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- Title
- Mount Hood from The Dalles
- Artist
- John Stanley
- Physical Description
- Landscape painting with white mountain peak in center background, body of water in foreground, and a Native American encampment to left.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1814-1872
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1871
- Accession Number
- 1940.426
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 2.90206
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- demountable buildings
- descriptors
- geography
- houses
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- plants
- portable buildings
- riverine bodies
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by design
- single built works by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- tents
- the americas
- the natural world
- waterscapes
- Title
- N'Tomo Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Bamana
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.183
- Medium and Support
- wood, cowrie shells and red seeds
- relevance
- rank 2.90170
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- costume
- costume by function
- descriptors
- manding
- materials
- materials by composition
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- shell (animal material)
- shell and shell material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- west african styles
- western sudanese styles
- Title
- Temple bell with handle of a pair of addorsed lions and a dragon
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Burma
- Physical Description
- Bronze temple bell with traces of polychrome, text, and lowermost handle in shape of a pair of addorsed lions. A decorated post threads through the space created by the back-to-back lions, on which an additional handle decorated with addorsed dragons is thread. The open space created between the dragons' connecting tails is where part of a frame would pass through, suspending the bell above the ground. This type of bell does not have a metal clapper, and is rung by striking with a wooden stick.
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1907
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.237A-C
- Medium and Support
- bronze with traces of polychrome
- relevance
- rank 2.90110
- Secondary Keywords
- hollow-bodied
- animals and creatures
- bells and sets of bells
- buildings and the land
- chordophones
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- directly struck idiophones
- inorganic material
- legendary creatures
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- percussion idiophones
- religious buildings
- religious structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- struck idiophones
- Title
- Woman with Hat and Flowered Pin Inkwell, French porcelain
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- An inkwell made with porcelain has a trianglar shape body and hat-shape lid on top, there is a feather sticking on the hat-shape lid.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.285
- Medium and Support
- porcelain, feathers
- relevance
- rank 2.89456
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- animal material
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- headgear
- keratinous material
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern british ceramics styles
- modern british decorative arts styles and movements
- modern british styles and movements
- modern european regional styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Upright Ornament with Bull and Satyrs
- Artist
- Agostino Musi
- Physical Description
- This decorative image is organized along a vertical axis wtih fanciful creatures, grotesque heads, depictions of carved gems and harpies.
- Artist Life Dates
- Active 1514-1536
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1520
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.133
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.88490
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- animal material
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- genres in the arts
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio prints
- keratinous material
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- mammals
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- printing
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #17 Yui
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- A view of a cliff and four shops on the right and a marine view with sailboats on the left. There is red glow along the ede of the horizon. Writing in various places along the top edge of the print. Title in red box in upper right corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.321
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.88439
- Secondary Keywords
- relation to water
- buildings and the land
- commercial buildings
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- landform components
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by position
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- mercantile buildings
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- sailing vessels
- sailing vessels by size
- settlements and landscapes
- shores (landforms)
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by method of propulsion
- watercraft by specific type
- Title
- The Small Cloud Dwelling
- Artist
- Lu Hui
- Physical Description
- The piece includes a large title section, landscape image of the garden,
- two seals of the artist, and a portion of calligraphic text.
- The text reads: "The Small Cloud Dwelling occupies a corner of Mr. Dingfu's Green Surrounded Mountain Villa in Nanxun. His respected wife, Lady Pang, used to meditate and chant sutras there… In the 8th month, fall of 1909, Lu Hui completed this painting …"
- Artist Life Dates
- 1851-1920
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1909
- Accession Number
- 1981/1.308
- Medium and Support
- Handscroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.88343
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- dwellings
- houses
- houses by form
- image-making processes and techniques
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- residential structures
- riverine bodies
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Tea Time
- Artist
- Dewey Blocksma
- Physical Description
- A parade car, with two wheels on the front, holds a teapot shape structure which has a barbie head on top of the teapot, and an American flag sticking on the barbie doll's head.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born 1943
- Object Creation Date
- 2010
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.62
- Medium and Support
- mixed media
- relevance
- rank 2.87982
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- figurines
- food
- identifying artifacts
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- scientific concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- tool and equipment components
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- vessels for serving drinks
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Labors of Hercules: The Dragon of the Garden of the Hesperides (one of the s
- Artist
- Heinrich Aldegrever
- Artist Life Dates
- 1502- circa 1561
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1550
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.68
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.87274
- Secondary Keywords
- massing or shape
- allegory and literature
- animals and creatures
- architecture
- building divisions
- buildings and the land
- clubs
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- creatures
- descriptors
- fights
- figures
- figures (representations)
- gardens
- houses
- iconography
- inorganic material
- legendary creatures
- materials
- materials by composition
- mythology
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- percussive weapons
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- plants
- single built works
- single built works by form
- single built works by specific type
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Four-armed Vishnu
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
- Physical Description
- Vishnu stands with his legs apart holding his four attributes in his hands. Reading in clockwise direction from his right front hand he holds: his club, discus, conch and lotus, here a rather flat object cupped in his palm. His back two arms are extremely short. The figure is encircled with a decorated arch with a line of beads and triangular shaped openings around them. A stylized sun and moon are to either side of Vishnu’s head. He wears a variety of simple, lumpy jewelry at his feet are a horse to his right and a bull or cow to his left and between them are three rings lying flat on the base. At the front of the base are seven stylized horses, identifying this as a combination figure: Vishnu and the sun god Surya, whose chariot is pulled by seven horses.
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century - 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.49
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 2.87255
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- design elements
- hindu
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- motifs
- named gods and goddesses
- natural element motifs
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- percussive weapons
- plant-derived motifs
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for competitive activities
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- shell (animal material)
- shell and shell material
- sports and athletic equipment
- subject matter
- track and field sports equipment
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Twisted metal bracelet with chameleon
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.54
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze (cire perdue)
- relevance
- rank 2.86592
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- animals
- animals and creatures
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- gur-speaking peoples styles
- inorganic material
- jewelry
- jewelry by location
- jewelry worn on arms and hands
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- object genres
- object genres by technique
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the natural world
- west african styles
- western sudanese styles
- Title
- Sphere with Colour (Grey and White)
- Artist
- Barbara Hepworth
- Physical Description
- Oval-shaped piece of veined, green Swedish marble standing on one of its narrow ends. Three holes of different sizes penetrate into the object's center. The holes are painted respectively in a semi-gloss black and matte white.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1903 - 1975
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1965
- Accession Number
- 1967/1.43
- Medium and Support
- Swedish green marble and paint on wood base
- relevance
- rank 2.86592
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- form attributes
- forms of expression
- genres
- geometric shapes
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- rock
- rock by form
- sculpture by technique
- shape
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Spitball
- Artist
- Tony Smith
- Physical Description
- A black granite abstract sculpute. Two "legs" rise up toward one another to meet at a point, making a basic triangle shape. At the bottom of the "legs," two horizontal "feet" protrude away from the object's center and end in four-sided points.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1912 - 1980
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- designed 1961; created 1970
- Accession Number
- 1974/2.51
- Medium and Support
- granite
- relevance
- rank 2.86489
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- inorganic material
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- rock
- rock by form
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Headband
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.167
- Medium and Support
- cotton, natural dyes, shells, raffia, glass beads
- relevance
- rank 2.86432
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- central and equatorial african styles
- central democratic republic of congo styles
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by composition
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people and culture
- shell and shell material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- western democratic republic of congo styles
- Title
- Display figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Osei Bonsu, Asante (Akan) Peoples, Ghana
- Physical Description
- A poised, naturalistic male figure sits on a stool, holding an egg in his right hand, his left hand resting on his left knee. The head is round, almost egg-shaped, with a high, sloping forehead rising from pronounced eyebrows. The eyes are almond-shped, the nost long and slender, the mouth a small straight line. The neck is long and ringed. Its surface is smooth, and carefully finished, golden brown in color, though worn or mottled in places.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1900-1977
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.33
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 2.85722
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- descriptors
- egg and egg components
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- west african styles
- western guinea coast styles
- Title
- Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Kakegawa, Distant View of Mount Akiba
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- A bridge forms a diagonal on the print. Three travellers are passing the bridge, while two monks are walking down toward them. Landscape of water and mountains is shown in the background.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1833-1834
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.127
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.84780
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- upward
- bridges by function
- 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
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Orchids and Rock with Calligraphy
- Artist
- Ikeno Gyokuran
- Physical Description
- Hanging scroll with calligraphy and landscape imagery. Three lines of calligraphy adorn the upper left side while opposite is imagery of orchids, grass and a rock.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1728-1884
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1750-1784
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.9
- Medium and Support
- ink on silk
- relevance
- rank 2.84576
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- buildings and the land
- chinese
- chinese painting styles
- chinese styles
- chinese styles and periods
- descriptors
- east asian
- flowers (plants)
- forms
- genres
- herbaceous plants
- image-making processes and techniques
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- making art
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Vajra bell (Lontjeng) (one of a pair)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java
- Physical Description
- This is one of a pair of Javanese bells. A talon-like vajra sits atop the bronze handle. Lotus petals decorate the base, and the faces encircling the the bell above them depict Prajnaparamita, the bodhisattva aspect of “Perfection of Wisdom.”
- Century
- 16th -17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century - 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1957/2.54
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 2.83328
- Secondary Keywords
- hollow-bodied
- associated concepts
- bells and sets of bells
- biological components
- buddhism
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- chordophones
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- directly struck idiophones
- doctrinal concepts
- heads
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- percussion idiophones
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- struck idiophones
- the human body
- upper body
- Title
- Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 3
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1965
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.138
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.83032
- 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
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- paintings
- paintings by form
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation spaces
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 2
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1965
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.137
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.83032
- 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
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- paintings
- paintings by form
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation spaces
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 1
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1965
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.136
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.83032
- 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
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- paintings
- paintings by form
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation spaces
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Title
- One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Brocades in Various Traditional Pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- A checkered gold brocade foregrounds five fragments of textile: a square in the middle surrounded by four cornerpieces. Each textile has a different design, some with butterflies, birds, and other floral motifs.
- Century
- 19th to 20th centuries
- Object Creation Date
- 1860-1926
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.44.9
- Medium and Support
- silk brocade (nishiki) and silk brocade with gilt paper (kinran)
- relevance
- rank 2.82737
- Secondary Keywords
- patterning
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- costume components
- descriptors
- design elements
- gold and gold alloy
- inorganic material
- insects
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- metalwork
- motifs
- nonferrous metal
- object genres
- object genres by material
- plant-derived motifs
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile construction processes and techniques
- textile processes and techniques
- textile weaving processes and techniques
- textile weaving techniques
- weft patterning
- Title
- The Thames
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- This work portrays a view across a river, whose surface is dotted with shipping. Drawn from a very high vantage point, a roadway is seen through a screen of nearly leafless trees at the bottom of the image; in the distance the far bank of the shore is congested with buildings, some towers--particularly a large one to the right of center--and smoke blowing away and to the right from the viewer can be seen.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1896
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.463
- Medium and Support
- Lithotint with scraping on a prepared half-tint ground on heavy wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.82313
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- geography
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- riverine bodies
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- streams
- the natural world
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- transportation vehicles
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- waterscapes
- woody plants
- Title
- One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Indigo Brocades
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Fragments of brocade textiles are stitched symmetrically into gold fabric. Gold, blue, and brownish/copper hues create the patterns on the textile fragments.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1926
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.44.3
- Medium and Support
- silk brocade (nishiki)
- relevance
- rank 2.81904
- Secondary Keywords
- patterning
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- costume components
- descriptors
- gold and gold alloy
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- metalwork
- nonferrous metal
- object genres
- object genres by material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile construction processes and techniques
- textile processes and techniques
- textile weaving processes and techniques
- textile weaving techniques
- weft patterning
- Title
- Dakini
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A bronze image of a dancing figure, cast in the cire perdue (lost wax) technique in one piece with its lotus-petal base.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.157
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 2.81020
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- asian
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- design elements
- disciplines
- form attributes
- humanities
- materials
- materials by origin
- motifs
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- performing arts
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- skeleton and skeleton components
- skeleton components
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Summer Landscape (pair with Winter Landscape, 1970/2.151)
- Artist
- Sesshû Tôyô
- Physical Description
- A small figure is shown near a ship on the water. A building or house is partially hidden by hills. Trees, mountains, and clouds are strewn across the landscape with bold brishwork.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1420-1506
- Century
- 15-16th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 15th century - early 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.150
- Medium and Support
- Hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.80951
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- dwellings
- earth sciences concepts
- 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
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- residential structures
- scientific concepts
- seasons
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation vehicles
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
- Title
- Bamboo in snow
- Artist
- Zhu Sheng (Chu Sheng)
- Physical Description
- In this image of bamboo bent under heavy snow the leaves are depicted with vigorous yet controlled strokes of the brush, while the snow is indicated by surrounding areas of blank paper with dark ink, a traditional technique in monochrome ink painting.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1618 - circa 1690
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1690
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.351
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on satin
- relevance
- rank 2.80871
- Secondary Keywords
- artists
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- grass (plant material)
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- painters (artists)
- painters by subject of work
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- physical sciences concepts
- plant material
- precipitation
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- seasons
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Landscape
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Physical Description
- The print depicts a landscape with water scene on the foreground with buildings, trees, and a bridge on the bank.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1760 - 1849
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st half of the 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.39
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.80151
- Secondary Keywords
- additive and joining processes and techniques
- assembling
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by location or context
- plants
- 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
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- waterfront spaces
- waterfronts and waterfront spaces
- woody plants
- Title
- Black Excursion No. 13
- Artist
- Louise Nevelson
- Physical Description
- Square, rectangular, and circular pieces of wood and formica are assembled in rectilinear, cabinet-like compartments. The entire object is painted black.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1899 - 1988
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1964
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.131
- Medium and Support
- painted wood and black formica
- relevance
- rank 2.79514
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- geometric shapes
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- object-making processes and techniques
- people and culture
- plant material
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- rectangles
- sculpture techniques
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 5
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1965
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.140
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.78768
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- image-making processes and techniques
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Spring Landscape
- Artist
- Nakanishi Kôseki
- Physical Description
- A lone man walks along a mountain path on the bottom left, hunched over perhaps under a load he carries. He seems to be approaching a hut along the water's edge partially blocked from the viewer by tall trees. The path continues to wind up the mountain, and spoked circular designs indicate what may be a series of bridges. Lines of calligraphy and seals are in the upper left corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1807-1884
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1852
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.28
- Medium and Support
- sumi ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.78637
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- plants
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- Title
- Hairpin
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Mangbetu
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.40
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 2.78421
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- african
- african styles by region
- central and equatorial african styles
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- hair accessories
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- northeast democratic republic of congo styles
- northern democratic republic of congo styles
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- western democratic republic of congo styles
- zande-mangbetu region
- Title
- Piazza di Spagna
- Artist
- Pompeo Molins
- Artist Life Dates
- 1827 - c. 1893
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1860
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.235
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.77833
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- circulation elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- measuring devices
- measuring devices for extent
- objects
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by form
- people and occupations
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by process
- photographs
- photographs by form
- positives
- rock
- rock by form
- squares (open spaces)
- stair components
- stairs and stair components
- steps and step components
- timepieces
- timepieces by form
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Mt. Hua
- Artist
- Junbi Huang
- Physical Description
- A person mounted on a horse can be seen crossing a bridge over a river among mountains. Mountains among clouds seem to fade away far in the distance.
- Inscription:
- At the place where mountain chains converge, I am reminded of a landscape I have visited in the past. [Painted on the occasion of] recalling an earlier visit to Mt. Hua, in winter of the Guichou year. [Signed] Junbi.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1899-1991
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1953
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.46
- Medium and Support
- Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.77666
- 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
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- riverine bodies
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Scholar's Winter Retreat
- Artist
- Gai Qi (Kai Ch'i)
- Physical Description
- A scholar sits in a relaxed posture at his desk looking at cut plum blossoms in a white vase; before him is an empty sheet of paper and ink stone, and by his side an attendant is boiling water for tea. A crane tucks her head and leg to keep herself warm in the cold winter air. The scholar seems to be contemplating a subject to be drawn or written, perhaps related to the flowers.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1774 - 1829)
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1820
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.133
- Medium and Support
- fan mounted as an album leaf, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.77190
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- birds
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- containers
- containers by form
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- crane (bird)
- deciduous trees
- descriptors
- form attributes
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by degree of qualification
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- shape
- support furniture
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels
- woody plants
- Title
- In the Mountain Fastness
- Artist
- Daniel Huntington
- Physical Description
- Dark landscape set atop a rocky mountain with sparse vegetation. There is a small boulder in the left foreground space with a dead tree standing beside it; in the right foreground there is what appears to be a small cave. A dead and broken tree lies across the bottom of the picture frame. There are mountains in the distance and a dark stormy sky above with a break in the clouds near the center of the canvas that reveals a sunny blue sky.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1816 - 1906
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1850
- Accession Number
- 1916.1
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 2.76893
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- atmospheric effects
- buildings and the land
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- european
- european styles and periods
- events
- forms of expression
- geography
- inorganic material
- landform components
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern european styles and movements
- natural events
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the natural world
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
- Title
- Standing Buddha in Abhaya-vara mudra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Gilt bronze standing Buddha on lotus pedestal. He is clothed in monastic robes with cascading U-shaped folds, similar to the gentle folds of his neck. His hands ake the form of two mudras: the abhaya (“have no fear”) mudra with the right hand, and varada (“wishes are granted”) mudra with the left.
- It is well proportioned overall and represent Buddha in a standing position; a position quite popular in Unified Shilla Buddhist sculpture. The Ushinisha on the top of Buddha's head is tall, voluminous and black. The face is plump and facial features, including the eyes, nose and the mouth, are all rather small. The earlobes hang are hanging and the three curved lines on the neck are highly distinct.
- Century
- ca. 8th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 7th century - early 8th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.80
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 2.76280
- Secondary Keywords
- additive and joining processes and techniques
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- figures (representations)
- form attributes
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- metallizing
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- surface covering processes and techniques
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Akbar's Bounty
- Artist
- Michael Mode
- 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
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1946
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.166
- Medium and Support
- holly and morado
- relevance
- rank 2.75859
- 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
- Title
- From "Souvenirs of Travels," third series
- Artist
- Kawase Hasui
- Physical Description
- A man stewards a narrow boat carrying a passenger along a river. The houses and walls alongside reflect on the river's surface. The sky is nearly covered by gray clouds, but small patches of blue sky shine through.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1883-1957
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1924
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.267
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.75753
- 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
- dwellings
- earth sciences concepts
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- light-related concepts
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- residential structures
- riverine bodies
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Anklet with figures on opposing ends
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.53
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze, lost wax method
- relevance
- rank 2.75697
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- gur-speaking peoples styles
- inorganic material
- jewelry
- jewelry by location
- jewelry worn on legs and feet
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- object genres
- object genres by technique
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- west african styles
- western sudanese styles
- Title
- Untitled, from Suspended Sphere Series
- Artist
- Todd Hoyer
- Physical Description
- A sphere, wrapped in rusted wire, is sandwiched between two hefty, rough hewn, chunks of wood.
- freestanding multimedia wood sculpture, with rectangular wood base and top sandwiching a small wire-covered sphere at center
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1952
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.146
- Medium and Support
- eucalyptus, wire
- relevance
- rank 2.75557
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- materials
- materials by origin
- mathematical concepts
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientific concepts
- sculpture by material
- sculpture by technique
- solids (geometric)
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- wood and wood products
- woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
- Title
- Red brocade fukuro obi with woven pattern of colorful medallions against a field of wavy gold stripes (tatewaku)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This is made of a thick brocade of red, gold and silver. Medallion patterns and wavy stripes are woven through the entirety of the fabric, rather than halfway, as is common in less intricate obi. Medallion motifs of tortoise shells, flowers, and bamboo leaves are spaced among the golden waves across the fabric.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1950s-1960s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.344
- Medium and Support
- red silk with woven and embroidered design and gold wrapped thread
- relevance
- rank 2.75505
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn at the waist or below
- animal material
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- costume by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- fibroinous material
- flowers (plants)
- grass (plant material)
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- main garments
- materials
- materials by origin
- motifs
- natural landscapes
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- plant material
- plant-derived motifs
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- reptiles
- settlements and landscapes
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Haystack #1, from "Haystack Series R L 69-231"
- Artist
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Physical Description
- This print has a white background with a pattern of bright yellow dots covering its surface. Yellow lines and shapes are formed in areas where the dots overlap or merge.
- Artist Life Dates
- 10/28/1923 - 9/29/1997
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1969
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.38
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on Rives BFK
- relevance
- rank 2.75492
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- design elements
- european
- european styles and periods
- geometric motifs
- grass (plant material)
- image-making processes and techniques
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- motifs
- ornament areas
- people and culture
- planographic printing processes
- plant material
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- D&H Rogue
- Artist
- Richard Francisco
- Physical Description
- Ombre orange and black abstract forms painted on paper cut out and attached to wood, laid on top of another larger cutout of pink abstract form with “shadows” from the cutout above it painted in red; the paper collage is centered on a large sheet of white paper. Signed “D[orothy] & H[erb] Rogue” in bottom left corner, “R. J. Francisco ‘82” in bottom right corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1942 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.229
- Medium and Support
- watercolor and ink wash on paper and painted wood
- relevance
- rank 2.75267
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- image-making processes and techniques
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- painting and painting techniques
- painting techniques
- paintings
- paintings by material or technique
- people and culture
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Paysanne a la Fourche
- Artist
- Camille Pissarro
- Physical Description
- Paper size: h 23 7/10cm x tw 15 2/5cm & bw 15cm. Plate size: h 11 9/10cm x tw 7 1/2cm & bw 7 2/5cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1830-1903
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.386
- Medium and Support
- etching and aquatint on beige laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.75173
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- descriptors
- farmers
- grass (plant material)
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- intaglio prints
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in agriculture
- people in agriculture or natural resource occupations
- people in science-related occupations
- plant material
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientists and people in science-related occupations
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Blue Mountains and White Clouds
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- The green mountains in this fan painting appear truly vertical and solid. The clouds, too, in spite of their rounded edges appear to be frozen in space. A pine tree bends over the side of the cliff, with its foliage over a traveler in white crossing a bridge below.
- Century
- 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- 14th century (or later)
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.157
- Medium and Support
- fan mounted as hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 2.74702
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- evergreens
- garden structures
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by location or context
- single built works by specific type
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
- Title
- Hunter's Whistle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.47
- Medium and Support
- carved ivory
- relevance
- rank 2.73884
- Secondary Keywords
- aerophones
- allegory and literature
- biological components
- bone
- bone by form
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- dentin
- descriptors
- duct flutes
- flutes (aerophones)
- forest and nature activities
- materials
- materials by composition
- music
- musical instruments
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by location
- physical activities by specific context
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- the human body
- tooth and tooth components
- tooth components
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Esu-Elegbara Dance Staff (ogo Esu-Elegbara)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- At the top of the staff, a male and female supplicant peer from a cascade of cowries, brass beads, iron fragments, and seeds. Some cowries are stained with indigo dye. The lower bodies of the figures are concealed by the shell strands above. Their elongated hairstyles extend the overall verticality of the piece. The figure’s faces appear to be identical.
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1975
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.26
- Medium and Support
- wood, leather, cowrie shells, brass, iron, seeds
- relevance
- rank 2.72571
- Secondary Keywords
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- ceremonial weapons
- chordophones
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- disciplines
- humanities
- indirectly struck idiophones
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- performing arts
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- shell (animal material)
- shell and shell material
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- struck idiophones
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Kintai Bridge, Province of Suô (Suô no kuni, Kintaibashi)
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Physical Description
- The prints features an arch bridge that crosses over the water, with four figures walking over. In the foreground there are trees by several little houses. There is a mountain in the background, with cloud surrounding. The artist inscribed the title of the work along with his signature on the upper right-hand corner of the print.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1760 - 1849
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1831-1832
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.151
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.71763
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
- Title
- The Farnese Hercules
- Artist
- Hendrick Goltzius
- Physical Description
- This impressively large engraving depicts the muscular back of a marble statue of a man. The figure leans upon a club draped with a lion skin and holds three apples in his right hand behind his back. Two men look up at the statue from the lower right corner of the print.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1558 - 1617
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1592
- Accession Number
- 1994/2.13
- Medium and Support
- engraving on medium weight laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.71631
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- figures (representations)
- food
- fruit
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- percussive weapons
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- renaissance-baroque styles
- renaissance-baroque styles and periods
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition