A fifteenth century scribe prepared this blank leaf made of animal skin by marking 19 straight lines before writing a text. Animal skin was still being used for many books during this time, although paper was known in Europe by the fourteenth...
Before and after views of a shotgun-style house on South Preston Street. In the before, the exterior of the house has a brick pattern, and in the after, it has Perma Stone siding.
Buildings; Stores & shops; Music stores; Construction; Remodeling
Before and after views of Variety Records and other stores in a shopping center. In the before, the building is covered with faded and chipped white brick. In the after, Perma Stone siding has been installed in a thing pattern.
Railroad station in the Boston area. Building with arched windows and a triangular pattern along the roof. The platform and a boardwalk are in front. A corner of a building is visible in the background. Text on left: Vicinity of Boston. Text on...
Three-story brick building with pillars at the corner of Twelfth and Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Large windows; windows at the top have a diamond pattern overlaid. Ground floor business is [Fred?] Plamps Saloon; a hanging sign at the side says...
"Marc, unlike Kandinsky, was predominantly a painter of imagery derived from the material world. But in a group of small compositions from 1914 and in sketches that he made in the notebook he carried, there was evidence of a move to...
Sculpture; Portraits; Women; Empresses; Princesses; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Nobility; Clothing & dress; Hairstyles
Discovered near Tivoli (Italy).
"Cut from a single block of marble, this bust of Faustina the Younger is notable for its excellent state of preservation, despite a few chips on the face, some damage to the drapery, and the modern restoration...
"Where Do We Come From? offers a flowing composition divided into three main figure groupings set in a jungle clearing with the sea in the background. In the center a Polynesian Eve, reminiscent of Botticelli's Giuliano de' Medici in the...
"Where Do We Come From? offers a flowing composition divided into three main figure groupings set in a jungle clearing with the sea in the background. In the center a Polynesian Eve, reminiscent of Botticelli's Giuliano de' Medici in the...
With the Middle Kingdom mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II at left; "If the most impressive monuments of the Old Kingdom are its pyramids, those of the New Kingdom are its grandiose temples, often built to honor pharaohs and queens, as well as...
"In plan it follows the Etruscan pattern. [...] Moreover, in an effort to approximate a peripteral Greek temple - while maintaining the basic Etruscan plan - the architect added a series of engaged Ionic half-columns around the cella's sides...
Temple of "Fortuna Virilis": "In plan it follows the Etruscan pattern. [...] Moreover, in an effort to approximate a peripteral Greek temple - while maintaining the basic Etruscan plan - the architect added a series of engaged Ionic...
Kore: "Found at Merenda (ancient Myrrhinous), Attica, in 1972. […] Funerary statue. Found in a pit in the cemetery of Myrrhinous together with kouros [of Merenda] (inv. no. 4890). Preserved in excellent condition. The girl is depicted...
Kore: "Found at Merenda (ancient Myrrhinous), Attica, in 1972. […] Funerary statue. Found in a pit in the cemetery of Myrrhinous together with kouros [of Merenda] (inv. no. 4890). Preserved in excellent condition. The girl is depicted...
Sculpture; Equestrian statues; Metalwork; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Clothing & dress; Hairstyles; Gestures
Bronze equestrian statue of the emperor. "The great Roman emperor is depicted on horseback, but the horse and the entire lower part of the body are missing. The statue is a bronze of a very high quality that was probably made in one of the...
