components | 1851-1900 | Search Results | University of Michigan Museum of Art | University of Michigan Library Digital Collections

Baby Krishna Taken by Father Across Jumna River; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Baby Krishna Taken by Father Across Jumna River
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
Physical Description: A elief of the baby Krishan being taken across the Jumna River on top of the head of his father. The father and baby are in the lower right corner of the frieze, with the image of a tail following them going diagonally behind.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 2012/2.163
Medium and Support: terracotta
relevance: rank 1.81783
Secondary Keywords: bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; landscapes (environments); marine bodies; natural landscapes; objects we use; offspring; parents; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by family relationship; sculpture; sculpture by material; settlements and landscapes; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Untitled; Mel DiGiacomo

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Untitled
Artist: Mel DiGiacomo
Physical Description: A man and woman kissing in the right foreground, with the woman holding a tamborine. A man is standing in the background and looking at the camera.
Object Creation Date: late 20th century
Accession Number: 2014/2.180
Medium and Support: black and white photograph on paper
relevance: rank 1.81474
Secondary Keywords: components and systems; embraces; object groupings; object groupings and systems; object groupings by general context; objects we use; people and culture; physical activities; physical activities by general context; sets (groups); visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Ville d'Avray: Boatman's Pond (Evening) [Ville d'Avray: L'Etang du Batelier (Effet du Soir)]; Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Title: Ville d'Avray: Boatman's Pond (Evening) [Ville d'Avray: L'Etang du Batelier (Effet du Soir)]
Artist: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Physical Description: The upper half of the picture is the sky, Corot's signature mark in the upper right corner. There are two trees with little foliage extending from the lower left corner up to the top of the image. To the right of those trees is the boat with a hunched figure sitting on the left side. A cow is on the other side of the boat, facing the right side of the image. There are trees with a lot of foliage in the center of the right half of the image just above the cow. There is grass all along the bottom edge of the image.
Artist Life Dates: 1796-1875
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1862
Accession Number: 1949/1.86
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint on paper
relevance: rank 1.81426
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; lacustrine bodies; landscapes (environments); mammals; natural landscapes; objects we use; settlements and landscapes; transportation vehicles; vehicles; visual works; visual works by subject type; watercraft; watercraft by general type

The Hen with the Golden Eggs; Marc Chagall

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: The Hen with the Golden Eggs
Artist: Marc Chagall
Physical Description: Paper size: lh 42cm & rh 41 4/5cm x tw 33cm & bw 33 1/2cm. Plate size: h 31 1/2cm x w 25 1/2cm. Image size: lh 29 1/2cm & rh 29 2/5cm x tw 23 9/10cm & bw 23 7/10cm.
Artist Life Dates: Russia, 1889-1985
Accession Number: 2008/2.415
Medium and Support: etching, engraving and drypoint on beige laid paper
relevance: rank 1.81055
Secondary Keywords: animal material; animal material by form or function; animals and creatures; birds; descriptors; egg and egg components; engraving (printing process); image-making processes and techniques; intaglio printing processes; materials; materials by origin; printing and printing processes and techniques; printing processes; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type

Royal couple standing under a tree; India, Madhya Pradesh, Mathura

Title: Royal couple standing under a tree
Artist: India, Madhya Pradesh, Mathura
Century: 3rd-4th century
Object Creation Date: 3rd century - 4th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.292
Medium and Support: mottled pink sandstone
relevance: rank 1.80957
Secondary Keywords: aristocracy; components and systems; groups of people; nobility; object groupings; object groupings and systems; object groupings by general context; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; sets (groups); social classes; social classes by specific type; social groups; upper class

Obi; Artist Unknown, Japan

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Obi
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: Gray obi with light blue wavy design that looks like a river with dark blue ripples. White flower petals float alongside the river, and so do five designs that appear to be hooded cloaks or pieces of cloth.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 2009/1.543
Medium and Support: silk
relevance: rank 1.80914
Secondary Keywords: accessories worn at the waist or below; bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; costume by form; landscapes (environments); main garments; natural landscapes; objects we use; riverine bodies; settlements and landscapes

Hills, Bitterwater Valley, Gabilar Rouge, California; Steve Crouch

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Hills, Bitterwater Valley, Gabilar Rouge, California
Artist: Steve Crouch
Physical Description: In the foreground there is a horizontal white fence. Behind that are two mountains that overlap eachother in the center of the image and a larger mountain in the back that is in between the two. The mountain in the back is darker because of the cloud cover above.
Artist Life Dates: (1915 - 1983)
Accession Number: 2012/1.238
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 1.80814
Secondary Keywords: upward; associated concepts; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; open spaces and site elements; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; site elements; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Snow Landscape; Okuhara Seiko

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Snow Landscape
Artist: Okuhara Seiko
Physical Description: A mountain scene with men riding up winding roads on horseback. There are only two colors used, black and red.
Artist Life Dates: (Koga, Ibaraki prefecture, 1837 - 1913, Edo)
Object Creation Date: October 1879
Accession Number: 2012/2.107
Medium and Support: hanging scroll
relevance: rank 1.80770
Secondary Keywords: upward; associated concepts; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by activity; physical sciences concepts; precipitation; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Ile de la Cite, Paris; Henri Cartier-Bresson

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Ile de la Cite, Paris
Artist: Henri Cartier-Bresson
Physical Description: Image of across a body of water looking at a small triangular land mass and a bridge spanning the entire image.
Artist Life Dates: 1908-2004
Object Creation Date: 1952; printed later
Accession Number: 2014/2.262
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 1.80625
Secondary Keywords: bodies of water and components of bodies of water; buildings and the land; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; settlements and landscapes; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type; transportation structures; transportation structures by form

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Hoeido Edition) #16 Kambara, Night Snow; Andô Hiroshige

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Hoeido Edition) #16 Kambara, Night Snow
Artist: Andô Hiroshige
Artist Life Dates: 1797-1858
Object Creation Date: 1831-1834
Accession Number: 2008/2.194
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 1.80471
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; components and systems; earth sciences concepts; object groupings; object groupings and systems; object groupings by specific context; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; precipitation; scientific concepts; visual works groupings; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Geese Landing on Sandbars; Chang Ku-nien

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Geese Landing on Sandbars
Artist: Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description: A scene of geese in pond and on sandbars. The geese are congregated in the lower left hand side of the painting, as are most of the reeds growing from the sand bars. Some geese can also be seen flying in the middle of the painting, though they are not as prominent. Five lines of calligraphy are lcoated in the upper right of the painting.
Artist Life Dates: 1906-1987
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: last quarter of 20th century
Accession Number: 2006/1.142
Medium and Support: ink and color on paper
relevance: rank 1.80419
Secondary Keywords: relation to water; animals and creatures; birds; buildings and the land; coating (material); coating by form; descriptors; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by position; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); materials; materials by function; natural landscapes; objects we use; paintings; paintings by form; scroll paintings; settlements and landscapes; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Seine, Paris, France; Louis Stettner

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Seine, Paris, France
Artist: Louis Stettner
Physical Description: An under bridge view of the water, walkway and a man taking a photograph in the background.
Artist Life Dates: born 1922
Object Creation Date: printed 1951
Accession Number: 2013/2.292
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 1.80107
Secondary Keywords: scale; bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; open spaces; open spaces and site elements; open spaces by function; riverine bodies; settlements; settlements and landscapes; settlements by form; walkways

Soldiers Fording a Stream; Maximillian Luce

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Soldiers Fording a Stream
Artist: Maximillian Luce
Physical Description: An abstracted sketch drawing of a group of soldiers crossing a stream. The figures are rough outlines done in black with blue ink accents. Some soldiers are on horseback and brandishing swords, possibly as a sign to enemies on the other bank. Other soliders help one another cross the water on foot.
Artist Life Dates: 1858 - 1941
Object Creation Date: 1875-1941
Accession Number: 2009/1.506
Medium and Support: ink and graphite on paper
relevance: rank 1.79627
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; edged weapons; landscapes (environments); mammals; natural landscapes; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; riverine bodies; settlements and landscapes; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; weapons; weapons and ammunition

Jan; Joel Meyerowitz

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Jan
Artist: Joel Meyerowitz
Physical Description: Woman standing on a deck wth the sea in the background. She is facing the camera and wearing only one earring, in the shape of a cross.
Artist Life Dates: born 1938
Object Creation Date: 1985
Accession Number: 2012/2.123
Medium and Support: vintage chromogenic contact print on paper
relevance: rank 1.79076
Secondary Keywords: bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; landscaped-site elements; landscapes (environments); marine bodies; natural landscapes; open spaces and site elements; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; settlements and landscapes; site elements

Almost (Ya Mero), from "Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo"; Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Title: Almost (Ya Mero), from "Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo"
Artist: Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Artist Life Dates: 1902-2002
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1977
Accession Number: 1983/1.101.12
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 1.78734
Secondary Keywords: relation to water; buildings and the land; descriptors; geography; inorganic material; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by position; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); materials; materials by composition; modern and contemporary art; natural landscapes; objects we use; people and culture; people and occupations; physical activities; physical activities by general context; settlements and landscapes; shores (landforms); visual works; visual works by subject type

Carved Hairpin; Artist Unknown, China

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Carved Hairpin
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: Carved jade one point hairpin. Carving is at the head of the pin and extends half-way down the body in the shape of what might be a dragon.
Object Creation Date: 1368-1644
Accession Number: 2009/2.111
Medium and Support: jade
relevance: rank 1.78584
Secondary Keywords: accessories worn on the head; animal material; costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; descriptors; hair and hair components; keratinous material; materials; materials by origin; objects we use; sculpture; sculpture by material; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Moon over Lausanne; Joseph Mallord William Turner

Title: Moon over Lausanne
Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner
Physical Description: Three figures stand in the bottom left corner. The image is mostly tan and light blue except very dark in the center. The blue horizon line is in the top third of the image stretching from a cityscape on the left side to a sweeping hill on the right side. There is a small moon in the middle at the very top of the image.
Artist Life Dates: 1775-1851
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1836
Accession Number: 1991/2.72
Medium and Support: watercolor and graphite on paper
relevance: rank 1.78458
Secondary Keywords: downward; associated concepts; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; europe (continent); geographic and political locations; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; objects we use; paintings; paintings by material or technique; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; visual works by subject type

If Nothing Changes, It Changes Nothing (Skirt); Lisa Anne Auerbach

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: If Nothing Changes, It Changes Nothing (Skirt)
Artist: Lisa Anne Auerbach
Physical Description: Red knit skirt, paired with the sweater 2009/2/163A. The words IF NOTHING CHANGES are outlined in white along the bottom border of the skirt.
Artist Life Dates: b. 1967
Century: 21st century
Object Creation Date: 2007
Accession Number: 2009/2.163B
Medium and Support: Merino wool
relevance: rank 1.78397
Secondary Keywords: animal material; descriptors; hair; hair and hair components; hair by form; keratinous material; materials; materials by origin; objects we use; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by material; processes and techniques by specific type; textile construction processes and techniques; textile processes and techniques

What's All This Talk About Dying for Revolution (Skirt); Lisa Anne Auerbach

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: What's All This Talk About Dying for Revolution (Skirt)
Artist: Lisa Anne Auerbach
Physical Description: Black knit skirt. The bottom of the skirt has a border of, designed in red, words that read Bring the War Home Power to the People, with a line of stylized marching figures underneath, and a thin line of white at the skirt's hem.
Artist Life Dates: b. 1967
Century: 21st century
Object Creation Date: 2005-2009
Accession Number: 2009/2.164B
Medium and Support: Merino wool
relevance: rank 1.78397
Secondary Keywords: animal material; descriptors; hair; hair and hair components; hair by form; keratinous material; materials; materials by origin; objects we use; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by material; processes and techniques by specific type; textile construction processes and techniques; textile processes and techniques

Bay Sky; Joel Meyerowitz

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Bay Sky
Artist: Joel Meyerowitz
Physical Description: Boats in the middle of a lake or ocean in calm water. Colors of light blue, purple and browns.
Artist Life Dates: born 1938
Object Creation Date: 1989
Accession Number: 2012/2.118
Medium and Support: vintage chromogenic contact print on paper
relevance: rank 1.78397
Secondary Keywords: bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; descriptors; image-making processes and techniques; landscapes (environments); marine bodies; natural landscapes; photographic techniques; photography and photographic processes and techniques; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; settlements and landscapes

Teichos Dymaion, Greece; Marilyn Bridges

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Teichos Dymaion, Greece
Artist: Marilyn Bridges
Physical Description: An aerial view of the remains of a hilltop settlement in Teichos Dymaion, Greece.
Artist Life Dates: American, born 1957
Object Creation Date: 2004
Accession Number: 2012/2.55
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 1.78236
Secondary Keywords: image form; upward; buildings and the land; europe (continent); geographic and political locations; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; objects we use; settlements and landscapes; single built works; single built works by condition; single built works by specific type; views; views by vantage point or orientation; visual works; visual works by form

Nocturne; James McNeill Whistler

Title: Nocturne
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: Set at night, a man in a lighter or small boat is seen in the foreground; in the distance stands the silhouettes of various buildings, including smokestacks, a clock tower, and a church spire, all of which are reflected in the water's surface, as well as reflections of lights and smoke.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1878
Accession Number: 1954/1.413
Medium and Support: lithotint with scraping on a prepared half-tint ground on blue-grey laid paper,
relevance: rank 1.78084
Secondary Keywords: architecture; associated concepts; bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; geography; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; objects; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; riverine bodies; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; streams; time; transportation vehicles; vehicles; watercraft; watercraft by general type

Study of Barges; Jan van de Velde

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Study of Barges
Artist: Jan van de Velde
Physical Description: This sheet of sketches of barges and boats suggests that they were drawn from life and meant to capture the rich variety of life along a river. Two of the sketches along the bottom of the sheet show large piles of hay or similar materials; two smaller boats in the upper portion of the paper have smaller cargo. Three of these four sketches show the boats with an oarsman in the rear and are seen passing by from the bank or from another boat. At the upper right corner is a sketch of two boats, possibly tied up to a dock as both are seen end-on from the bows.
Artist Life Dates: active 1593-1641
Object Creation Date: 1615-1641
Accession Number: 2009/1.517
Medium and Support: graphite, pen and ink and wash on laid paper
relevance: rank 1.78006
Secondary Keywords: bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; landscapes (environments); merchant vessels; merchant vessels by cargo type; natural landscapes; objects we use; riverine bodies; settlements and landscapes; transportation vehicles; vehicles; watercraft; watercraft by function; watercraft by specific type

Soldier and Woman Seated on Table, Striped Background; Mike Disfarmer

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Soldier and Woman Seated on Table, Striped Background
Artist: Mike Disfarmer
Physical Description: A man in uniform, with his left arm around a woman's shoulders. Both are sitting together on a table in front of a striped wall.
Artist Life Dates: American, 1884 - 1959
Object Creation Date: circa 1940
Accession Number: 2012/2.15
Medium and Support: vintage gelatin silver contact print on paper
relevance: rank 1.77769
Secondary Keywords: components and systems; descriptors; image-making processes and techniques; object groupings; object groupings and systems; object groupings by general context; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in military occupations; photographic processes; photography and photographic processes and techniques; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; sets (groups)

Untitled; Stephen Lathrop

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Untitled
Artist: Stephen Lathrop
Physical Description: Splashes of waves in the ocean with accents of pink, purple and orange skies.
Object Creation Date: 2nd half of 20th century
Accession Number: 2013/1.253
Medium and Support: digital print on paper
relevance: rank 1.77759
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; descriptors; design elements; earth sciences concepts; landscapes (environments); marine bodies; natural landscapes; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes

Landscape with Tower and Distant Lake; William Payne

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Landscape with Tower and Distant Lake
Artist: William Payne
Physical Description: A watercolor primarily in greens, blues, black and grey depicting a landscape with rolling hills and a tower and lake in the distance. A family of weary travelers are positioned in the shaded left foreground. A herd of sheep and two donkeys rest in the sunlit fields in the mid-ground.
Artist Life Dates: (1760 - 1830)
Object Creation Date: late 18th century - early 19th century
Accession Number: 2012/2.215
Medium and Support: watercolor on medium white wove paper
relevance: rank 1.77365
Secondary Keywords: massing or shape; animals and creatures; bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; lacustrine bodies; mammals; natural landscapes; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by activity; settlements and landscapes; single built works; single built works by form; single built works by specific type

Rade de Bordeaux; Maxime Lalanne; Printed by Auguste Delatre

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Rade de Bordeaux
Artist: Maxime Lalanne
Physical Description: This black and white etching depicts a winter scene along a harbor. A line of many boats with high masts separates the water from the land at a diagonal from the lower right corner up to the center of the horizon line. On the left side of the horizon line there is a row of tall buildings. On the left and center in the mid-ground are crowds of figures and horse-drawn carriages along the snowy shore. The upper two-thirds of the composition are devoted to the lightly crosshatched sky.
Artist Life Dates: 1827-1886
Object Creation Date: 1868
Accession Number: 2012/2.194
Medium and Support: etching on laid paper
relevance: rank 1.77252
Secondary Keywords: aquitaine (region); associated concepts; bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by location; buildings and the land; coastline bodies of water; earth sciences concepts; europe (continent); france (nation); geographic and political locations; gironde (department); landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; seasons; settlements and landscapes; transportation vehicles; vehicles; watercraft; watercraft by general type

Evening Lake Powell, Arizona; Daniel Anderson

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Evening Lake Powell, Arizona
Artist: Daniel Anderson
Physical Description: Foreground is snow covered ground, water in midsection, clouds above.
Object Creation Date: 1987
Accession Number: 2013/1.234
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 1.76907
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; lacustrine bodies; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; precipitation; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Dos Banistas; Armando Morales

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Dos Banistas
Artist: Armando Morales
Physical Description: Two women are standing in a river. The woman on the left is wearing a garment while the woman on the right has taken hers off. Both are wearing hankerchiefs over their hair and are facing away from the viewer.
Artist Life Dates: b. 1927
Object Creation Date: 1980
Accession Number: 2011/1.95
Medium and Support: lithograph on paper
relevance: rank 1.76907
Secondary Keywords: bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; prints; prints by process or technique; riverine bodies; settlements and landscapes; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Untitled, (Northern California Hills and Clouds); Brett Weston

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Untitled, (Northern California Hills and Clouds)
Artist: Brett Weston
Physical Description: A black and white photo of hills on a cloudy day.
Artist Life Dates: 1911-1993
Object Creation Date: 1954
Accession Number: 2011/2.153
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 1.76893
Secondary Keywords: color; upward; associated concepts; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; objects we use; people and culture; photographs; photographs by form; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Jade Mountain, Auspicious Snow; Chang Ku-nien

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Jade Mountain, Auspicious Snow
Artist: Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description: Though this painting was not dated, it should be most possibly painted after Chang moved to Michigan in 1974. Perhaps it is because of the cold winter, during this time, Chang created many works on landscape of snow. This is a scene of clearing after snow.
Artist Life Dates: (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: last quarter of 20th century
Accession Number: 2006/1.113
Medium and Support: unmounted scroll, ink on paper
relevance: rank 1.76893
Secondary Keywords: upward; associated concepts; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; objects we use; paintings; paintings by form; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; precipitation; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Gyosho Edition): #11 Hakone; Andô Hiroshige

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Gyosho Edition): #11 Hakone
Artist: Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description: A woodblock print of men traveling on a brown-grey path through blue-green mountains. In the center, traveling to the viewer's left, two men carry a covered chair that contains another man in a blue robe, followed by a man wearing a blue robe and white oval hat who carries a pack balanced on a stick on his sholder. Two other men approach on the path from the distance (viewer's left).
Artist Life Dates: 1797-1858
Object Creation Date: circa 1841-1842
Accession Number: 2011/2.195
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 1.76644
Secondary Keywords: downward; transfer method; buildings and the land; descriptors; inorganic material; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); materials; materials by composition; natural landscapes; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by activity; prints; prints by process; prints by process or technique; relief prints; settlements and landscapes; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Flywhisk; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Title: Flywhisk
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Century: Possibly 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1900
Accession Number: 1984/2.26
Medium and Support: carved wood, copper, fiber and animal hair
relevance: rank 1.76510
Secondary Keywords: animal material; descriptors; hair and hair components; keratinous material; materials; materials by origin; object genres; object genres by material; objects; objects we use; sculpture; sculpture by technique; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Dancing Couple (Dodo and Partner); Ernst Kirchner

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Dancing Couple (Dodo and Partner)
Artist: Ernst Kirchner
Physical Description: A man and woman embrace in center; the man appears in a dress coat, the woman in a very large hat. She looks out at the viewer, while the man's head is turned to the left. Near the woman's left elbow is the outline of a suggested figure; another embracing couple is outlined to the right. The smaller figures suggest a perspective and size to the space, only suggested through brief lines and indistinct objects on the left. Artist's sketch from life; Kirchner developed a rapid, stroke-oriented (as opposed to detail-oriented) sketch style when out in the world.
Artist Life Dates: 1880-1938
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1910
Accession Number: 2007/2.82
Medium and Support: graphite on coated wove paper
relevance: rank 1.76183
Secondary Keywords: buildings and the land; components and systems; entertainment buildings; object groupings; object groupings and systems; object groupings by general context; recreation buildings; recreation structures; sets (groups); single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type

Heavy Burden, Esztergom, from "Hungarian Memories"; André Kertész

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Heavy Burden, Esztergom, from "Hungarian Memories"
Artist: André Kertész
Physical Description: A woman makes a physical trek up the hillside that overlooks her small village. She balances two heavy buckets held together by a piece of wood. In the horizon of the photo, beyond the village, lies a body of water.
Artist Life Dates: 1894-1985
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1916; printed 1981
Accession Number: 1985/1.125.7
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 1.75819
Secondary Keywords: upward; associated concepts; buildings and the land; containers; containers by form; descriptors; dwellings; inorganic material; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); materials; materials by composition; natural landscapes; objects we use; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; residential structures; settlements and landscapes; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type; vessels

Provincetown, 1977, from "Cape Light"; Joel Meyerowitz

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Provincetown, 1977, from "Cape Light"
Artist: Joel Meyerowitz
Physical Description: A color photograph of the side of a house on the shore. The house is set against a background of the beach and he dark ocean with a light eminating from the horizon line.
Artist Life Dates: born 1938
Object Creation Date: 1976-1977
Accession Number: 2012/1.215
Medium and Support: chromogenic print on paper
relevance: rank 1.75338
Secondary Keywords: relation to water; associated concepts; buildings and the land; dwellings; earth sciences concepts; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by position; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; residential structures; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; shores (landforms); single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type

Washing Clothes; Kensel Franklin

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Washing Clothes
Artist: Kensel Franklin
Physical Description: A group of women gather to wash clothes in a river while a man looks on.
Artist Life Dates: Haitian, 1945-1975 (?)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 2011/2.184
Medium and Support: oil on masonite
relevance: rank 1.75072
Secondary Keywords: bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; descriptors; image-making processes and techniques; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; painting and painting techniques; painting techniques; painting techniques by application method; painting techniques by medium; people and culture; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; riverine bodies; settlements and landscapes

N. 69 Panorama del Campanile di S. Marco verso S. Maria della Salute (Sud-Ovest); Carlo Ponti

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: N. 69 Panorama del Campanile di S. Marco verso S. Maria della Salute (Sud-Ovest)
Artist: Carlo Ponti
Physical Description: Arial view of a river with a port filled with boats. There are many surrounding buildings as well as a large church on the right hand side, visible from its dome-like roof. The image is toned in browns.
Artist Life Dates: (1820 - 1893)
Object Creation Date: circa 1860
Accession Number: 2012/2.172
Medium and Support: albumen print on paper
relevance: rank 1.74691
Secondary Keywords: bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; objects we use; open spaces; open spaces and site elements; open spaces by location or context; riverine bodies; settlements and landscapes; transportation vehicles; vehicles; watercraft; watercraft by general type; waterfront spaces; waterfronts and waterfront spaces

Boat Silhouettes; Ilse Bing

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Boat Silhouettes
Artist: Ilse Bing
Physical Description: Boats docked on the shore of a beach. The sky is slightly cloudy above.
Artist Life Dates: American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998
Object Creation Date: 1935
Accession Number: 2014/2.268
Medium and Support: vintage gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 1.74573
Secondary Keywords: relation to water; associated concepts; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by position; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; shores (landforms); transportation vehicles; vehicles; watercraft; watercraft by general type; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Untitled; Pamela Sumner

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Untitled
Artist: Pamela Sumner
Physical Description: A print done in black ink with a red circle in the background.
Object Creation Date: 1950-2000
Accession Number: 2011/1.64
Medium and Support: Chinese ink on paper
relevance: rank 1.74573
Secondary Keywords: relation to water; buildings and the land; coating (material); coating by form; descriptors; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by position; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); materials; materials by function; natural landscapes; objects we use; photographic prints; photographic prints by color; photographs; photographs by form; positives; settlements and landscapes; shores (landforms); visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Seascape; Alice Hunt

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Seascape
Artist: Alice Hunt
Physical Description: Waves crashing on the rocks which are mostly situated on the right bottom half of the image. The sky is gray and blue while the water is a mix of greens, blues and white.
Artist Life Dates: 1848-1930
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1848-1930
Accession Number: 1972/2.15
Medium and Support: watercolor on paper
relevance: rank 1.74359
Secondary Keywords: bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; descriptors; design elements; inorganic material; landscapes (environments); marine bodies; materials; materials by composition; natural landscapes; objects we use; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; settlements and landscapes; visual works; visual works by subject type

Christ Healing the Deaf-Mute; Philippe de Champaigne

Title: Christ Healing the Deaf-Mute
Artist: Philippe de Champaigne
Physical Description: This painting depicts a river passing through a wooded landscape as human figures, dwarfed by the towering trees, move along its banks. The majestic landscape dominates the painting, but a group of four men in the right foreground also competes for attention since the bright, saturated primary colors of their robes stand out sharply against the muted tonalities of their surroundings. One of the men, wearing a blue cloak, places his left finger in the mouth of a man kneeling before him and touches the side of his head with his right hand. A third man leans forward to touch the kneeling figure's shoulder while the fourth, in a magnificent red cloak, raises his hands in astonishment.
Artist Life Dates: 1602-1674
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1650-1660
Accession Number: 1960/2.93
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
relevance: rank 1.74154
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; birds; bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; events; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; objects we use; paintings; paintings by material or technique; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; riverine bodies; settlements and landscapes; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; visual works by subject type

The Banks of the Seine near Argenteuil [Les Bords de la Seine près Argenteuil]; Maxime Lalanne

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: The Banks of the Seine near Argenteuil [Les Bords de la Seine près Argenteuil]
Artist: Maxime Lalanne
Physical Description: A ship in the middle of a river, land on either side.
Artist Life Dates: 1827-1886
Century: 19th century
Accession Number: 2013/2.565
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint on laid paper
relevance: rank 1.73694
Secondary Keywords: bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; cityscapes; freewheeled vehicles; freewheeled vehicles by form or function; land vehicles; land vehicles by form; natural landscapes; objects we use; riverine bodies; service and utility vehicles; settlements and landscapes; transportation vehicles; vehicles; watercraft; watercraft by general type

Taiwan Cross-Island Highway (Section 2); Chang Ku-nien

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Taiwan Cross-Island Highway (Section 2)
Artist: Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description: A panoramic view of the highway cutting across the Tarako Gorges, laid out in four connecting hanging scrolls.; Inscription: “sublime and bright--what opens in this enormous curtain (the connected hanging scrolls).”
Artist Life Dates: (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1967
Accession Number: 2006/1.104.2
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
relevance: rank 1.73238
Secondary Keywords: upward; buildings and the land; coating (material); coating by form; descriptors; image-making processes and techniques; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); materials; materials by function; natural landscapes; open spaces; open spaces and site elements; open spaces by function; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; settlements and landscapes; transportation spaces; writing (processes)

Cross-Island Highway Based on Sketches; Chang Ku-nien

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Cross-Island Highway Based on Sketches
Artist: Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description: Painted and inscribed on the occasion of Veterans’ Day. The artist depicts a view of the narrow, winding roadway cutting through a magnificent rocky mountain.; In his inscription, Chang claims to use methods of Song masters that were adopted in painting the scene. A small detail on the lower right of the painting represents a couple of tiny figures standing aside the road. One figure is depicted as making life-sketches of the scene.
Artist Life Dates: (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1980
Accession Number: 2006/1.111
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink on paper
relevance: rank 1.72871
Secondary Keywords: upward; buildings and the land; coating (material); coating by form; descriptors; image-making processes and techniques; 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; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; scroll paintings; settlements and landscapes; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; writing (processes)

Untitled (Aerial View of Shoreline); Al Weber

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Untitled (Aerial View of Shoreline)
Artist: Al Weber
Physical Description: An aerial view of land meeting water. The water is a deep emerald green and the land, a varying shade of ochre and brown. The lower section is the water and there is a boat dock on the lower right section of the image. The land mass is the upper portion of the image, but seems to be separated at one section in a horizontal format.
Artist Life Dates: b. 1930
Accession Number: 2012/1.243
Medium and Support: chromogenic print on paper
relevance: rank 1.72846
Secondary Keywords: image form; buildings and the land; european; european styles and periods; landforms and landform components; landscapes (environments); modern european fine arts styles and movements; modern european styles and movements; natural landscapes; objects we use; people and culture; settlements and landscapes; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; views; views by vantage point or orientation; visual works; visual works by form

Andernache; Joseph Mallord William Turner

Title: Andernache
Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner
Physical Description: Line drawing that extends from upper left corner and down diagonally. Bottom Left corner has handwritten note that says " Andernache."
Artist Life Dates: 1775-1851
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1844
Accession Number: 1983/2.238
Medium and Support: graphite on paper
relevance: rank 1.72720
Secondary Keywords: upward; buildings and the land; drawings; drawings by technique; europe (continent); fortifications; geographic and political locations; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; objects we use; settlements and landscapes; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; visual works by subject type

Iceberg #11, Disko Bay, Greenland, 1988; Lynn Davis

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Iceberg #11, Disko Bay, Greenland, 1988
Artist: Lynn Davis
Physical Description: Two icebergs in Disko Bay, Greenland composed of two portions of an iceberg on either side with rather still water in the foreground. The ice on the left is a shape reminicent of a wave while the iceberg on the right, behind the first, is tall and looming, almost invisible in the fog.
Artist Life Dates: American, born 1944
Object Creation Date: 1988; printed 1988-1989
Accession Number: 2012/2.96
Medium and Support: selenium-toned gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 1.72665
Secondary Keywords: bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by state; buildings and the land; descriptors; geographic and political locations; image-making processes and techniques; inorganic material; lancaster (county); landscapes (environments); materials; materials by composition; natural landscapes; north and central america (continent); pennsylvania (state); photographic processes; photography and photographic processes and techniques; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; settlements and landscapes; united states (nation)

Happy Couple; Mike Disfarmer

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Happy Couple
Artist: Mike Disfarmer
Physical Description: A seated couple seen from the waist up. He wears a short sleeve collared shirt and leans to his left, towards the woman. His left arm is around her back. She is to the viewer's right and wears a short sleeve button up shirt. Her arms are bent at the elbows and held in front of her.
Artist Life Dates: American, 1884 - 1959
Object Creation Date: circa 1940
Accession Number: 2012/2.26
Medium and Support: vintage gelatin silver contact print on paper
relevance: rank 1.72583
Secondary Keywords: components and systems; descriptors; image-making processes and techniques; object groupings; object groupings and systems; object groupings by general context; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; photographic processes; photography and photographic processes and techniques; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; sets (groups); visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Bentley, Stonehedge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England (R5), from "The Ryoichi Excavations"; Patrick Nagatani

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Bentley, Stonehedge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England (R5), from "The Ryoichi Excavations"
Artist: Patrick Nagatani
Physical Description: Stonehedge in the background with a car being excavated from underground in the foreground. There are ropes around the site.
Artist Life Dates: born 1945
Object Creation Date: 1987; printed 2001
Accession Number: 2012/2.135
Medium and Support: toned gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 1.72397
Secondary Keywords: relation to water; buildings and the land; construction equipment; earthmoving equipment; equipment; equipment by process; europe (continent); freewheeled vehicles; freewheeled vehicles by form or function; geographic and political locations; land vehicles; land vehicles by form; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by position; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; objects we use; passenger vehicles; settlements and landscapes; shovels; tools and equipment; transportation vehicles; united kingdom (nation); vehicles

Search Results

Options

Filters

1851 to 1900 of 2010 results