EditorialPlaque with Jesus? Entry into Jerusalem, 900?925, Made in Milan, Ottonian, Ivory, Overall: 6 13/16 x 4 5/8 x 1/4 in. (17.3 x 11.7 x 0.6 cm), Ivories, Probably part of a large narrative cycle of the life of Jesus, this ivory shows his triumphal entry in...
EditorialNepal: Locals and tourists assembled at the foot of Nyatapola Temple in Bhaktapur, to observe Bisket Jatra, a festival celebrated at the start of the new year
EditorialA dead spotted lanternfly, an invasive pest from Asia that arrived in the United States seven years ago and in New York City last year, in Manhattan, Sept. 14, 2021. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialVzdorozhanie muzhskoi? obuvi v Sovdepii (Series of four drawings [colour], accompanied by text. Picture 1 is labelled '1915'. It depicts a number of well-dressed men trying on shoes. There is plenty of stock and plenty of busy assistants. A sign reads...
EditorialIn an announcement at the White House on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, President Joe Biden uses the power of his office to mandate vaccinations for a large swath of the American populace. (Al Drago/The New York Times)
EditorialAn intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo, Italy, Nov. 3, 2020. (Fabio Bucciarelli/The New York Times)
EditorialRāma is seated on a mat facing the two brothers, with the three queens and Sītā on his right. Bharata continues to urge Rāma to return to Ayodhyā to be crowned, arguing that their father had sinned against him for fear of his wife’s wrath. But R...
EditorialAs Rāma and the procession reach the banks of the river Sarayū, Brahmā and the gods appear to witness Rāma’s ascent and light the sky with an effulgent glow. Accompanied by chants of ‘Hail Vi??u’, Rāma enters the waters and ascends to he...
EditorialCameo with Saint George, 1100?1300, Byzantine, Jasper, Overall: 1 1/4 x 11/16 x 5/16 in. (3.2 x 1.8 x 0.8 cm), Lapidary Work-Jasper, Saint George holds a shield and a sword, emphasizing his role as a protector. Expensive cameo and semiprecious hard sto...
EditorialCameo with Saint Nicholas, 12th?13th century, Made in Venice ?, Byzantine or Italian, Moulded glass paste, Overall: 1 x 13/16 x 5/16 in. (2.6 x 2 x 0.8 cm), Glass, This glass paste imitation cameo is of Saint Nicholas of Myra, who wears clerical dress ...
EditorialBarque Sphinx, Late Period, Dynasty 26, ca. 664?525 B.C., From Egypt, Leaded bronze, H. 21.5 x L. 16 cm (8 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.), Images of gods were carried out of temples on festival days on processional barque-shrines. Most often the image itself was c...
EditorialRāma is seated on a mat facing the two brothers, with the three queens and Sītā on his right. Bharata continues to urge Rāma to return to Ayodhyā to be crowned, arguing that their father had sinned against him for fear of his wife’s wrath. But R...
EditorialAs Rāma and the procession reach the banks of the river Sarayū, Brahmā and the gods appear to witness Rāma’s ascent and light the sky with an effulgent glow. Accompanied by chants of ‘Hail Vi??u’, Rāma enters the waters and ascends to he...
EditorialVzdorozhanie muzhskoi? obuvi v Sovdepii (Series of four drawings [colour], accompanied by text. Picture 1 is labelled '1915'. It depicts a number of well-dressed men trying on shoes. There is plenty of stock and plenty of busy assistants. A sign reads...
EditorialRāma is seated on a mat facing the two brothers, with the three queens and Sītā on his right. Bharata continues to urge Rāma to return to Ayodhyā to be crowned, arguing that their father had sinned against him for fear of his wife’s wrath. But R...
EditorialAs Rāma and the procession reach the banks of the river Sarayū, Brahmā and the gods appear to witness Rāma’s ascent and light the sky with an effulgent glow. Accompanied by chants of ‘Hail Vi??u’, Rāma enters the waters and ascends to he...
EditorialPunishment of the Cangue. The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight c. William Miller: London, 1805. The description in the book states that a Tcha (known to Europeans as a Cangue) is a heavy tablet or collar of wood, worn as a punishment, the w...
EditorialPlaque with Jesus? Entry into Jerusalem, 900?925, Made in Milan, Ottonian, Ivory, Overall: 6 13/16 x 4 5/8 x 1/4 in. (17.3 x 11.7 x 0.6 cm), Ivories, Probably part of a large narrative cycle of the life of Jesus, this ivory shows his triumphal entry in...
EditorialCameo with Saint Nicholas, 12th?13th century, Made in Venice ?, Byzantine or Italian, Moulded glass paste, Overall: 1 x 13/16 x 5/16 in. (2.6 x 2 x 0.8 cm), Glass, This glass paste imitation cameo is of Saint Nicholas of Myra, who wears clerical dress ...
EditorialCameo with Saint George, 1100?1300, Byzantine, Jasper, Overall: 1 1/4 x 11/16 x 5/16 in. (3.2 x 1.8 x 0.8 cm), Lapidary Work-Jasper, Saint George holds a shield and a sword, emphasizing his role as a protector. Expensive cameo and semiprecious hard sto...
EditorialBarque Sphinx, Late Period, Dynasty 26, ca. 664?525 B.C., From Egypt, Leaded bronze, H. 21.5 x L. 16 cm (8 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.), Images of gods were carried out of temples on festival days on processional barque-shrines. Most often the image itself was c...
EditorialSaint Ambrosius and Emperor Theodosius. Ambrosius, 4th century archbishop of Milan, prevents the Emperor from entering the cathedral and orders him to do penance for the murder of the populace of Thessalonica (legenda Aurea). Around 1615. Canvas, 362 x...