EditorialRaquel Welch collection makes $1million at auction as late starlet?s necklace, convertible, Golden Globe, Bedazzled bikini and more go under the hammer
EditorialRaquel Welch collection makes $1million at auction as late starlet?s necklace, convertible, Golden Globe, Bedazzled bikini and more go under the hammer
EditorialEXCLUSIVE: Potentially deadly Portuguese man o'war have been spotted in Falmouth Bay as temperatures reached an unusual 24 degrees over the weekend
EditorialGypsy. Portrait of a young Roman woman, with a fringe of long strands ending in curved sideburns on the cheek, hairstyle that has earned her the nickname of La Gitanilla. Funerary use, 1st century AD. Unknown origin. National Museum of Roman Art. Merid...
EditorialHead of an Oba, 16th century, Nigeria, Court of Benin, Edo peoples, Brass, H. 9 1/4 x W. 8 5/8 x D. 9 in. (23.5 x 21.9 x 22.9 cm), Metal-Sculpture, This commemorative cast-brass sculpture depicts the idealized likeness of an oba, or king, wearing a wov...
EditorialGold disc pendant decorated with filigree and garnet inlay, Anglo-Saxon, early 7th century. From Acklam Wold, near Acklam, North Yorkshire. This is one of the largest and finest of many surviving Anglo-Saxon disc pendants. Disc pendants have been found...
EditorialPenthesilea Painter, bowl form B (outside: visit to the horse stable, inside: two boys making music), clay, quickly turned, painted (ceramic), alternately fired, clay, total: height: 11 cm; diameter: 27 cm, inscription: Pictures inside and outside: ('T...
Editorialmask in the shape of a silenskopf, marble, chiseled, drilled, marble, Total: Height: 26.8 cm; Width: 16.7 cm; Depth: 8.3 cm, Garden and park, Living, Theater/Opera, Three-dimensional sculptures, Sculptures, Satyrs, Fauns, Silene, Head, Beard, History o...
EditorialComputerized knitting, a technology similar to 3-D printing, makes it possible to create additional space between the strands of material. (Josie Norton/The New York Times)
EditorialAquamanile in the form of a lion Aquamanile in the form of a lion Lion-aquamanile, The object cast in cire perdue technique and largely adorned with the shape of a lion with a dragon as its handle. The details are outstretched (the mane, the locks on t...