The Victoria and Albert Museum is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing the unique heritage of many of the world's richest cultures. It includes an extensive collection of sculpture: European (mainly Italian Gothic and Renaissance) and Oriental (ancient and medieval); painting and graphics of European schools of the 16th-20th centuries (including the works of Raphael, English watercolors). Among the works of decorative and applied art are Eastern and European ceramics, glass, and metal products. The museum also includes sections on the history of theater, costume and residential interiors.Cover: E. Spencer. "Una and the Lion."