A robed figure with a waist-length beard floats horizontally in the air, and swirling lines around him indicate a rush of wind. Below him on the ground, a bearded bare-chested white haired man at left ...

Though he built relatively little, the Italian architect, archaeologist, etcher, and engraver Giovanni Battista Piranesi was hugely influential during the eighteenth century. His imaginative ...

The printed book is bound in green boards. A palm tree centered on the front cover has the words “Edward Ruscha” printed in white, vertically. Only the image of the tree is on the spine.

The painting of a man wearing a tuxedo standing in front of a light gray wall. The left arm is bent at waist level, the hand holds a small white object between the fingers. The right arm is bent in a ...

The monkey steps forward in three-quarter view, bent slightly at the waist, holding a long pole behind his back with left arm, while his right arm is upraised. From his open palm a release of golden ...

A terracotta sculpture that is made of three round forms pointing to the right shown on a faded grey background. The two bottom forms are flat on the surface, the top form sticks up a bit and is ...

A black shiny vase with a handle holds an overflowing bouquet of roses, they are mostly white and they have many of their leaves still attached. A closter of leaves with one rose has fallen onto the ...

Twenty individual figures drawn in a stylized manner appear in a grid of thin black lines on a cream background. Each figure wears a doll-like or harlequin costume of bold geometric shapes in primary ...

On a black and white tiered plinth and nude man stands in contrapposto. One hand is on his hip and the other is raised as if in greeting or salute. He looks in the direction of his raised arm and ...

A nude male body, depicted from the knees upwards, is drawn in red chalk. He leans back and turns his head over his shoulder towards the viewer. This pose and the flattened shape of his buttocks ...

Following the death of Antoninus Pius in 161 CE, Lucius Verus ruled as co-emperor with his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius until his own death in 169 CE (see coin 26). As an heir to the emperor, he ...

The bird’s eye is a carved circle; stylized curly lines give its body texture and definition in the wings and tail feathers. The wing tip that faces the viewer is flat against the bottom. The middle ...