EditorialAdoration of the Magi, Early Byzantine, early 6th century. An ivory relief panel of the Adoration of Christ. The Virgin Mary, shown with wide staring eyes and larger in scale than the other figures, holds the Christ child in her lap as he makes the ges...
EditorialA view from Boston looking north, with the Royal Irish camp, the steeple of Old North Church (Christ Church) and rooftops of North Boston in the foreground, and HMS Symmetry sailing on Charles River beyond. Rebel redoubts, enemy lines and camps, Charle...
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...
EditorialA slew of filters on social media allow users to evaluate their features, reigniting age-old obsessions with perfection and beauty. (Miki Kim/The New York Times)
EditorialA slew of filters on social media allow users to evaluate their features, reigniting age-old obsessions with perfection and beauty. (Miki Kim/The New York Times)
EditorialA view from Boston looking north, with the Royal Irish camp, the steeple of Old North Church (Christ Church) and rooftops of North Boston in the foreground, and HMS Symmetry sailing on Charles River beyond. Rebel redoubts, enemy lines and camps, Charle...
EditorialThe left-side building in this cluster was used as the French Dispatch headquarters in the movie. (AccidentallyWesAnderson via The New York Times)
EditorialTextile, Gorgerat Fr?res et Cie., (Nantes, France, 17831815), Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plates on plain weave, Roman figures preparing a sacrifice at an altar under an elaborate canopy with a female figure holding a crown rep...
EditorialDesign for a Reliquary Monstrance, Red, black chalk, brush and watercolors, white gouache on paper, Vertical format design for a reliquary monstrance intended to be executed in white and gilded silver. The shaft is to be gilded. The upper part is drawn...
EditorialKajikazawa in Kei Province (Koshu Kajikazawa) From the series, Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji, Katsushika Hokusai, 1760 1849, Eijudo, Woodblock print in colored ink on paper, A fisherman and his young apprentice are perched on an overhanging cliff, being...
EditorialA bronze rein ring with an asymmetrical decoration. A lying ibex, fully represented, is jumped by a feline or lion. The horns here give the image again the symmetry that seems to be required., Horse harness, metal, bronze, L 9 cm, B 5.3 cm, Iron Age 12...
EditorialReichsadler Humps, Lightly inserted bottom. Smooth, applied stand ring. On the cylindrical body, slightly tapered at the top, the black, double-headed Reindeer with yellow crown and nimbus. For the chest a crucifix with wide-spread loincloth. On the wi...
EditorialA view from Boston looking north, with the Royal Irish camp, the steeple of Old North Church (Christ Church) and rooftops of North Boston in the foreground, and HMS Symmetry sailing on Charles River beyond. Rebel redoubts, enemy lines and camps, Charle...
EditorialSurcoat (Jinbaori), Edo period (1615?1868), 17th century, Japan, Body: China, for the European market, late 16th?17th century; silk velvet, cut and voided, 36 5/8 x 27 1/8 in. (93.0 x 68.9 cm), Costumes, Samurai jinbaori were frequently made from expen...
EditorialAutumn: The Woodland Pond, 1867, Oil on canvas, 19 3/4 x 26 in. (50.2 x 66 cm), Paintings, Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Pe?a (French, Bordeaux 1808?1876 Menton), This picture's rigorous symmetry and perspective are common features of landscapes that Dia...
EditorialCandace Combs in a room at the In-Symmetry Spa in San Francisco, which she runs with her brother, on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. (Jamie Cotten/The New York Times)
EditorialStrip with two corners and running tendril, Strip of natural-colored needle lace: Venetian embossed lace. A central strip with a symmetrical pattern is completed with transverse strips with a running pattern. In the middle of the first are two palmetal...
EditorialNapkin with possible English emblems, Napkin of linen damask with possible English emblems. Midfield: The symmetrical pattern placed twice next to each other, the side axes standing amid a shine symmetry, shows three scenes from bottom to top: 1 A pine...
EditorialStrip of needle lace for a superplis with rosette flowers and c-shapes, Strip of natural colored needle lace, point de France. Pattern of coral vines ending in volutes, buds and rosette flowers on vertical axes of symmetry. Irregular ground with painte...