The Japanese tea ceremony also known as the tea ritual, is close to Zen in its underlying philosophy.
Japanese tea ceremony
Edward the Black Prince. The last hero of English chivalry.
Edward of Woodstock, named after his birthplace, Prince of Wales and Aquitaine, known as The Black Prince, but actually Edward Plantagenet; KG (June 15, 1330 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire; – June… Read More
Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest and his Adventures.
Robin Hood was born at Locksley, in the county of Nottingham, in the reign of King Henry II, and about the year of Christ 1160.
Le Billet Doux. The Love Letter by Jean Honoré Fragonard
A Love-scene typical of the art of Louis the Fifteenth’s day.
Old Carpet from Armenia or South Caucasia. 18th c.
Old Caucasian Carpet from Armenia or South Caucasia.
Clasp of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. 16th century.
Jewellery pendant of Charles V. This jewel exhibits a mass of precious stones. Renaissance craftsmanship
The Horseshoe Fall, Niagara – With the Tower, 1837.
The Horseshoe Fall, Niagara – With the Tower, 1837. Seen from Goat Island, by William Henry Bartlett.
View From Spring Bank, Near Port Antonio, Jamaica.
Spring Bank is situated about three miles south-westward of Port Antonio at Jamaica.
Stirling Castle, Scotland.
The View was taken in the Year 1778. The Print shews the south-west aspect of the Castle.
Beginnings of Central Park in New York City.
The condition of the site before park operations were commenced seems incredible to us of the present day.