EditorialStriding Figure, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, ca. 2575?2465 B.C., From Egypt; Possibly from Southern Upper Egypt, ElKab, Quartzite, paint, h. 89.5 cm (35 1/4 in), The forceful features and developed musculature of this figure are very striking. Traces of pa...
EditorialVishnu, ca. second half of the 7th century, India (Jammu and Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir), Stone, H. 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm), Sculpture, The rendering of musculature and handling of complex drapery make this a superb example of the sculptural soph...
EditorialGlass cameo fragment, Early Imperial, Augustan or Julio-Claudian, late 1st century B.C.?mid-1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast and cut, H.: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm), Glass, Translucent deep honey brown with opaque turquoise green overlay., Flat underside; ...
EditorialFragmentary marble torso of a man, Classical, ca. 450?400 B.C., Greek, Attic, Marble, Pentelic ?, Overall: 15 1/2 x 22 x 10 1/2 in. (39.4 x 55.9 x 26.7 cm), Stone Sculpture, The elevated shoulder and turned position suggest that the figure was sitting ...
EditorialPendant, 18th?19th century, United States, Hawai'i, Hawai'i, Whalebone, H. 2 3/8 x W. 1 1/2 x D. 1 3/4 in. (6 x 3.8 x 4.5 cm), Bone/Ivory-Ornaments, This rare whalebone pendant bears many of the hallmarks of distinction for which Hawaiian figural sculp...
EditorialStair Riser with Marine Deities or Boatmen, ca. 1st century, Pakistan (ancient region Gandhara (Swat Valley?), Serpentinite, H. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm); W. 17 in. (43.2 cm), Sculpture, This sculpture and the triangular side relief are part of a set of twen...
EditorialStudies of Three Naked Men, a Right Arm and a Nude Figure Supported by Another (recto); Studies of a Figure with Left Arm Upraised, a Leg, and Putti with Foliage (verso), 1700?1710, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk (the three s...
EditorialStudy of a Soldier, 1851?52, Cont? crayon, red chalk, and pastel, heightened with white, squared in cont? crayon, sheet: 16 1/2 x 8 in. (41.9 x 20.3 cm), Drawings, Victor-Fran?ois-Eloi Biennourry (French, Bar-sur-Aube 1823?1893 Paris), In this study fo...
EditorialBronze statuette of a horse, Mid-Imperial, ca. 2nd century A.D., Roman, Bronze, Overall: 6 3/4 x 2 7/8 x 9 1/2in. (17.1 x 7.3 x 24.1cm), Bronzes, The fine delineation of the horse?s musculature, the expressive rendering of its lively movements, and the...
EditorialAnatomical views of the human heart, musculature and blood circulation. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard after an illustration by Jean-Baptiste Senac from Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779.
EditorialAnatomy of human musculature. Lithograph by C. Schach from Lorenz Oken's Universal Natural History, Allgemeine Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande, Stuttgart, 1839.
EditorialHuman musculature and internal organs. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Martin St. Ange from Charles d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1849.
EditorialAnatomy of human musculature showing outer muscles from the front. Copperplate engraving by Milton from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.
EditorialAnatomy of human musculature from the front showing inner muscles. Copperplate engraving by Milton from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.
EditorialAnatomy of human musculature. Copperplate engraving by Milton from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.
EditorialAnatomy of human musculature from the back showing inner muscles. Copperplate engraving by Milton from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.
EditorialAnatomy of the horse: musculature. Copperplate engraving by Milton from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.
EditorialAnatomy of human musculature from the back showing outer muscles. Copperplate engraving by Milton from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.
EditorialAnatomy of the human eye, showing musculature, tear duct, etc. Copperplate engraving by Milton from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.