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- Title
- Landscape of Quito
- Artist
- Oswaldo Guayasamin
- Physical Description
- This horizontal format painting is done in shades of light and dark gray, cream and yellow. With abstracted forms it depicts jagged mountains sihouetted against a cloudy sky. In front of these mountains there are rolling hills and geometric forms that suggest a cityscape. In the foreground there are more mountain peaks.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1919-1999
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1963
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.93
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.41921
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- cultural landscapes
- cultural landscapes by location or context
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- settlements and landscapes
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- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Early Morning
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- Two men sit on a bench at the lower right. Behind them is a large expanse of water; barges ply the water while smokestacks and buildings are visible on the opposite shore. The overall impression is one of foggy weather and features are generally indistinct.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1878
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.415
- Medium and Support
- lithotint with scraping on a prepared half-tint ground on wove paper
- relevance
- rank 0.41921
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- associated concepts
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- earth sciences concepts
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- the natural world
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- waterscapes
- Title
- Power Figure (nkisi kozo)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Vili Peoples, Congo Republic
- Physical Description
- Small wooden animal, possibly a dog or warthog, stands with medicinal pack and mirror embedded into its back; face has long sneering mouth and snout, bearing teeth. short pointed ears; tail curls at end. Two “guns” or pointy projections would have come out above the dog’s front legs, but they have broken off.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1825-1899
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.182
- Medium and Support
- wood, mirrors, resin, tukula powder, medicinal substances
- relevance
- rank 0.41915
- Secondary Keywords
- analytical functions
- animal
- associated concepts
- disciplines
- fetish figures
- functions
- functions (activities)
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- health sciences
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- occult sciences
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- religious concepts
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- sculpture
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- Title
- Spiders Don't Work on Weekends 4#
- Artist
- John T. Scott
- Physical Description
- Two pieces of artwork consist of colorful shapes and lines.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1940-2007
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1977
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.186.3-4
- Medium and Support
- gouache on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.41915
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- drawings
- drawings by technique
- form attributes
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- mathematical concepts
- objects we use
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- plane figures
- polygons
- quadrilaterals
- rectangles
- scientific concepts
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- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.41
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 0.41867
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- southern nigerian styles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- tools and equipment
- west african styles
- Title
- Boy with a Sailboat Near a Dock with Two Rowboats
- Artist
- John Sell Cotman
- Artist Life Dates
- 1782-1842
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1782-1842
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.84
- Medium and Support
- graphite on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.41856
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- child
- objects
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by location or context
- people and occupations
- sailing vessels
- sailing vessels by size
- the natural world
- toys
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by method of propulsion
- watercraft by specific type
- waterfront spaces
- waterfronts and waterfront spaces
- waterscapes
- Title
- Sancai Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Chinese ceramic Sancai figure of a man in robe and tall hat, standing on an octagonal platform. The figure is colored; his robes are green, while his sash, end of sleeves and collar are a reddish/oragne color, which also corresponds to the colors on the platform. His tall hat is colored black. The head of the figure is detachable from the body of the figure.
- Object Creation Date
- 1368-1644
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.105
- Medium and Support
- ceramic
- relevance
- rank 0.41805
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- chinese ceramics styles
- chinese styles
- chinese styles and periods
- descriptors
- east asian
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Hans Hofmann
- Physical Description
- Abstract painting dominated by brushstrokes in vivid yellows on white background with light blues in center and left side of canvas, large area of light brown in upper right and lower left, and brushstrokes in dark red in left center of canvas. Signed “hans hofmann” in lower right.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1880 - 1966
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1962
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.125
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas board
- relevance
- rank 0.41805
- Secondary Keywords
- european
- european styles and periods
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Cast Form Type VIII
- Artist
- Howard Ben Tré
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1949
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1979
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.118
- Medium and Support
- cast glass and copper
- relevance
- rank 0.41805
- Secondary Keywords
- european
- european styles and periods
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- The Concierge
- Artist
- Medardo Rosso
- Artist Life Dates
- 1858-1928
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1883-1918
- Accession Number
- 1973/1.809
- Medium and Support
- wax over plaster on wood base
- relevance
- rank 0.41805
- Secondary Keywords
- european
- european styles and periods
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Kanage Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.27
- Medium and Support
- wood, metal and paint
- relevance
- rank 0.41789
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- costume
- costume by function
- descriptors
- gur-speaking peoples styles
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- west african styles
- western sudanese styles
- Title
- Buddha, seated in the ardha padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
- Century
- Late 11th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa late 11th century
- Accession Number
- 1974/2.31
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.41789
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- figures (representations)
- form attributes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Ivory snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1825-1900
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.63
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 0.41782
- Secondary Keywords
- bone
- bone by form
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- dentin
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- people and culture
- tooth and tooth components
- tooth components
- Title
- Silvery white hitoe obi for summer with appliquéd patches of Saga brocade with rhododendrum blossom (shakunage) design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Single layer (hitoe) white silk weft with silver-coated threads for warp; appliqued patches in kinran brocade (paper, coated with gold in several tones) featuring rhododendrum blossoms.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1970s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.338
- Medium and Support
- silk thread weft with silver-coated threads for warp, appliquéd patches
- relevance
- rank 0.41782
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn at the waist or below
- associated concepts
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- costume by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- earth sciences concepts
- main garments
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- seasons
- Title
- Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg (Elderly Couple Feeding Birds)
- Artist
- Louis Stettner
- Physical Description
- An elderly couple seated on a park bench with pigeons at their feet. There is a close-up of a hand on the left hand side that is feeding a white pigeon, mid-air.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1922
- Object Creation Date
- printed 1998
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.294
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.41779
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- multiple-seating furniture
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- people and culture
- seating furniture
- Title
- Star-shaped tile with floral and calligraphic patterns
- Artist
- Iran, Kashan
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1193
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.133
- Medium and Support
- fritware with blue underglaze & lustre overglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 0.41779
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- materials
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- shape
- Title
- Art Deco Red Satin Glass Inkwell, applied silver corners, brass sculptured lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A square, red satin glass inkwell with a flat, brass lid. Silver designs are applied to the corners.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.280
- Medium and Support
- glass, metal
- relevance
- rank 0.41768
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metalwork
- modern european styles and movements
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Wooded Landscape with a Distant Sunset
- Artist
- John Varley I
- Physical Description
- A watercolor painting of a wide path leading down to a waterfront. The path is flanked by small hills and shaded with large trees. In the distance across the water are faint outlines of buildings, possibly a city on the shore, and a sunset indicated by the orange tint in the clear sky.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1778-1842
- Object Creation Date
- 1800-1842
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.518
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.41768
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- earth sciences concepts
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by location or context
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plant communities
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- waterfronts and waterfront spaces
- Title
- Northern Hill
- Artist
- Anonymous
- Physical Description
- This grayscale print depicts what appears to be an abstracted landscape suggestive of a hill on a horizon line. The lower two-thirds of the square composition are quite uniformly black while the upper third becomes increasingly lighter in value. The print shimmers with varying intensity when looked at under direct light as there appears to be mica incorporated in the ink.
- Object Creation Date
- 1971
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.211
- Medium and Support
- mezzotint on heavy ivory wove paper
- relevance
- rank 0.41768
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- european
- european styles and periods
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Nail figure (nkisi nkondi)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Vili Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Wood-carved, standing male figure 40 inches in height. Its shoulders and torso are impaled with iron blades, nails and fragments. The torso is long, arms at side are bent at elbow and hands rest on lower abdomen. The right wrist wears a bracelet with attachments. The legs are truncated, with twisted metal anklet on right foot. The face is naturalistic, the mouth slightly open, the nose long and narrow with slightly flared nostrils. Eyes are almost shaped, may have had inlay that is now gone. The top of the head shows a tiered, "layer cake like" coiffure. The figure has a long and deep crack down the entire length of its left side, from top of the head to the left ankle.
- Century
- Late 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.192
- Medium and Support
- wood, iron nails, blades and fragments, fiber cord
- relevance
- rank 0.41746
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- events
- fetish figures
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by function
- tool and equipment components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Bedtime
- Artist
- Joseph LeBoit
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1907
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1939
- Accession Number
- 1943.74
- Medium and Support
- etching and aquatint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.41695
- Secondary Keywords
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- how we live
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- organizations
- people and occupations
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by function
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- sleeping spaces
- Title
- Beaumont/Oise from George Duchamel's "Maurice De Vlamnick"
- Artist
- Maurice de Vlaminck
- Physical Description
- A row of houses on the right hand side, all with side gables facing the street. There are swirled clouds above and a road leading off into the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1876-1958
- Century
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.551
- Medium and Support
- etching, drypoint on light brown wove paper
- relevance
- rank 0.41695
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- dwellings
- earth sciences concepts
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- residential structures
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Pot
- Artist
- Maria Martínez
- Physical Description
- A blackware bowl with black on black decoration. The bowl is nearly spherical in profile, with a narrow and wide mouth. Around the upper half is a feather design, which looks like individual feathers hanging down from the mouth forming a ring around the circumference.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1887 - 1980
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1935
- Accession Number
- 1991/1.88
- Medium and Support
- blackware
- relevance
- rank 0.41695
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- modern and contemporary art
- native american
- native north american styles
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- southwestern native american styles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- Title
- Sancai Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Chinese ceramic Sancai figure of a man in robes and tall hat on his head, standing on an octagonal platform. The figure is painted; the robes and cuffs of the sleeves are a dark green color, and the sleeves and under robe are a reddish orange color. The hat of the figure is also colored white and reddish orange. The head of the figure can detache from the body of the figure.
- Object Creation Date
- 1368-1644
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.106
- Medium and Support
- ceramic
- relevance
- rank 0.41678
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- chinese
- chinese styles
- chinese styles and periods
- descriptors
- east asian
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Kubera, god of wealth, seated on a lion
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A miniature, cast bronze sculpture of Kubera, the god of wealth, seated sideways on a lion. Kubera sits in the lalitasana pose (the pose of royal ease, with one leg drawn up and the other relaxed); his right hand is outstretched to rest on the knee, while his left arm is akimbo and his hand rests on his hip. The base has a simple, single lotus petal design.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.155
- Medium and Support
- copper
- relevance
- rank 0.41673
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asian
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- mammals
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Untitled (Abstract)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- An image of various abstract shapes, resembling body parts. The silhouettes are going in a vertical format from the upper right corner down to the lower left corner.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.529
- Medium and Support
- drypoint on wove paper
- relevance
- rank 0.41673
- Secondary Keywords
- abstract expressionist
- descriptors
- drawing and drawing techniques
- image-making processes and techniques
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Mat
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Flat raffia mat with woven geometric, diamond-lke pattern of interlocking lines in green, natural and purple.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1970
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.165
- Medium and Support
- Raffia fiber
- relevance
- rank 0.41637
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- coverings and hangings
- coverings and hangings by location or context
- coverings and hangings by specific type
- coverings and hangings for surface elements
- descriptors
- design elements
- floor coverings
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- motifs
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- social science concepts
- social status
- sociological concepts
- Title
- Whistle (nsiba)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Vili Peoples, Congo Republic
- Physical Description
- Two components make up this vertical whistle. The superstructure is a wooden carving of two birds that face each other, bellies touching, with a small round object between them, so that each is holding it in their beaks. The birds' talons clutch the base of the sculpture. The base has a hole in the center into which the antelope horn is pegged.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1925-1975
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.181
- Medium and Support
- wood, antelope horn
- relevance
- rank 0.41633
- Secondary Keywords
- aerophones
- analytical functions
- animals and creatures
- disciplines
- duct flutes
- flutes (aerophones)
- forest and nature activities
- functions
- functions (activities)
- functions by general context
- objects we use
- occult sciences
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by location
- physical activities by specific context
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Angola, Chokwe
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.50
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.41633
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- central and equatorial african styles
- chokwe-lunda
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- tools and equipment
- walking sticks
- western democratic republic of congo styles
- Title
- Celadon Bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Glossy finish gray colored bowl. Contains a ring near the rim on the inside and an indentation in the center.
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.106
- Medium and Support
- ceramic with glaze
- relevance
- rank 0.41623
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- east asian
- korean
- korean styles
- objects we use
- people and culture
- pottery decorating techniques
- pottery techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Shango
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.37
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.41623
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- central and equatorial african styles
- equatorial guinea, gabon, southern cameroon region styles
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- objects
- objects we use
- ogowe river area
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- tools and equipment
- Title
- Landscape (Untitled)
- Artist
- Herman Herzog
- Physical Description
- This painting depicts a lush green countryside with an expanse of blue sky. It shows a hillside overlooking a small lake. There is a vista of fields and hills that extends beyond the lake to the horizon.
- In the foreground, a woman wearing a long dress and a bonnet and carrying a walking stick and basket, walks toward the viewer along a dirt path. The path runs from a building on the far left toward the bottom of the painting. The vegetation is painted in sharp detail in dark tones of green and brown.
- In the right half of the composition, there is a scene of a distant village and farms viewed through the trees on the edge of the hillside. In contrast to the shadowy wooded area, the view is bathed in bright sunlight. There is a lone bird in flight in the light blue sky that fills the top half of the painting.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1831 - 1932
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1869-1932
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.151
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.41621
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- figures
- houses
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- natural landscapes
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- people and occupations
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- the natural world
- trails
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- walkways
- woody plants
- Title
- Satsuma Ware Jar
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japanese
- Physical Description
- Medium-sized Satsuma ware jar. The body of the jar is brown while the upper portion around the mouth is a rich blue glaze.
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1650
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.1
- Medium and Support
- ceramic
- relevance
- rank 0.41621
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- east asian
- japanese
- japanese ceramics styles
- japanese decorative arts styles
- japanese styles
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels
- Title
- Tsuba (Sword guard) with design of dragon among clouds
- Artist
- Okada Masatoyo
- Physical Description
- The flat iron plate with quatrefoil shape and the design of a dragon in midst of clouds. It has three holes: one for blade (middle) flanked by two deformed oval-shape holes (for kougai and kozuka). Around the blade hole, there is the carver’s signature. The design of a dragon, among stylized clouds, is intricately carved in high relief; the dragon has almost three-dimensional quality. On the back, the dragon tail, some parts of the body, one claw are peeking from clouds. The dragon coils around the center holes. The rims of the three circles are wavy, as if they are the part of the cloud design. The stoppers on the blade hole edges are made of gold. Some silver inlays are applied on the dragon’s eye blow and some nails.
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1789
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.6
- Medium and Support
- iron with gold and silver inlays
- relevance
- rank 0.41621
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- earth sciences concepts
- edged weapon components
- legendary creatures
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- weapon components
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Standing Buddha, in Abhaya Mudrâ
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- Standing gilt bronze Shakyamuni Buddha with glass inlay. One hand is raised in the form of the "fear not" mudra. Stands on a pedestal in ornamented dress and crown.
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.450
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze with glass inlay
- relevance
- rank 0.41618
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- figures (representations)
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- hinayana
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Rotherhithe, one of the "Sixteen Etchings," or the "Thames Set"
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- Two men smoking long-stem pipes are seen sitting on a balcony. Behind them are visible the masts of ships along the bank, and further behind them in the distance a river sweeps towards the left. Buildings crowd the shore and boats are shown moored or in the river.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1860
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.346
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.41615
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- cityscapes
- figures
- hydraulic structures
- hydraulic structures by function
- people and occupations
- reservoirs (water distribution structures)
- ships
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the natural world
- water distribution structures
- waterscapes
- Title
- Chief’s Caryatid Stool (citwamo ka kaponya)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Chokwe Peoples Angola
- Physical Description
- This hour-glass shaped stool is supported by two caryatid figures who sit in a pose of lamentation—crouched with head in hands. Scarified patterned abstracted tears spill from their lower eyelids. Brass studs adorn the perimeter of the stool’s seat, base, and figures. Both figures wear strings of black, red and white beads around their necks.
- Century
- Late 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd half of 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.204
- Medium and Support
- wood, glass beads, and brass tacks
- relevance
- rank 0.41601
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- political concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- sculpture by technique
- social science concepts
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Reclining Nude
- Artist
- Georges Braque
- Physical Description
- Abstract recining female nude clearly influenced by the breaking down of form found in Braque's cubist work. Black ink is crosshatched to give depth and texture to the body and fabrics.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1882-1963
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1882-1948
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.51
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.41595
- Secondary Keywords
- european
- european styles and periods
- figures (representations)
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Bencharong Ware Large Covered Jar
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.463A&B
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with overglaze enamel painting
- relevance
- rank 0.41595
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- chinese
- chinese ceramics styles
- chinese styles
- chinese styles and periods
- containers
- containers by form
- east asian
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Salvation of the Elephant (Gaj Mokasha)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- An elephant seems to walk on water from the bottom right corner of the composition, rising towards Vishnu in the upper left with a single lotus flower in its trunk. Vishnu, with 4 arms, steps on green hills surrounding the lotus covered pond, bending towards the elephant. Garuda flies in the upper right.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1815
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.27
- Medium and Support
- paint on canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.41574
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- design elements
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- motifs
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- plants
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- Title
- Untitled (I am an invisible man...), from Four Etchings
- Artist
- Glenn Ligon
- Physical Description
- Stencilled black letters on black background.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1960
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1992
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.13.4
- Medium and Support
- softground etching, aquatint, spitbite, and sugarlift aquatint on Fabriano Muril
- relevance
- rank 0.41574
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- document genres
- historical, theoretical and critical concepts
- information form components
- information forms
- layout features
- modern american styles and periods
- modern and contemporary art
- modern north american styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- words
- Title
- Untitled (I am an invisible man...), from Four Etchings
- Artist
- Glenn Ligon
- Physical Description
- Stencilled black letters on black background.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1960
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1992
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.13.3
- Medium and Support
- softground etching, aquatint, spitbite, and sugarlift aquatint on Fabriano Muril
- relevance
- rank 0.41574
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- document genres
- historical, theoretical and critical concepts
- information form components
- information forms
- layout features
- modern american styles and periods
- modern and contemporary art
- modern north american styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- words
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Mel DiGiacomo
- Physical Description
- A man and woman kissing in the right foreground, with the woman holding a tamborine. A man is standing in the background and looking at the camera.
- Object Creation Date
- late 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.180
- Medium and Support
- black and white photograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.41563
- Secondary Keywords
- components and systems
- embraces
- object groupings
- object groupings and systems
- object groupings by general context
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- sets (groups)
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Molded porcelain snuff bottle with openwork design of dragon among clouds
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1790-1850
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.131
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with copper red glaze, silver and sapphire stopper
- relevance
- rank 0.41557
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- forming
- legendary creatures
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientific concepts
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Cube 10
- Artist
- Larry Bell
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1938
- Object Creation Date
- 2006
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.84
- Medium and Support
- colored glass coated with Inconel
- relevance
- rank 0.41552
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Plate
- Artist
- Tamura Kôichi
- Physical Description
- Square shaped ceramic plate with iron black/brown glaze. Areas of raised black glaze with speckled texture sharply contrast lighter brown sections. Together they forn the shapes of circles, cracks, and lines.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1919 - 1986
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960-1963
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.74
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with iron brown/black glaze
- relevance
- rank 0.41551
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- mathematical concepts
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
- quadrilaterals
- rectangles
- scientific concepts
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Lock for Chest
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A round metal lock meant to lock a chest. The front of the metal disc is decorated with a line carving of a Korean character surrounded by multiple carved circles and bulb-like motifs. Around the central design is a ring of larger circles.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1925
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.89
- Medium and Support
- metal
- relevance
- rank 0.41541
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- case furniture
- components
- components and systems
- components by general context
- descriptors
- east asian
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- hardware
- inorganic material
- keys and key components
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- people and culture
- storage and display furniture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Large Jar
- Artist
- Kôyama Kiyoko
- Physical Description
- This large jar is wider in the top portion, narrowing towards the base. It has a short neck that flares outwards. The natural glaze creates a range of browns and grays.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1936
- Century
- 21st century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 2000
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.213
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with natural ash glaze
- relevance
- rank 0.41527
- Secondary Keywords
- asia (continent)
- asian
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- east asian
- geographic and political locations
- japan (nation)
- japanese
- japanese ceramics styles
- japanese decorative arts styles
- japanese styles
- kinki (region)
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels
- Title
- Prestige Axe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Benin, Toma
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.85
- Medium and Support
- metal blade with wood handle
- relevance
- rank 0.41525
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- ceremonial weapons
- cutting equipment
- cutting tools
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- equipment
- equipment by process
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- social science concepts
- social status
- sociological concepts
- tools and equipment
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Oban Triptych (Left Side) Iwai Kumesaburô III as Sakuramaru (??) in the play Sugawara denju tenarai kagami
- Artist
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi
- Physical Description
- A woodblock print of a figure hunched over holding swords. The figure's right arm is raised and feet are pointing in opposite directions. A purple robe with a white diamond pattern, trimmed in black, covers the lower portion of the figure. Red sleeves with a repeating flower pattern (pink with green centers) are center. A mat, light blue trim with black floral design, is towards the bottom right (to the figures left).
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797 - 1861
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1849-1853
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.199.1
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.41525
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- asian
- east asian
- edged weapons
- objects we use
- people and culture
- 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
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition