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- Title
- Feathered Hat
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1983
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.100
- Medium and Support
- feathers and woven fiber
- relevance
- rank 3.58553
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- animal material
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- headgear
- keratinous material
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Dragons
- Artist
- Robert W. Chatelain
- Physical Description
- wood and purple resin vase with gold leaf
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1945
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1997
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.126
- Medium and Support
- black cherry burl, violet pigmented epxoy resin and gold inlay
- relevance
- rank 3.58553
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- legendary creatures
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Guli Society Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples Côte D'Ivoire
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1971
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.31
- Medium and Support
- wood with black and white pigment
- relevance
- rank 3.58510
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- costume
- costume by function
- descriptors
- keratinous material
- materials
- materials by origin
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Grace Hartigan
- Physical Description
- A black and white ink print.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1922 - 2008)
- Object Creation Date
- 1960
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.63
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.58417
- Secondary Keywords
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by color
- photographs
- photographs by form
- positives
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Group on a Hill Road - Granada, from "Camera Work - A Photographic Quarterly, Issue No. 45, January, 1914"
- Artist
- J. Craig Annan
- Artist Life Dates
- 1864 - 1946
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1914
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.143.4
- Medium and Support
- photogravure on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.58417
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- geography
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- standing
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Rotze
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.72
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 3.58417
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- tools and equipment
- walking sticks
- Title
- Beech and Red Maple Leaves, from "Woodland Portraits"
- Artist
- Jeannette Klute
- Physical Description
- A close-up image of a cluster of dried beech leaves with one red maple leaf on top at the base of a mossy tree.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1917 - 2009)
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.14.9
- Medium and Support
- vintage dye transfer print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.58353
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- biological material
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- nonwoody plants
- plant material
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- An Urn Decorated with Two Seated Female Figures, Each Accompanied by a Putto, th
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.49
- Medium and Support
- graphite, pen and gray ink with ink wash
- relevance
- rank 3.58053
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- design elements
- figure- and animal-derived motifs
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- motifs
- plants
- shell and shell material
- study
- the natural world
- Title
- Still Life with Apples
- Artist
- Sondra Freckelton
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1936
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1979
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.228
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.58053
- Secondary Keywords
- arms
- descriptors
- figures
- fruit
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- genres
- human body
- materials
- materials by function
- objects
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- plants
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- the natural world
- Title
- Dance Crest
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1983
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.93
- Medium and Support
- cloth, fiber and cowrie shells
- relevance
- rank 3.57822
- Secondary Keywords
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- dances
- descriptors
- design elements
- heraldic motifs
- materials
- materials by composition
- motifs
- shell and shell material
- Title
- Asipim chair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.310
- Medium and Support
- carved wood with leather covering and metal tacks
- relevance
- rank 3.57822
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture by form or function
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Travelling in Autumn Mountains: Landscape in the style of Guo Xi (Kuo Hsi)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- A group of travellers moves along a path at the foot of the mountains that grow upward, dominating the majority of the pictoral space. The common technique using small black dots occurs throughout the painting, accenting mountain edges, tree branches and roots. A building can be seen peeking out from behind the mountains in the lower portion of hte painting.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.354
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on silk
- relevance
- rank 3.57568
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- geography
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- the natural world
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Ring (Huan)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 3rd century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 771 BCE - 256 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.94
- Medium and Support
- nephrite (jade)
- relevance
- rank 3.57458
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- geometric shapes
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects of adornment
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- rock
- rock by form
- surface marking processes and techniques
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Kneeling Monk Devotee (one of a pair)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Kneeling statue of Buddhist monk devotee Mogallana or Shariputra on a pedestal with round face, hair in tight curls, elongated ears, and hands placed together in mediatation. The pedestal is decorated with lotus petals, and the devotee wears an intricate, close-fitting robe.
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1800-1932
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.455.2
- Medium and Support
- lacquered and gilded copper alloy
- relevance
- rank 3.57405
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buddhist
- coating (material)
- coating by composition or origin
- components and systems
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- object groupings
- object groupings and systems
- object groupings by general context
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- people by occupation
- people in religion
- people in religion and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious (people)
- sets (groups)
- Title
- Kneeling Monk Devotee (one of a pair)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Kneeling statue of Buddhist monk devotee Mogallana or Shariputra on a pedestal with round face, hair in tight curls, elongated ears, and hands placed together in mediatation. The pedestal is decorated with lotus petals, and the devotee wears an intricate, close-fitting robe.
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1800-1932
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.455.1
- Medium and Support
- lacquered and gilded copper alloy
- relevance
- rank 3.57405
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buddhist
- coating (material)
- coating by composition or origin
- components and systems
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- object groupings
- object groupings and systems
- object groupings by general context
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- people by occupation
- people in religion
- people in religion and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious (people)
- sets (groups)
- Title
- Cane Train, Cuba
- Artist
- Dmitri Baltermants
- Physical Description
- A train with gates cars filled with wooden sticks. In the foreground a man (possibly a worker) is looking to his left while he points to the train. Another man walks further up the tracks in the background.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russian, 1912-1990
- Object Creation Date
- 2003
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.84
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.57301
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- geographic and political locations
- guideway vehicles
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- materials
- materials by origin
- north and central america (continent)
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- plant material
- rail guideway vehicles
- railroad cars
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Roman Balusters Rebuilt, Spalato, Dalmatia
- Artist
- Jane C. Stanley
- Artist Life Dates
- 1863-1940
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1863-1940
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.171
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on white paper
- relevance
- rank 3.57301
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- architecture
- circulation elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- rock
- rock by form
- stair components
- stairs and stair components
- steps and step components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Little Whitehead
- Artist
- Warren Lombard
- Physical Description
- This ocean scene shows a cliff on the left half of the composition, with the ocean and some birds on the right. The cliff is darker towards the bottom, and the strip of ocean is in the bottom third of the composition. There are five birds; three are more distinct, while the other two a smaller and fainter.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1855-1939
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1927
- Accession Number
- 1940.44
- Medium and Support
- drypoint on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.57145
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- gulls
- inorganic material
- landform components
- landforms and landform components
- landscapes (environments)
- marine bodies
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern and contemporary art
- natural landscapes
- settlements and landscapes
- Title
- Cadillac Fleetwood, near Messak Settafet, Sahara, Libya (R14), from "The Ryoichi Excavations"
- Artist
- Patrick Nagatani
- Physical Description
- Car under excavation in a desert scene. There is a wooden framework around the car.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1945
- Object Creation Date
- 1991; printed 2001
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.144
- Medium and Support
- toned gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.56995
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- geographic and political locations
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- passenger vehicles
- soil
- soil by composition or origin
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- Title
- Boucherie, Rue Christine, from "Portfolio of 20 photographs printed by Berenice Abbott"
- Artist
- Eugène Atget
- Artist Life Dates
- 1856-1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1898-1927
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.121
- Medium and Support
- gold toned gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.56699
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- commercial buildings
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by function
- mercantile buildings
- modern and contemporary art
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- streets
- Title
- Glass snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1790-1880
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.141
- Medium and Support
- glass
- relevance
- rank 3.56663
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- herbaceous plants
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- A Plant
- Artist
- Zhu Da (Chu Ta)
- Physical Description
- A plant is shown against the blank background, with a long stem, some leaves on the top, and a apricot-like fruit at the bottom. Above the plant are some calligraphic texts, with the artist's signature and seal.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1626-1705
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1645-1705
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.57
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.56436
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Still Life with Fruit and Walnuts
- Artist
- George Forster
- Artist Life Dates
- 1817-1896
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1817-1896
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.164
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 3.56276
- Secondary Keywords
- coverings and hangings
- coverings and hangings by location or context
- coverings and hangings by specific type
- coverings and hangings for furniture
- coverings and hangings for storage and support furniture
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- genres
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects
- objects we use
- plant material
- plants
- table coverings
- the natural world
- Title
- Graves of Neil and Lawrence
- Artist
- John Edward Saché
- Artist Life Dates
- act. in India, 1860s-1880s
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1860-1889
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.309
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.56224
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- death
- descriptors
- funerary structures
- how we live
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- plants
- rites of passage
- rock
- rock by form
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- War Rages in France - We Must Feed Them - United States Food Administration
- Artist
- Harry Everett Townsend
- Physical Description
- Text: War Rages in France - We Must Feed Them - They cannot fight & raise food at the same time - Denying ourselves only a little means Life to them - United States Food Administration
- Artist Life Dates
- 1879-1941
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1917
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.97
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.56193
- Secondary Keywords
- armed conflicts
- cityscapes
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- descriptors
- europe
- events
- figures
- how we live
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- locality
- materials
- materials by function
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- streets
- text-based art
- transportation
- vehicles
- war
- world wars
- Title
- La Melancholia
- Artist
- Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
- Artist Life Dates
- 1609-1664
- Century
- 17th Century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1647
- Accession Number
- 1994/2.12
- Medium and Support
- etching on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper, trimmed to platemark
- relevance
- rank 3.56121
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- animals
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by process
- image-making equipment
- mammals
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects
- objects we use
- painting equipment
- skeleton and skeleton components
- skeleton components
- the natural world
- tools and equipment
- Title
- Hou Chi Minh with cigarette and large leaf, meeting with Voroshilov, Vietnam, 1957
- Artist
- Dmitri Baltermants
- Physical Description
- Hou Chi Minh and Kliment Voroshilov meeting in Vietnam. The Vietnamese prime minister and president gets a light from his assistant while holding a large leaf, while the Soviet politician holds a pad of paper and tries to discuss some sort of political plans.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russian, 1912-1990
- Object Creation Date
- 2003
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.88
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.56121
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- asia (continent)
- biological material
- descriptors
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- image-making processes and techniques
- materials
- materials by origin
- photographic processes
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- tobacco
- Title
- Chalcedony ornamental snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.29
- Medium and Support
- chalcedony and glass
- relevance
- rank 3.55811
- Secondary Keywords
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- food
- leaf (plant component)
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- plant components
- trees (components)
- Title
- Landscape of the Seasons
- Artist
- Yi Sang-Beom
- Physical Description
- Ten-panel screen depicting similar mountain scenes over changing seasons. A spring scene begins on the right, gradually changing over the ten images to winter on the left. In an upper corner of each scene is a corresponding seasonal poetic inscription. These images are created using ink and color on paper, which was mounted on the upper two-thirds of each panel of the screen.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1899-1978
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1943
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.10
- Medium and Support
- ten-fold screen with ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.55647
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- screens (furniture)
- settlements and landscapes
- Title
- Bowl with bird holding leaf and inscription
- Artist
- Iran, Kashan
- Physical Description
- A wide-mouth, narrow-base bowl with overglaze lustre decorations of a bird holding leaf. There are inscriptions as part of the decorations.
- Century
- 12th-13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century - 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1957/1.63
- Medium and Support
- fritware with overglaze lustre painting
- relevance
- rank 3.55566
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- biological material
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- geographic and political locations
- information forms
- materials
- materials by origin
- middle east (general region)
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- vessels
- Title
- Hunting Whistle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Angola, Chokwe
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1971
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.47
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 3.55490
- Secondary Keywords
- aerophones
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- duct flutes
- flutes (aerophones)
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- the human body
- upper body
- wood and wood products
- Title
- The Visitation
- Artist
- Anonymous
- Physical Description
- Two women on a staircase in an embrace. A man on one side with an arm raised in greeting. Another man is on the other side with a bag over his shoulder.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1827
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.560
- Medium and Support
- pencil, pen and brown ink on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 3.55446
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- biological concepts
- chimneys and chimney components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- food
- fruit
- heating and cooking elements
- materials
- materials by function
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- scientific concepts
- Title
- Idle Craft
- Artist
- Ernest Lumsden
- Artist Life Dates
- 1883-1948
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1928
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.128
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.54897
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by location or context
- the natural world
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- waterfront spaces
- waterfronts and waterfront spaces
- waterscapes
- Title
- Iron Kettle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A round and squat kettle made of iron. It has a tall, arching handle which is tapered at the ends of attachment and the handle on the cover is decorated with cut-outs.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.36
- Medium and Support
- iron
- relevance
- rank 3.54865
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- east asian
- inorganic material
- iron and iron alloy
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels
- Title
- Brush
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A bundle of thin fibres (which form the brush) held together by thin strips of wood wrapped around one half of the bundle, topped with a piece of cloth to create a cap.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1925
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.52
- Medium and Support
- wood, fiber
- relevance
- rank 3.54865
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- brushes
- descriptors
- east asian
- equipment
- equipment by process
- maintenance and cleaning equipment
- maintenance tools
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- tools and equipment
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Angel
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Ile-de-France, France
- Physical Description
- This sculpture represents an angel bending slightly toward the left with his head tilted downward. Carved slots in his back would have held his wings, and the figure has lost his forearms and hands as well as his legs below the knees.
- Century
- 13th or 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1300
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.157
- Medium and Support
- limestone with polychrome
- relevance
- rank 3.54865
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- legendary creatures
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- rock
- rock by form
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Mendicant
- Artist
- Jean-François Millet
- Artist Life Dates
- 1814-1875
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1857-1858
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.107
- Medium and Support
- black chalk on off-white paper
- relevance
- rank 3.54372
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- associated concepts
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- family
- food
- genres
- how we live
- materials
- materials by function
- objects
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- relationships
- religious figures
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by function
- social science concepts
- sociological concepts
- work and instructional spaces
- Title
- Mountain Light, Cloud Shadow
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- The use of light ink to depict the hills and remote mountains was to present the misty and dreamlike Dayu Mountain. Chang applied the wash to creat a sense of wet atmosphere.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1974
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.107
- Medium and Support
- unmounted scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.54067
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Pewter "teapot" inkwell, porcelain ink insert, wood handle, fance spout
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A pewter inkwell in the shape of a teapot. The handle is made out of wood and the spout is porcelain.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.266
- Medium and Support
- metal, wood, porcelain
- relevance
- rank 3.53957
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- containers for writing equipment
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- vessels for serving drinks
- Title
- Pike Decoy
- Artist
- Oscar Peterson
- Physical Description
- Carved wooden decoy of a Pike fish; green along dorsal region with yellow underbelly, spots and flecks of yellow, white, and black.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1887 - 1951
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1928
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.216
- Medium and Support
- carved and painted wood and painted metal
- relevance
- rank 3.53868
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- object genres
- object genres by function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Crane, Pine and Bamboo
- Artist
- Ren Xun (Jen Hsün)
- Physical Description
- This painting inculdes the seal of the artist Ren Xun. A crane stands in the foreground, with it's head and beak turned toward the viewer, revealing a patch of orangish red on its face. A pine tree arches across the background above.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1835-1893
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1860-1893
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.265
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.53831
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- evergreens
- grass (plant material)
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- plant material
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- The Sea is Making
- Artist
- Charles Herbert Woodbury
- Artist Life Dates
- 1864-1940
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1935.29
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.53491
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- events
- geography
- inorganic material
- landform components
- landforms and landform components
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural events
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- settlements and landscapes
- the natural world
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- waterscapes
- Title
- Black crested haori with yûzen painted origami crane design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black crepe silk with origame crane designs hand-painted by paste-resist yûzen techinique, in colors and gold pigment. Lining is pink silk damask with woven pattern of truncated floral medallions. Double oak leaf crest (kashiwa) is embroidered with bokashi-dyed blue and white thread.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940s-1960s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.356
- Medium and Support
- black crepe silk with painted design
- relevance
- rank 3.53337
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- animals and creatures
- birds
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- fibroinous material
- main garments
- main garments for the upper body
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- paperworking techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- Title
- Elisa's Fountain (Fontaine d' Elisée)
- Artist
- Felix Bonfils
- Artist Life Dates
- 1831-1885
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.100
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.52698
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- geography
- hydraulic structures
- hydraulic structures by function
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- people and occupations
- plants
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the natural world
- water distribution structures
- waterscapes
- Title
- Back of Seated Nude
- Artist
- Humbert Albrizio
- Artist Life Dates
- 1907-1970
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1951/1.26
- Medium and Support
- pen and ink on cream-colored paper
- relevance
- rank 3.52683
- Secondary Keywords
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- figures
- figures (representations)
- materials
- materials by function
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Eva Chair
- Artist
- Bruno Mathsson
- Physical Description
- Wooden chair with arms, hemp webbing for seat and backing. Modern in form and style.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1907-1988
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1934
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.169
- Medium and Support
- bent laminated beechwood and natural hemp webbing
- relevance
- rank 3.52555
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Mirror with serpentine interlaces and angular meanders
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Thinnly cast mirror with narrow rim and bridge-shaped knob, back decorated with interlaces of serpentine and angular meaders, front side polished flat
- Century
- 3rd century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 3rd century BCE
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.76
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with silver and malachite patina
- relevance
- rank 3.52526
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- inorganic material
- legendary creatures
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- Title
- Closeup of "Gates of Hell, Rodin, Paris"
- Artist
- Diana Williams
- Physical Description
- A bronze sculpture depicting a man with his mouth open.
- Object Creation Date
- 1998
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.195
- Medium and Support
- black and white photograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.52526
- Secondary Keywords
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- people and culture
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Tri Wing Spin
- Artist
- Gary Simmons
- Physical Description
- This print depicts three black forms, in the shape of feathered wings, over a cream background with gray block lettering. The tips of the feathers have active brush strokes that give the appearance that they are moving in a circular, clockwise direction in the center of the print.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born 1964
- Object Creation Date
- 2005
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.42
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on white pescia paper
- relevance
- rank 3.52344
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- dynamics
- information form components
- keratinous material
- materials
- materials by origin
- mechanics concepts
- people and culture
- phonetic signs
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- scientific concepts
- script and type forms
- script and type signs
- Title
- Picture of the Cinnabar Peak
- Artist
- Sun Yi (Sun I)
- Physical Description
- This is a delicate landscape. There are mountain crags, dispersed trees and bushes, and some houses/huts depicted. There is calligraphy on the upper right hand corner with one red seal, and towards the upper left corner with a red seal. There is also another red seal on the lower left hand corner. The colors are muted and are barely discernable from one another. There is a central jutting rock in the center of the painting that takes up a lot of horizontal space, and encourages the eye to travel upwards.
- Artist Life Dates
- active mid-17th century
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1657
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.155
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.52297
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- genres
- geography
- houses
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- plants
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique