Lion Relief from the Processional Way, Babylon, 6th century BC. Other elements of the Ishtar gates are exhibited at the Pergamon museum in Berlin .
Left: Human-headed spirit figure (Apkallu) tending the sacred tree, alabaster, Assyrian, 883-859 BC.
church of Saint Martin, Angers, France , Portal figures, limestone, late 12th century. Virgin, child, Saint Andrew (right), Saint John the evangelist (left) and…
Saint Martin abbey, France, column and capital, limestone, mid-12th century.
Saint Martin abbey, France, capital (adoration of the magi), limestone, mid-12th century.
Saint Martin abbey, France, capital (adoration of the magi), limestone, mid-12th century.
Piero Bergantini, Berretino plate with blue-on-blue decoration, ca. 1530.
Orazio Fontana, Historiated wine cooler, ca. 1560.
Orazio Fontana, Historiated wine cooler, ca. 1560.
Jean Bellekin, Nautilus cup, ca. 1635.
El Anatsui, Society woman's cloth (gold), 2006. Aluminum liquor bottle caps and copper wire.
El Anatsui, Society woman's cloth (gold), 2006. Aluminum liquor bottle caps and copper wire.
Mohamad Hafez, American-Syrian, Baggage series #4, 2016. The sculpture depicts the bombed facades of houses and apartments that people fled.
