EditorialMeskwaki warriors Muk-a-tah-mish-o-kah-kaik, Black Hawk 283, his son Nah-se-us-kuk, Whirling Thunder 284, Wah-pe-kee-suck, White Cloud or the Prophet 285, and Wee-sheet, Sturgeon's Head 286. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs...
EditorialWoman in fancy dress costume as a whirling dervish. Handcolored pochoir (stencil) lithograph from the French luxury fashion magazine Art, Gout, Beaute, 1925.
EditorialTextile, Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave, Red ground with a staggered repeat of whirling rosettes in yellow, black, red, and reserved white. Spaces between rosettes have interlaced circles and links., England or France, 18001850,...
EditorialFragment, Medium: cotton Technique: resist-printed on plain weave, Coarse undyed cotton plain cloth forms design against red ground. At right, broad incomplete border of rosettes with octagons, dots, and geometric forms. At left, plain red ground at to...
EditorialDesign for Two Embroidered or Woven Borders of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper, At left: a vertical row composed of a unit shown five times: a leaf with three seeds inside ...
EditorialDervish, 17th?century, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, without mounting: 3 15/16 ? 1 3/4 in. (10 ? 4.5 cm), Dervishes are adherents to a mystical tradition within Islam known as Sufism, though they are distinguished from other Sufi practitio...
Editorial'Dancing Dervishes', Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, recto: ca. 1610; verso: ca. 1530?50, Attributed to India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 15 3/16 in. (38.6 cm), Codices, The 'Emperor?s Album,' to which this folio belongs, was made f...
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EditorialDancing Celestial Deity (Devata), early 12th century, India (Uttar Pradesh), Sandstone, H. 33 1/2 in. (85.1 cm), Sculpture, Imagine posing as a model for this dancing female figure. You'll soon realize that this striking pose is anatomically impossible...
Editorial'Dancing Dervishes', Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, recto: ca. 1610; verso: ca. 1530?50, Attributed to India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 15 3/16 in. (38.6 cm), Codices, The 'Emperor?s Album,' to which this folio belongs, was made f...
EditorialDancing Celestial Deity (Devata), early 12th century, India (Uttar Pradesh), Sandstone, H. 33 1/2 in. (85.1 cm), Sculpture, Imagine posing as a model for this dancing female figure. You'll soon realize that this striking pose is anatomically impossible...
EditorialBowl with Rosette, 10th century, Attributed to present-day Uzbekistan, Samarqand, Earthenware; white slip with polychrome slip decoration under transparent glaze, H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm), Ceramics, The whirling rosette decorating the base of this vessel se...
EditorialWoman in fancy dress costume as a whirling dervish. Handcolored pochoir (stencil) lithograph from the French luxury fashion magazine Art, Gout, Beaute, 1925.
EditorialMeskwaki warriors Muk-a-tah-mish-o-kah-kaik, Black Hawk 283, his son Nah-se-us-kuk, Whirling Thunder 284, Wah-pe-kee-suck, White Cloud or the Prophet 285, and Wee-sheet, Sturgeon's Head 286. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs...
EditorialWhirling table to demonstrate centrifugal force, and other astronomical instruments. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Lon...