EditorialCostume Design for Pages or Squirs Tending to the Horses, ca. 1620?56 , Brown ink over red chalk, Sheet: 10 x 5 1/2 in. (25.4 x 14 cm), Baccio del Bianco (Italian, Florence 1604?1656 Escorial) (and workshop), Design for a costume meant for servants tak...
EditorialRustam catching a horse. Shahnama. Isfahan, Iran, 1630-1640. Rustam catching the horse of Chingish by the tail. Pale green ground, gold sky. The eyes of the two principal figures have been touched up, and the page has been torn and repaired. Image tak...
EditorialTo Wo, the owner of a noodle shop, left, with his son To Tak-tai, who will one day take over the shop, in Hong Kong, June 10, 2022. (Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times)
Editorial'Tak bol'she ne budet' (It will be like this no more). A wealthy capitalist, priest, general and civil servant, are depicted sitting on sacks of money and food, while downtrodden workers are starving and working, and being forced to fight against their...