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- Title
- Algebre de l'Hourloupe
- Artist
- Jean Dubuffet
- Artist Life Dates
- 1901 - 1985
- Object Creation Date
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.22.39A&B
- Medium and Support
- screenprinted on thick wove board
- relevance
- rank 0.28620
- Secondary Keywords
- card, table and board game elements
- european
- european styles and periods
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for competitive activities
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Algebre de l'Hourloupe
- Artist
- Jean Dubuffet
- Artist Life Dates
- 1901 - 1985
- Object Creation Date
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.22.7A&B
- Medium and Support
- screenprinted on thick wove board
- relevance
- rank 0.28620
- Secondary Keywords
- card, table and board game elements
- european
- european styles and periods
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for competitive activities
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.2
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 0.28616
- Secondary Keywords
- altars and altar components
- architectural elements
- architectural elements by building type
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- religious building fixtures
- support furniture
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.1
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 0.28616
- Secondary Keywords
- altars and altar components
- architectural elements
- architectural elements by building type
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- religious building fixtures
- support furniture
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.10
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 0.28616
- Secondary Keywords
- altars and altar components
- architectural elements
- architectural elements by building type
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- religious building fixtures
- support furniture
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.5
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 0.28616
- Secondary Keywords
- altars and altar components
- architectural elements
- architectural elements by building type
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- religious building fixtures
- support furniture
- Title
- Wooden Table
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Low wooden table with tiered cutout details on the legs. The tabletop has angular edged which slope inwards to create a tray-like top.
- Object Creation Date
- 1825-1875
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.37
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.28616
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- design elements
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- plant material
- support furniture
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Lee Bontecou
- Physical Description
- graphite drawing on cream paper, unframed
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1931
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1961
- Accession Number
- 1962/1.97
- Medium and Support
- graphite on cream paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28614
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- architectural elements
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- biomorphic
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- people and culture
- sketches
- study
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Eiffel Tower
- Artist
- André Kertész
- Physical Description
- A black and white photo of the area beneath the Eiffel Tower. A shadow from an arch covers most of the ground. A crowd of people stand beneath the tower.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1894-1985
- Object Creation Date
- 1929
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.166
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28610
- Secondary Keywords
- color
- drawings
- drawings by subject type
- europe (continent)
- france (nation)
- geographic and political locations
- groups of people
- groups of people by activity
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- photographs
- photographs by form
- ville de paris, dèpartement de (department)
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- œle-de-france (region)
- Title
- Battle for Kamenka Village, Near Moscow, 1941
- Artist
- Dmitri Baltermants
- Physical Description
- An open doorway depicting soldiers in action during the Battle for Kamenka Village near Moscow.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russian, 1912-1990
- Object Creation Date
- 2003
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.67
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28610
- Secondary Keywords
- scale
- armed conflicts
- asia (continent)
- buildings and the land
- events
- geographic and political locations
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by process
- photographs
- photographs by form
- positives
- settlements
- settlements and landscapes
- settlements by form
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.9
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 0.28584
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- architectural elements by building type
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- religious building fixtures
- support furniture
- Title
- Platform for Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden platform for ten-piece altar set. The platform is carved along the edges in floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt are larger in size and less stylized than those found on the set it spports. Located between upper and lower carved floral registers is a band decorated with a repeating geometrical rectangular pattern, covered also with gold gilt. The red wood surface of the long, short platform is coated in lacquer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.11
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood
- relevance
- rank 0.28584
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- architectural elements by building type
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- religious building fixtures
- support furniture
- Title
- Chairs of Paris
- Artist
- André Kertész
- Physical Description
- A park scene with a woman walking in the background wearing dark clothes. In the foreground there are many dark metal chairs scatttered around on the grass.
- Artist Life Dates
- Hungary, 1894-1985
- Object Creation Date
- 1927; printed circa 1970s
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.295
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28584
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- grounds
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by location or context
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.4
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 0.28584
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- architectural elements by building type
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- religious building fixtures
- support furniture
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.6
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 0.28584
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- architectural elements by building type
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- religious building fixtures
- support furniture
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.8
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 0.28584
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- architectural elements by building type
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- religious building fixtures
- support furniture
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.3
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 0.28584
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- architectural elements by building type
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- religious building fixtures
- support furniture
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.7
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 0.28584
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- architectural elements by building type
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- religious building fixtures
- support furniture
- Title
- Woman Playing Cat's Cradle
- Artist
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797 - 1861
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 19th century - mid 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.100
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28582
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- candles and candleholders
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- genres
- hair accessories
- lighting devices
- lighting devices by form
- objects we use
- Title
- Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (1731-1802)
- Artist
- Rembrandt Peale
- Physical Description
- Bust-length portrait of a woman with grey hair in a cream colored dress seated in a red chair with a view of the landscape to right of figure seen through an illusionistic stone oval window or oculus.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1778-1860
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1858
- Accession Number
- 1895.76
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.28579
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- architecture
- atmospheric effects
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- figures
- objects we use
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- windows and window components
- Title
- Ancient Olive Tree, Andriake, Turkey
- Artist
- Marilyn Bridges
- Physical Description
- A knotted and ancient olive tree in Andriake, Turkey.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born 1957
- Object Creation Date
- 2004
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.59
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28576
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- geographic and political locations
- landscapes (environments)
- middle east (general region)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by process
- photographs
- photographs by form
- plants
- positives
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- Title
- Bodhisattva (Jokaisho Bosatsu): esoteric Buddhist iconographic drawing
- Artist
- Takuma Tametô
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1132-1174
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.99
- Medium and Support
- handscroll fragment, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28556
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- doctrinal concepts
- document genres
- document genres by form
- figures (representations)
- information forms
- motifs
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Two Actors in a Kabuki Play (Natsumatsuri Naniwano Kagami)
- Artist
- Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)
- Physical Description
- Japanese woodblock color print depicting two men standing, while the man on the man standing on the right grabs the arm of the man standing on the left.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1777 - 1835
- Century
- mid-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1815-1868
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.61
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28551
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- asian
- east asian
- entertainment events
- events
- objects we use
- people and culture
- performances
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Oban Triptych: Kabuki Scene (Left Side) Seki Sanjurô III as sendô (boatman) Gonshirô and Onoe Baiko IV as Ofude (???, female)
- Play: Hiragana Seisuiki (???????)
- Artist
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi
- Physical Description
- One of a set of three woodblock prints in traditional Japanese style depicting a Kabuki scene, the classical form of dance-drama in Japan.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797 - 1861
- Object Creation Date
- 1849-1853
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.193.1
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28551
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- asian
- east asian
- entertainment events
- events
- objects we use
- people and culture
- performances
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Oban Triptych: Kabuki Scene (Right Side) boatmen Dairoku, Kanroku, Sadaroku, and Bunroku
- Play: Hiragana Seisuiki (???????)
- Artist
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi
- Physical Description
- One of a set of three woodblock prints in traditional Japanese style depicting a Kabuki scene, the classical form of dance-drama in Japan.
- Object Creation Date
- 1849-1853
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.193.3
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28551
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- asian
- east asian
- entertainment events
- events
- objects we use
- people and culture
- performances
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Shallow bowl with bands of turquoise glaze and central floral pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.159
- Medium and Support
- fritware with turquoise glaze
- relevance
- rank 0.28551
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- design elements
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Incense Container in the Shape of a Plum Flower
- Artist
- Kôyama Kiyoko
- Physical Description
- Incense container in the shape of a plum blossom. The container consists of two halves opening horizontally, with the top of the container being very textured with a pattern of ridges. The container is bi-colored, with a whitish gray and reddish orange coloring.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1936
- Object Creation Date
- circa 2000
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.218
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with natural ash glaze
- relevance
- rank 0.28538
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- deciduous trees
- descriptors
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Pale yellow silk underkimono with designs of maple leaves
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Silk crepe with woven satin maple leaf designs ("crepe-backed satin") enhanced by hand-painted yellow accents. Sleeves are lined and main part of body is not.
- Century
- second half of 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.395
- Medium and Support
- Silk crepe with woven and painted designs
- relevance
- rank 0.28537
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume by form
- deciduous trees
- descriptors
- fibroinous material
- landscapes (environments)
- main garments
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plant material
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Eve Tempted by the Serpent
- Artist
- Defendente Ferrari
- Physical Description
- A nude woman with long hair flowing down her back grasps a tree branch with her right hand and bends it downward in order to more easily pluck the green fruit dangling at its tip with her left hand. Her white body contrasts starkly with the darker tones of the surrounding landscape. The less conspicuous figure of a serpent with the head of a bearded man coils about the trunk of the tree next to the woman and fixes her with his stare.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1500-1535
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1520-1525
- Accession Number
- 1967/1.38
- Medium and Support
- tempera on panel
- relevance
- rank 0.28535
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- bible
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by function
- europe (continent)
- food
- fruit
- geographic and political locations
- information forms
- italy (nation)
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- old testament
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by form
- religious texts
- reptiles
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Aaron Copland Rehearsal of "Appalachian Spring," Philadelphia Symphony
- Artist
- D. James Galbraith
- Physical Description
- Black background, man with glasses on, hands outstretched conducting an orchestra.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1930 - 2002)
- Object Creation Date
- 1956
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.230
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver print on paper, laid down on board
- relevance
- rank 0.28518
- Secondary Keywords
- audience spaces
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- equipment
- equipment by general type
- objects we use
- performance and backstage spaces
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by building type
- theater spaces
- tools
- tools and equipment
- Title
- Male Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1978
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.15
- Medium and Support
- carved wood and pigment
- relevance
- rank 0.28518
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Mask (Kasangu)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Sala Mpasu Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Face mask made of wood, covered in white kaolin; face has round, bulging forehead, deep set narrow eyes, small round ears, fiber beard, open rectangular mouth and pointed teeth; basketry weave that held mask on the dancer’s head is visible at back and sides; raffia attachment on top of head frayed and missing.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1920-1960
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.44
- Medium and Support
- wood, raffia, kaolin and fiber
- relevance
- rank 0.28517
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- costume
- costume by function
- descriptors
- events
- masks (costume)
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- social science concepts
- social status
- sociological concepts
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Oversized Lamp Shade
- Artist
- Stickley Brothers Furniture Company
- Physical Description
- The peaked shade has eight panels with overlaid linear copper border decoration above a cove molded lower rim. The lamp retains four original sockets. The upper column consists of an octagonal capped vase-form with a dominant ogee profile over a round medial column which is slightly beveled in form and decorated with spaced, spirally arranged brass rods applied to its surface. The octagonal molded base repeats the ogee profile of the upper vase form.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1891 - circa 1947
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1904-1918
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.241B
- Medium and Support
- patinated and hammered copper and brass with textured caramel slag glass panels
- relevance
- rank 0.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furnishings components
- lighting device components
- lighting devices
- lighting devices by form
- objects we use
- Title
- Hot water kettle with stand, from six piece silver coffee and tea service
- Artist
- Samuel Kirk
- Physical Description
- Silver teakettle and stand with hinged handle and opulent repoussé decoration
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.57A
- Medium and Support
- silver
- relevance
- rank 0.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by form
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- objects we use
- vessels
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- vessels for serving drinks
- Title
- Pot with Lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Ashanti
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.123B
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.28506
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by form
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- vessels
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Scott Van Allsburg
- Physical Description
- A group of varying sizes of cones on a table.
- Artist Life Dates
- 20th - 21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.263
- Medium and Support
- toned gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28495
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- photographic techniques
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- St. Maclou / Rouen / Pierre Gregoire Architect
- Artist
- Albert Kahn
- Artist Life Dates
- (1869 - 1942)
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- October 29, 1891
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.605
- Medium and Support
- graphite on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28492
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- Title
- Boy Reading Cicero
- Artist
- John La Farge
- Artist Life Dates
- 1835-1910
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1892-1893
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.26
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28485
- Secondary Keywords
- figures
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- multiple-seating furniture
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- seating furniture
- Title
- Gunner Loading Ammunition, 1941-45
- Artist
- Dmitri Baltermants
- Physical Description
- A gunman loads multiple rounds of ammunition into a large firearm.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russian, 1912-1990
- Object Creation Date
- 2003
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.70
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28479
- Secondary Keywords
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by process
- photographs
- photographs by form
- positives
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with explosive propellant
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Indian Terracottas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- Terracotta fragment of two figures carved on one side of the peice in raised relief. One figure has head and shoulders visible, the second figure has only the head visible.
- Object Creation Date
- n. d.
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.161
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 0.28476
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by form
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- When was the future?
- Artist
- Jakob Kolding
- Physical Description
- A collage drawing with "When was the future?" in the middle of the object. The words are cut out of pictures of trees and a city's skyline. The background of the collage is the view of of a tall building and a cutout of a youth doing a handstand is placed on the balcony. A picture of a tree is included by the person.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1971
- Century
- 21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 2008
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.21
- Medium and Support
- collage on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28476
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by form
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Courtesan in procession
- Artist
- Kitagawa Utamaro
- Physical Description
- This is a portrait of courtesan and her attendant. The courtesan wears a kimono with overall cherry blossom patterns and a darker color cloak with fan, plover and wave design lining with overall cherry blossom design silk; the cloak is slipping from her right shoulder. Her obi is draped in front; it has overall hollyhock pattern. Her face is white; Her hair is sculpted like a balloon on the top and has broad wings to the side. Tortoise-shell comb and multiple hairpins adorn the hair. She is strolling toward the right. Her attendant is walking behind her, her face and body partially hidden by the courtesan. She wears the matching kimono with plover and wave design; her kimono has long sleeves (furisode), whose openings are tied with ribbons. Her obi, with peony and geometric design, is tied at the back. Her hair is in the similar shape as the courtesan but not too exaggerated. But she wears an enormous hair accessory consisting of cherry blossoms and tassels, made of silver. Her face is also in white. The painting is accompanied by poem written by Santô Kyôden with his signature and two seals. On the lower left, there are the artist's signature and seal. The mounting is made of silk brocade with embroidery in the design of clematis and millets.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1754-1806
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1793-1795
- Accession Number
- 1962/1.104
- Medium and Support
- ink, white pigment, and red color on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28469
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- genres in the arts
- image-making processes and techniques
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- main garments
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- people by occupation
- people in service occupations
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- prostitutes
- writing (processes)
- youth
- Title
- View of Charleston, South Carolina
- Artist
- Anonymous American
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1762
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.132
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28460
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- built complexes and districts
- business and industry
- cityscapes
- complexes
- complexes by function
- geographic and political locations
- north and central america (continent)
- objects we use
- sailing vessels
- sailing vessels by size
- transportation complexes
- transportation vehicles
- united states (nation)
- vehicles
- water transportation complexes
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- watercraft by method of propulsion
- watercraft by specific type
- Title
- Warsaw
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Physical Description
- A black and white print that features a person holding his head in clenched fists. His clothing is creased by his dynamic position, back is haunched. Below the drawing is stylized Hebrew block print. Translated it reads "These martyrs I well remember, and my soul melts with secret sorrow. Evil men have devoured us and eagerly consumed us". The calligraphy is a prayer recited for the Musaf Service during Yom Kippur.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1969
- Object Creation Date
- 1943; printed 1963
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.101
- Medium and Support
- serigraph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28452
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- document genres for literary works
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- object genres
- object genres by location, context or origin
- objects we use
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Blue Mosque, Turkey
- Artist
- Marilyn Bridges
- Physical Description
- An angled aerial image of the Blue Mosque in Turkey.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1957
- Object Creation Date
- 2004
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.57
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28452
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- buildings and the land
- geographic and political locations
- middle east (general region)
- objects we use
- religious buildings
- religious structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- views
- views by vantage point or orientation
- visual works
- visual works by form
- Title
- Senatus populusque Romanus / monumenta marmorea magistratuum / triumphorumque ab urbe condita ad / tempora divi Augusti ruderibus in foro / egestis eruta impensa Al ex(andri) Farnesii card(inalis) / Pauli III Pont(ificis) Max(imi) nepot(is) in Capitolio p(osita), from Piranesi's Lapides Capitolini (1762)
- Artist
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi
- Physical Description
- Large double-folio print, with fold marks. Contains various monuments and their text from ancient Rome. Title plate beneath print indicates that the fragments were from ancient Rome and found in various ancient ruins, with the exception of fragment XLIX, currently (at time of print) in the collection of the Collegio Romano, a building then housing the Jesuits' Rome seminary.
- Print is patched. Separate plate marks are visible between image and inscription. The image is patched from four segments, while the text below is patched from two segments. Paper bears no watermark. Folio fold marks are noted on copy in file. Large text portions read as follows:
- Inscription 1 (in image plate, center): senatus populusque Romanus / monumenta marmorea magistratuum / triumphorumque ab urbe condita ad / tempora divi Augusti ruderibus in foro / egestis eruta impensa Al ex(andri) Farnesii card(inalis) / Pauli III Pont(ificis) Max(imi) nepot(is) in Capitolio p(osita)
- Inscription 2 (in separate text plate attached at bottom): Lapides Capitolini / Sive Fastorum fragmenta, quos Verrius Flaccus, Caii et Lucii, Augusti Nepotum, praeceptor ase dispositos in inferiore fori parte conlocaverat, nunc primum edita prout cermuntur in Capitolio servata / nempe characteris et Lapidum forma, additis ad ornatum degantioribus aliquot veteribus sigillis, et anaglyplus / Fragmentum XLIX in Collegio Romano Patrum Societatis Jesu adservatum
- Artist Life Dates
- Venice, 1720 - 1778, Rome
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1762
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.117
- Medium and Support
- engraving, printed in black ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28450
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- document genres
- document genres by form
- early western world
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- information forms
- italy (nation)
- lazio (region)
- mediterranean
- objects we use
- people and culture
- roma (province)
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Indian Bronze Ganesha
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A bronze statue of an Hindu god. The figure has an elephant head attached to a human body.
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.270
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.28447
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- people and culture
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Uchikake (Wedding Cloak)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- The apple-green fabric is pure silk brocade, woven in an overall pattern of maple leaves scattered on a flowing stream—an allusion to a famous classical poem. Lying on top of the brocade is a thick layer of embroidery, with plum blossoms in red silk, and pine branches and doves in dazzling metallic threads of gold, silver, and copper.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1920-1980
- Accession Number
- 1986/1.215
- Medium and Support
- silk brocade with gilt paper (kinran), embroidery and couched metallic threads
- relevance
- rank 0.28447
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonies
- costume
- costume by form
- cultural ceremonies
- descriptors
- design elements
- events
- main garments
- motifs
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- rites of passage
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- Title
- Penn Station
- Artist
- Louis Stettner
- Physical Description
- A girl in a short dress walking next to the light coming in from the windows. Man walking towards her, she has a very dark shadow.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1922
- Object Creation Date
- 1958; printed 2000
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.178
- Medium and Support
- toned gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28442
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- daylight
- electromagnetic radiation
- energy
- energy and related concepts
- guideway vehicles
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- light (energy)
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- rail guideway vehicles
- railroad cars
- scientific concepts
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- Title
- Silver Cuff Bracelet with Green and Yellow Decoration
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Physical Description
- A silver cuff bracelet with braided carvings and green and yellow decorations. A chain is attached to one side to keep it closed.
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.12
- Medium and Support
- silver
- relevance
- rank 0.28441
- Secondary Keywords
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- costume components
- descriptors
- jewelry
- jewelry by location
- jewelry worn on arms and hands
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use