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Title

Mountain Village in Snow

Artist

Kawai Gyokudô

Artist Life Dates

(Aichi Pref., 1873 - 1957)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2000/2.329

Medium and Support

print reproduction on paper

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Title

Atlanta

Artist

Joel Meyerowitz

Physical Description

In the foreground is the top of a hill with a man facing the opposite direction towards the cityscape of Atlanta's downtown.

Artist Life Dates

born 1938

Object Creation Date

1988

Accession Number

2012/2.124

Medium and Support

vintage chromogenic contact print on paper

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Title

Rock crystal snuff bottle with landscape scene

Artist

Zhou Luoyuan (Chou Lo-yüan)

Artist Life Dates

act. 1885-1910

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1895-1910

Accession Number

1980/2.149

Medium and Support

rock crystal and ivory

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rank 9.06820

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Title

Sand and Pines (Arena y Pinitos), from "Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo"

Artist

Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Artist Life Dates

1902-2002

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1977

Accession Number

1983/1.101.1

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

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rank 9.03002

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Title

Stay Alert (Matauri Bay, New Zealand)

Artist

Jill Mathis

Physical Description

A black and white photo of a rocky coastline and the water that meets it. The words "stay alert" appear on the path leading to the edge of the cliff.

Artist Life Dates

American, born 1964

Century

20th-21st century

Object Creation Date

1995-2005

Accession Number

2011/2.171

Medium and Support

digital image, chromogenic print on paper

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rank 8.99451

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Title

Petra, Jordan

Artist

Lynn Davis

Physical Description

Dark on either side with a long sliver through the center, in the back is a rock formation with a building on the base.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1944

Object Creation Date

1995; printed 1997

Accession Number

2014/2.318

Medium and Support

selenium toned gelatin silver print on paper

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rank 8.92106

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Title

Landscape

Artist

Okada Beisanjin

Physical Description

Gold cloth background with image of a mountain landscape and two figures in a boat on a body of water.

Object Creation Date

late 19th century - early 20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.247

Medium and Support

ink on paper, silk and paper backing

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rank 8.89401

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Title

Geese Landing on Sandbars

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

A scene of geese in pond and on sandbars. The geese are congregated in the lower left hand side of the painting, as are most of the reeds growing from the sand bars. Some geese can also be seen flying in the middle of the painting, though they are not as prominent. Five lines of calligraphy are lcoated in the upper right of the painting.

Artist Life Dates

1906-1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

last quarter of 20th century

Accession Number

2006/1.142

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

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rank 8.86996

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Title

The Adirondacks

Artist

William M. Hart

Physical Description

Landscape with minute figure standing on the banks of a lake among trees and boulders in the foreground and mountains in the distance; blue sky with dark storm clouds on left and white cumulonimbus cloud on right.

Artist Life Dates

1823-1894

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1848

Accession Number

1979/2.136

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

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rank 8.77583

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Title

Delirium (Alessandria, Italy)

Artist

Jill Mathis

Physical Description

A black and white photo of a field with tracks carved into it. Mountains rise in the background. The word "delirium" appears in the field.

Artist Life Dates

American, born 1964

Century

21st century

Object Creation Date

2004

Accession Number

2011/2.173

Medium and Support

digital image, chromogenic print on paper

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rank 8.74105

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Title

Storm Clouds, Cape Cod (Strumwolken uber Cape Cod)

Artist

George Grosz

Physical Description

In the top left corner a house lies on top of a hill of sand dunes covered with grasses, with the ocean to the right and storm clouds swirling overhead

Artist Life Dates

1893-1959

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1949

Accession Number

1954/1.112

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

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rank 8.59310

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Title

Italian Hill Town

Artist

William Morgan

Physical Description

In the center and right foreground, taking up most of the scene, are clustered buildings with tiled roofs, casting large dark shadows. In the background, at the upper left portion, the hillside can be seen, depicted by trees and a river that cuts through diagonally. In the upper left-most portion, the geometric shapes of plowed fields can be seen.

Artist Life Dates

Born 1903

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1928

Accession Number

1949/1.138

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

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rank 8.57047

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Title

Shiprock Triptych #1

Artist

Richard Misrach

Physical Description

The lower half of this work depicts a dusty brown landscape with a craggy rock formation rising in the central portion of the horizon. The upper portion depicts a vast, cloudless sky in tones of blue and gray.

Artist Life Dates

born 1949

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1987

Accession Number

2004/2.59.3

Medium and Support

cibachrome print on paper

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rank 8.53889

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Title

Shiprock Triptych #1

Artist

Richard Misrach

Physical Description

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Richard Misrach first began to photograph western landscapes as an undergraduate at Berkeley. Beginning in the late 1970s, he traveled extensively in the American West, using a large-format camera and color film to make beautiful and technically precise photographs of the often-disastrous effects mankind has had on the environment. For Shiprock Triptych #1, Misrach traveled to the Navajo and Chuska volcanic fields that stretch between northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico, where Shiprock, the unique natural monument sacred to the Navajo, sits in close proximity to uranium mines and mill tailings (the radioactive waste resulting from the extraction and processing of uranium) that contaminate drinking and irrigation water and diffuse carcinogenic radon gas. Created from a volcanic eruption that occurred over 30 million years ago, Shiprock is shown in Misrach’s images as a majestic if distant presence, alone in the center of a sparse landscape. The three photographs—taken at intervals over the course of the day—emphasize both the actual passage of time and the sense of timelessness conjured by such natural monuments.

Artist Life Dates

born 1949

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1987

Accession Number

2004/2.59.1

Medium and Support

cibachrome print on paper

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rank 8.53889

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Title

Shiprock Triptych #1

Artist

Richard Misrach

Physical Description

The lower portion of this work depicts a dusty brown landscape with a craggy rock formation rising in the central portion of the horizon. A dirt road is shown in the foreground. The upper portion depicts a vast, cloudless sky in tones of blue and pink.

Artist Life Dates

born 1949

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1987

Accession Number

2004/2.59.2

Medium and Support

cibachrome print on paper

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rank 8.53889

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Title

Landscape

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Physical Description

The print features a mountain, the edge of which creates a diagonal. A few plants are shown at the base of the mountain, and behind the mountain the sky is depicted with the colors of blue and white. The artist inscribed several calligraphic characters on the upper right-hand corner, which says "a scenery of the mountain and the water in the evening. (?)"

Artist Life Dates

1760 - 1849

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1st half of the 19th century

Accession Number

1954/1.469

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

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rank 8.50672

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Title

Landscape

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Physical Description

The print features a mountain, the edge of which creates a diagonal. A few plants are shown at the base of the mountain, and behind the mountain the sky is depicted with the colors of blue and white. The artist inscribed several calligraphic characters on the upper right-hand corner, which says "a scenery of the mountain and the water in the evening. (?)"

Artist Life Dates

1760 - 1849

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1st half of the 19th century

Accession Number

1954/1.470

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

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Title

Landscape with Mountains and Bridge

Artist

Okada Beisanjin

Physical Description

Brown and gold colored cloth background with an image of a landscape of a mountain and trees.

Object Creation Date

late 19th century - early 20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.255

Medium and Support

ink on paper, silk and paper backing

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Title

Landscape with Bamboo Grove and Building Perched at Summit

Artist

Yamamoto Baiitsu

Physical Description

Green cloth background with mountain landscape. Mountain top protrudes to the left with a forest in the foreground.

Artist Life Dates

1783-1856

Object Creation Date

1842

Accession Number

2014/2.246

Medium and Support

ink on paper, silk backing

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Title

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

Artist

Patrick Nagatani

Physical Description

Stonehedge in the background with a car being excavated from underground in the foreground. There are ropes around the site.

Artist Life Dates

born 1945

Object Creation Date

1987; printed 2001

Accession Number

2012/2.135

Medium and Support

toned gelatin silver print on paper

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rank 8.47556

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Title

Sailboat and Mountain with Calligraphy Poem, Mt. Fuji

Artist

Tanomura Chokunyû

Physical Description

Light green-gold cloth background with a scene of a mountain, a poem and a sailboat.

Artist Life Dates

1814-1907

Object Creation Date

early 20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.253

Medium and Support

ink on paper, silk and paper backing

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Title

Near Rome (Environs de Rome)

Artist

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Physical Description

The foreground is trees which frame, in the distance, a church-like structure. On the right are two tree trunks with little foliage. The left side from the bottom and halfway up is darkened area. There are 3 distinguishable trees near the center of the image that are full of foliage. Just to the right of those trees is a tree just as big as the church-like structure.

Artist Life Dates

1796-1875

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1866

Accession Number

1930.7

Medium and Support

etching on paper

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rank 8.32420

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Title

Untitled (Woman at Rock Stove)

Artist

Takis (Dimitris) Tloupas

Physical Description

A woman at an outdoor rock stove. In the background, there are hills and vast landscape.

Artist Life Dates

1920-2003

Object Creation Date

1970

Accession Number

2012/1.250

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

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rank 8.29875

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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

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rank 8.27161

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Title

Travelling in Autumn Mountains: Landscape in the style of Guo Xi (Kuo Hsi)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

A group of travellers moves along a path at the foot of the mountains that grow upward, dominating the majority of the pictoral space. The common technique using small black dots occurs throughout the painting, accenting mountain edges, tree branches and roots. A building can be seen peeking out from behind the mountains in the lower portion of hte painting.

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

2002/2.354

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on silk

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rank 8.24670

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Title

Portrait of Maximilien-Sébastien Foy

Artist

Baron François Gérard

Physical Description

This portrait painting shows a full-length, life-size figure of a man. He is standing on the top of a mountain against the background of a sky with dark clouds and a rocky mountain range. He is facing the viewer but his gaze is directed to the right. He is dressed in a French military uniform of the Napoleonic time period, including black leather riding boots, a sabre and a large black cloak that billows in the wind. He holds his hat in his hands. His uniform decorations and medals are shown in great detail.

Artist Life Dates

1770-1837

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1826

Accession Number

2004/2.8

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

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rank 8.24408

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Title

Waterfall and Valley

Artist

Ilse Bing

Physical Description

A waterfall in a valley. Large mountains on the left hand side.

Artist Life Dates

born Germany, 1899/1900-1998

Object Creation Date

1938

Accession Number

2014/2.269

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

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rank 8.22743

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Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #31 Maisaka

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

Boats with white and yellow bowed square sails on a coastal inlet.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

circa 1850

Accession Number

2008/2.329

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

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rank 8.22141

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Title

Mountain Light, Cloud Shadow

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

The use of light ink to depict the hills and remote mountains was to present the misty and dreamlike Dayu Mountain. Chang applied the wash to creat a sense of wet atmosphere.

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1974

Accession Number

2006/1.107

Medium and Support

unmounted scroll, ink on paper

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rank 8.16596

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Title

Sky over Mountains

Artist

Brett Weston

Physical Description

A vast open sky image with dark mountains below.

Artist Life Dates

1911-1993

Object Creation Date

1947; printed 1960s

Accession Number

2013/1.282

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on Crescent mount

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rank 8.16051

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Title

Waterfall, Yosemite, California

Artist

Pirkle Jones

Physical Description

This vertical image is of a waterfall flowing down the side of a hill. It is the middle of the waterfall and the upper and lower portions are not visible. The water on the right hand side appears to be stronger than the left, creating a larger splash.

Artist Life Dates

1914-2009

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

2012/1.241

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

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rank 8.15283

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Title

Three Gorges, Yangtse River, China

Artist

Lynn Davis

Physical Description

Image of mountains and water with a foggy sky.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1944

Object Creation Date

2000; printed 2002

Accession Number

2014/2.315

Medium and Support

selenium toned gelatin silver print on paper

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rank 8.13753

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Title

Picture of the Cinnabar Peak

Artist

Sun Yi (Sun I)

Physical Description

This is a delicate landscape. There are mountain crags, dispersed trees and bushes, and some houses/huts depicted. There is calligraphy on the upper right hand corner with one red seal, and towards the upper left corner with a red seal. There is also another red seal on the lower left hand corner. The colors are muted and are barely discernable from one another. There is a central jutting rock in the center of the painting that takes up a lot of horizontal space, and encourages the eye to travel upwards.

Artist Life Dates

active mid-17th century

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1657

Accession Number

1987/1.155

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

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rank 8.12513

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Title

Red Trees, Blue Mountains

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

Landscape colored with the bright hues of autumn. Pavilions are nestled among clouds and mountain forests. A rustic staircase appears between wisps of clouds and trees, winding up the slope next to waterfalls.

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1975

Accession Number

2006/1.135

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

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rank 8.11419

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Title

Kronborg

Artist

Luigi Kasimir

Physical Description

Horizontal format etching of a Kronborg city square settled on the edge of a body of water. In the foreground are the roofs and upper levels of buildings, suggesting that the view is looking down on the square from a high-up window. The buildings are drawn with great detail, all the carvings in the stone of the foreground are pronounced, and the buildings further in the distance have their detailed work and brick patterns clearly visible. In the small area of the street square is a group of figures holding long objects, possibly for the purpose of playing a game of some sort. The sky above the buildings and sea is dark, grey and cloudy, whose color is reflected on the water. In the far distance another hilly shoreline is visible.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1881, act. 1905-1925

Object Creation Date

1919

Accession Number

2009/2.94

Medium and Support

etching on paper

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rank 8.08921

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Title

Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 6

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

2006/1.141

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

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rank 8.05718

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Title

Swallow's Mouth Cave

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

A view, perhaps from inside a cave, that provides a glimpse of a small strech of highway through mountainous terrain. A river flows below, cutting a path between the mountains.

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1978

Accession Number

2006/1.109

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

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Title

Mountain Landscape with Boat

Artist

Totoki Baigai

Physical Description

A landscape of mountains with a boat at the bottom. A calligraphical poem lies above the mountain.

Artist Life Dates

1749-1804

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2014/2.256

Medium and Support

watercolor and ink on paper, silk and paper backing, wooden scroll ends

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Title

The Break-up of the Ice (La Débâcle or Les Glaçons)

Artist

Claude Monet

Physical Description

A sweeping winter river scene opens up from the foreground and sweeps away towards the left. Ice floes dot the river surface and snowy hills frame trees that stand along the riverbank in the middle distance. The palette of this painting is restricted to mauves, blues, greens, and whites.

Artist Life Dates

1840-1926

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1880

Accession Number

1976/2.134

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

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rank 8.02745

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Title

Blue-and-green landscape handscroll

Artist

Tao Cheng (T'ao Ch'eng)

Physical Description

Among the rolling green mountains, figures in this scroll go about their lives, leading cattle to drink along the riverside and dangling fishing lines over the edge of small boats in hopes of catching something for dinner. Highlights of red pigment add brilliance to a grove of trees near the middle of the scroll. The detail work in the trees is spectacular, with twisted and knotted trunks that seem to refuse to stand upright, but bend against gravity, in some cases revealing networks of tangled roots.

Artist Life Dates

active 1450-1500

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

1470

Accession Number

1978/1.163

Medium and Support

handscroll, ink and color on silk

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rank 8.02288

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Title

Mountain Village

Artist

Ilse Bing

Physical Description

A village situated in a mountain valley. There is a picket fence in the foreground.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998

Object Creation Date

1938

Accession Number

2012/2.37

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

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rank 8.00029

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Title

Mountain Landscape

Artist

Wen Zhengming (Wen Cheng-ming)

Physical Description

A landscape of mountains depicted from the gaoyuan (high distance) perspective (looking up toward the top of the mountain from the bottom).

Artist Life Dates

1470 - 1559

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1517

Accession Number

1959/1.109

Medium and Support

ink on paper

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rank 7.93363

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Title

Stormy Valley

Artist

Ilse Bing

Physical Description

Mountains and a cloudy, dark sky from a valley.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998

Object Creation Date

1938

Accession Number

2012/2.34

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

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rank 7.92965

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Title

Creek Valley

Artist

Ilse Bing

Physical Description

A mountain valley in the sunlight, with a stone bridge and an old stone structure to the left.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998

Object Creation Date

1938

Accession Number

2012/2.32

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

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Title

Kronborg Slot

Artist

Luigi Kasimir

Physical Description

Print depicting a grey and brown seashore with waves hitting the shore from the left side of the sheet. Grey sky with grey and white clouds take up half of the sky. A black and grey structure with towers and spires is in the top right half.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1881, active 1905-1925

Object Creation Date

1919

Accession Number

2009/2.95

Medium and Support

etching on paper

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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

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rank 7.91382

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Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kyoka Edition): #9 Oiso

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

A village of black and gray houses in front of a row of pines by the water. Several sailboats appear in the distance in front of the mountains.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

late 1830s

Accession Number

2008/2.325

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

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rank 7.90922

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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

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rank 7.88501

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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

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rank 7.85729

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Title

Spirit Surf, Big Sur, California

Artist

Marilyn Bridges

Physical Description

A black and white aerial photograph of an ocean surf approaching a ridged shore.

Artist Life Dates

American, born 1957

Object Creation Date

1988

Accession Number

2012/2.13

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

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rank 7.85278

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