Akbar's Bounty / Michael Mode
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.166
- Title
- Akbar's Bounty
- Artist
- Michael Mode
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1946
- Medium and Support
- holly and morado
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Vermont (state)
- New Haven
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Vermont (state)
- Creation Place 4
- New Haven
- Credit Line
- Gift of Robert M. and Lillian Montalto Bohlen
- Inscription
- Michael Mode '00-20
- Dimensions
- 26.67 cm x 43.82 cm (10 1/2 in. x 17 1/4 in.)
- Century
- late 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Wood and Woodcarving
- Primary Object Type
- bowl
- Physical Description
- A wide-mouthed bowl narrows steeply to a small base. A brown and white checker board pattern covers the interior and exterior and scales down as the diameter decreases toward the bottom.
- wood bowl with geometric patterning in concentric rings, decreasing in size top to bottom
- Subject Matter
- Akbar’s Bounty illustrates Mode’s interest in the art of Mughal India. The flowing geometric pattern emulates Islamic design, and Mode took his inspiration for the title of the piece from the great Mughal emperor, Akbar, who was a prodigious patron of the arts.
- Primary Keywords
- appropriation
- bowls (vessels)
- checker pattern
- geometric abstraction
- mughal styles
- wood (plant material)
- woodworking
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- abstraction
- artistic concepts
- asian
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- forms of expression
- geometric patterns
- historical, theoretical and critical concepts
- indian
- indian styles and periods
- islamic indian styles and periods
- materials
- materials by origin
- mughal
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels
- wood and wood products
- woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2456 x 1792
- File Size
- 586 KB
- Record
- 2002/2.166
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-2.166/2002_2.166.jpg
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"Akbar's Bounty; Michael Mode." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-2.166/2002_2.166.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
