Kharanah Castle, Qasr-Al Kharahah, Jordan (Palace #15) / Lynn Davis
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.98
- Title
- Kharanah Castle, Qasr-Al Kharahah, Jordan (Palace #15)
- Artist
- Lynn Davis
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born 1944
- Medium and Support
- selenium-toned gelatin silver print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1995-1996
- Inscription
- signed in 1996, dated, stamped and numbered out of 10 on mount verso
- Dimensions
- 101.6 cm x 101.6 cm (40 in. x 40 in.)
- Physical Description
- The outer walls of Karanah Castle in Jordan. The desert ground makes up the entire foreground with the horizon line almost reaching the half-point of the photograph. Just below the horizon is the base of the structure. The castle itself is a rectangular brick wall with three rounded pillars built into it, two at the corners and one in the center. The sky above it is clear and cloudless.
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- fortifications
- geographic and political locations
- image-making processes and techniques
- israel (nation)
- landscapes (environments)
- middle east (general region)
- natural landscapes
- photographic processes
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- Rights
- If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit https://umma.umich.edu/about/services/request-image/ for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.
Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2445 x 2426
- File Size
- 792 KB
- Record
- 2012/2.98
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.98/2012_2.98.jpg
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"Kharanah Castle, Qasr-Al Kharahah, Jordan (Palace #15); Lynn Davis." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.98/2012_2.98.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
