .