EditorialAnd a Large Bird, Descending From the Sky, Hurls Itself Against the Topmost Point of Her Hair, plate 3 of 10. Odilon Redon; French, 1840-1916. Date: 1888. Dimensions: 190 ? 159 mm (image/chine); 432 ? 311 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory China ...
EditorialChrist's Descent into Limbo Christ's Descent into Limbo Christ's Descent into Limbo Christ Descending into Limbo, from a Passion Altar, Christ with the signs of his suffering, three-quarters to the right, leaning slightly forward with his upper body. H...
EditorialPurgatorio, Canto XXIII. Miniature shows Dante, Virgil and Statius; the angel descending towards Dante; three Gluttonous; the Gluttonous around the tree three. Divine Comedy. Italy [Tuscany]; 1442-1450. Source: Yates Thompson 36, f.107. Language: Italian.
EditorialEmblem 13; Christ in doorway. Notebook of William Blake. England; circa 1787-1818. [Whole folio] Emblem drawing of a robed figure, probably representing Christ, descending from the clouds and entering through death's doorway, held by angels either side...
EditorialThe Descending God, from the temple in Tulum, This strange figure of Maya mythology is shown as an upside-down body with bent legs. The Descending God seems to be connected with the cult of the planet Venus (15th) .
EditorialOutpouring of the Holy Spirit Pentecoste (title on object), Mary and the disciples of Christ are sitting in a room. The dove of the Holy Spirit appears in the midst of the group. Above the heads of the apostles and Mary, fiery tongues burn, symbolizing...
EditorialModel of a Heating Furnace, Model of an annealing furnace, completely painted white, consisting of the furnace part and the chimney, incomplete. The furnace part is provided with trellis on the outside and can be disassembled into two halves to show th...
EditorialThe Holy Spirit as a bird descending with spread wings at top center; the twelve Apostles standing below gesturing to it in front of an archway.
EditorialDescending Geese at Mimeguri (Mimeguri no rakugan), from the series "Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1773-1783. Dimensions: 30.9 x 7.2 cm. Color woodblock print; half hosoban (left side). O...
EditorialDescending Geese at Katada (Katada rakugan), from the series "Fashionable Eight Views of Omi (Furyu Omi hakkei)". Kikukawa Eizan; Japanese, 1787-1867. Date: 1809-1822. Dimensions: 15 x 10 3/16 in. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialGeese Descending in Mid Autumn (Seishu no rakugan), from the series "Eight Scenes of the Four Seasons (Shiki hakkei)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1774-1784. Dimensions: 26.1 x 19.3 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialDescending Geese for Bunshichi (Bunshichi no rakugan), from the series "Eight Views of Elegant Gallants (Furyu otokodate hakkei)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1776-1794. Dimensions: 22.0 x 16.2 cm (8 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.). Color woo...
EditorialDescending Geese at Katada (Katada rakugan), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1857. Dimensions: 33.5 x 21.5 cm (13 3/16 x 8 7/16 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialGeese Descending on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa no rakugan), from the series "Eight Views of Prosperity in the Eastern Village (Azuma no sato eiga hakkei)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1765-1777. Dimensions: 10 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. Color woo...
EditorialGeese Descending at Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no rakugan), from the series "Eight Views of the Edo Pleasure Quarters (Edo irozato hakkei)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1765-1777. Dimensions: 10 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. O...
EditorialDescending Geese in the Archery Gallery (Yokyuba no Rakugan). Attributed to Kitao Shigemasa; Japanese, 1739-1820. Date: 1770-1779. Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. Color woodblock print; hosoban, trimmed. Origin: Japan.
EditorialDescending Geese at Katada (Katada no rakugan), No. 7 from the series "Eight Views of Omi". Nishimura Shigenaga; Japanese, 1697 (?)-1756. Date: 1711-1741. Dimensions: 13 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e. Origin: Japan.