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Title

Parícutin Volcano Project

Artist

Peter Hutchinson

Physical Description

Two photographs of Parícutin volcano (central Mexico) mounted on cardboard, one below the other.

Artist Life Dates

(1930 - )

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1970

Accession Number

2008/2.233

Medium and Support

photographs on cardboard

relevance

rank 6.45940

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Title

Sara la Baigneuse

Artist

Henri Fantin-Latour

Physical Description

A dark pen drawing with white highlights on a white colored background. It shows a nude female figure seated on a swing. The setting is a wooded area with vegetation and leaves depicted with multiple short strokes that cover the entire area around the figure. The woman is posed facing the viewer with her legs intertwined and her arms above her head, grasping th ropes of the swing. She is gazing out to the left, beyond the viewer and has a joyful expression on her face.

Artist Life Dates

1836-1904

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1884

Accession Number

1962/1.115

Medium and Support

pen, brush and brown ink, heightened with white on off-white wove paper

relevance

rank 6.45774

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and monk with Lakshmi-Narayana & Ardhanarishvara (fol. No. 42)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

This work is painted in tones of red, green, dark blue, and orange/gold, against a light background. At the top is a sun with a many rays and a human face. Below this are two seated figures who are unclothed. They are seated on thrones decorated with colorful designs. One has reddish skin and is shown in profile, looking at the sun with hands raised. The other has orange skin and is seated in a lotus posiiton, facing front. Below them is a scene that shows two figures, a woman and a blue-skinned man, turned toward a half-man, half-woman figure who is seated on a tiger rug. These figures are dressed in colorful clothing and adorned with jewelry and hold various objects in their hands.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.166

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 6.45769

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Title

Plum Blossoms in Snow

Artist

Chang Ku-nien, Chen Shu-chen

Physical Description

In this snowy scene a plum tree and rock seem are seen atop a hill. The elegant, contorted trunk and branches of the tree create a visual arch over the image, framing the rock, snow, and block of calligraphic text below.

Artist Life Dates

1906-1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

last quarter of 20th century

Accession Number

2006/1.129

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

relevance

rank 6.45712

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Title

The Red Army Crosses the Oder River into Germany, December

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

A group of Red Army soldiers transporting a small cannon through the Oder River to enter Germany.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

1944; printed 2003

Accession Number

2012/2.73

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 6.43749

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Title

Italian Landscape (Paysage d' Italie)

Artist

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Physical Description

The right two-thirds of the image is filled with tree foliage from 6 distinguishable trees. One of those trees is on the far right edge separated from the others with faint drawing of a church-like structure in between them. Two figures sit in the lower left side of the image, one of them has arm outstretched towards the trees and buildings.

Artist Life Dates

1796-1875

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1866

Accession Number

2008/2.437

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on cream calendered laid paper

relevance

rank 6.43747

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Taiwan Cross-Island Highway (Section 4)

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

A panoramic view of the highway cutting across the Tarako Gorges, laid out in four connecting hanging scrolls.

Inscription: “sublime and bright--what opens in this enormous curtain (the connected hanging scrolls).”

Artist Life Dates

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

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

2006/1.104.4

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 6.43451

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Title

Marché aux Légumes, Amiens (The Vegetable Market)

Artist

Auguste Louis Lepère

Physical Description

Three gondolas in the foreground are in a river, steering toward a bridge on the right side of the scene. Two figures are steering in the foremost, center gondola, of which only a section can be seen. In the middle ground is a group of buildings, with a cluster of trees on the left. In the background, a cathedral rises up in the center left. The cathedral is created with much lighter lines, and blends in to the background.

Artist Life Dates

1849-1918

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1907

Accession Number

1967/2.44

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 6.43098

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Opaque milk glass snuff bottle with landscape scene

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1890-1940

Accession Number

1980/2.100

Medium and Support

glass and enamel, jadeite and coral

relevance

rank 6.42842

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Yi-hsing pottery snuff bottle,

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1825-1900

Accession Number

1980/2.112

Medium and Support

porcelain and enamel, coral, brass

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rank 6.42842

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Title

Snuff bottle with painted mountain landscape scene

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1825-1900

Accession Number

1980/2.101

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting; coral and ivory stopper

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rank 6.42842

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Title

Large chalcedony quartz snuff bottle

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1880-1925

Accession Number

1980/2.26

Medium and Support

chalcedony and glass

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rank 6.42842

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Title

The Four Times of Day: Evening

Artist

William Hogarth

Physical Description

This print is vertically oriented with gray markings. A cream border surrounds it and it has “EVENING” written below it. The lower half of the print has a pastoral scene with several adults and children by a stream at the bottom of the print. Behind them, someone milks a cow. The upper half shows the tops of buildings and rolling hills. A sunset is taking place with dramatic clouds.

Artist Life Dates

1697-1764

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1738

Accession Number

1971/2.58

Medium and Support

etching and engraving on laid paper

relevance

rank 6.42410

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Title

Mountain Landscape

Artist

Hirano Gogaku

Physical Description

A landscape of mountains and trees.

Artist Life Dates

1811-1893

Object Creation Date

late 19th century

Accession Number

2014/2.248

Medium and Support

watercolor and ink on paper, silk and paper backing

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rank 6.41710

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Title

Red Trees on a Blue Lofty Peak

Artist

Pu Ru (P'u Ju)

Physical Description

A blue and green mountain looms over a lake, taking up the right portion of the picture. Above and to the left is calligraphic text and three red seals. In the lake below is a boat.

Artist Life Dates

1896-1963

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1951

Accession Number

1970/2.5

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 6.41618

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Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #13 Numazu

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

Small group of figures with a palanquin and horse along with shops and a rounded hill in the distance.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

circa 1850

Accession Number

2008/2.319

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 6.41406

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Hemlock Canyons

Artist

Mike Irolla

Physical Description

Large, turned wood vessel. Fire has been used to color and texture the surface. Bark has been left on to provide texture. The mouth of the vessel is jagged.

large burnt wood vessel with bark marking the top irregular edge

Artist Life Dates

born 1974

Century

late 20th century

Object Creation Date

2001

Accession Number

2002/2.147

Medium and Support

hemlock

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rank 6.41232

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Title

Ascetics with dogs in landscape

Artist

Artist Unknown Mughal Workshop, Uttar Pradesh

Physical Description

The drawing is mounted on an album page of a yellowish color flecked with gold. There is a narrow frame in a slighter lighter tone outlined with gold and red lines. The main figure sits facing the viewer and is in a long robe. An emaciated, nearly nude figure faces him squatting with his hand on one knee. Another ascetic stands and offers obeisance to the master. One dog rolls around in front of him and another on a leash walks behind him. There is a clump of bushes to the lower left and a tree to the upper left tops a diagonal leading down to the right with a large group of twisted trees.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1969/2.176

Medium and Support

black and red opaque watercolor and gold on paper

relevance

rank 6.41017

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Title

Landscape with River and Farm

Artist

Anonymous English

Physical Description

A country scene with a river on the right side, side gable cabin in the center and two small figures. There are large trees surrounding the house.

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

2013/2.556

Medium and Support

graphite on paper

relevance

rank 6.40315

Secondary Keywords

agricultural complexes

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Title

A Cottage

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Physical Description

A two-story cottage with two chimneys is in the middle of the page. The view of it is obstructed by the large mound that takes up the right half of the image. There is a green tree on the left side of the cottage.

Artist Life Dates

1775-1851

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

1775-1851

Accession Number

1985/1.100

Medium and Support

watercolor and graphite on off-white laid paper

relevance

rank 6.38717

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Title

Landscape

Artist

Huang Yue (aka Huang Yueh)

Physical Description

This painting (and the one adjacent) comes from an album of four landscape paintings.

Artist Life Dates

1750-1841

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1831

Accession Number

2006/2.22.4

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 6.37939

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Title

Footbridge

Artist

Ilse Bing

Physical Description

Wooden footbridge in a mountain valley.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998

Object Creation Date

1938

Accession Number

2012/2.35

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 6.37521

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Title

Mount Hood from The Dalles

Artist

John Stanley

Physical Description

Landscape painting with white mountain peak in center background, body of water in foreground, and a Native American encampment to left.

Artist Life Dates

1814-1872

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1871

Accession Number

1940.426

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

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rank 6.37464

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Title

Landscape with Tower and Distant Lake

Artist

William Payne

Physical Description

A watercolor primarily in greens, blues, black and grey depicting a landscape with rolling hills and a tower and lake in the distance. A family of weary travelers are positioned in the shaded left foreground. A herd of sheep and two donkeys rest in the sunlit fields in the mid-ground.

Artist Life Dates

(1760 - 1830)

Object Creation Date

late 18th century - early 19th century

Accession Number

2012/2.215

Medium and Support

watercolor on medium white wove paper

relevance

rank 6.35925

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Title

Stove God and Wife with Calendar

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

This print is typical, depicting the Stove God and his wife with halos and elegant clothing. Before them is a table with common worship instruments, including candles, an incense burner, and flowers. Standing in the bottom corners are two officials, and between them a container of jewels. The jewels are flanked by a dog and rooster; animals thought to be symbols of domesticity with auspicious connotations. Above the scene a calendar for the year 1949 is framed by an auspicious dragon motif.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1948

Accession Number

1989/2.116

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 6.35496

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

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Title

Two Youths Conversing by a Stream

Artist

Paul Sandby

Physical Description

A landscape with two seated figures in the lower right corner, multiple cows in the landscape as well. There are many hills and trees full of leaves. The sky is mostly clear with a few clouds.

Artist Life Dates

1725-1809

Century

18th century

Accession Number

2013/2.532

Medium and Support

etching on laid paper

relevance

rank 6.35454

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Title

The Road to Shu

Artist

Matsumura Goshun

Physical Description

Travelers are seen on a winding mountain pathway, among overlapping layers of mountains.

Artist Life Dates

1752-1811

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

late 18th century - early 19th century

Accession Number

1970/2.152

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 6.35120

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Title

Pagoda of Hommon Temple, Ikegami

Artist

Kawase Hasui

Physical Description

Tall color print of Hommon Temple. A bright blue sky characterizes the top portion of the image, getting darker in the lower registers. The spire of the red temple stretches up into the sky.

Artist Life Dates

1883-1957

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1928

Accession Number

1982/1.202

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 6.34936

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

Devotees of the Buddha (fragment of a frieze from a stupa, from Nagarjunakonda?)

Artist

India, Andhra Pradesh

Century

2nd-3rd century

Object Creation Date

2nd century - 3rd century

Accession Number

1972/2.42

Medium and Support

limestone

relevance

rank 6.34406

Secondary Keywords

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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

relevance

rank 6.33582

Secondary Keywords

relation to water

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commercial buildings

descriptors

inorganic material

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materials

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objects we use

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shores (landforms)

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transportation vehicles

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by method of propulsion

watercraft by specific type

Title

Nagoya-style Obi with wax-resist overall pattern of crackled pink-on-white, interrupted by wax-resist and embroidered designs of colorful tropical orchids

Artist

Minagawa Gekka

Physical Description

The obi is made of satin damask silk woven with “flower in tortoise-shell” patterns. “Cracked ice” pattern in red is dyed with wax-resist technique. Orchid flowers, leaves, ginger leaves, and ferns are hand painted in white, yellow, black, red, and green. Silver threads are embroidered in the rim of orchid flowers and other plants; more colored metallic and velvet threads are applied. The “cracked ice” patterns are broader adjacent to plants and red dye outlines them; that suggests that the artist designed flowers and foliage before the wax-resist application. The plant designs are located on two parts of the obi; when wearing, one will appear in front, and other will appear on the back bow.

Artist Life Dates

1892-1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

mid 20th century

Accession Number

2005/1.326

Medium and Support

satin damask silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery

relevance

rank 6.33582

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn at the waist or below

buildings and the land

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

costume by form

descriptors

flowers (plants)

herbaceous plants

image-making processes and techniques

landscapes (environments)

main garments

natural landscapes

needleworking

needleworking and needleworking techniques

nonwoody plants

objects we use

photographic processes

photography and photographic processes and techniques

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by material

processes and techniques by specific type

salted paper processes

settlements and landscapes

textile processes and techniques

textile working processes and techniques

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Battle of the Sea Gods

Artist

Daniel Hopfer

Physical Description

This black and white print depicts an animated and detailed scene of nude figures and mythical beasts on the surface of the sea.Two men, with seaweed hair and riding half horse/half fish creatures, strike out at each other. A man and a woman ride a beast with a scaly body and the head of a fierce dog. In the background, a man holding a trident stands with his back to the viewer. Action and motion are expressed with billowing drapery, flowing hair and moving waves. The wide mouthed expressions of the figures and animals suggest yelling and noise in this chaotic scene. Among the many details depicted by the artist is a plaque held by the woman that has his initials.

Artist Life Dates

ca. 1470-1536

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

early 16th century

Accession Number

1996/2.1

Medium and Support

etching on iron on medium, slightly textured light beige laid paper

relevance

rank 6.33229

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

armed conflicts

associated concepts

bodies of water

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bodies of water by size

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descriptors

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people

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religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

settlements and landscapes

spears (weapons)

spears by form

staff weapons

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Niagara Falls

Artist

Yoshida Hiroshi

Physical Description

This print is a depiction of the Niagara Falls.

Artist Life Dates

1876 - 1950

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1st half of 20th century

Accession Number

1993/2.30

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 6.33139

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

buildings and the land

components of bodies of water

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landscapes (environments)

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

Courtesan and client: parody of the Kiritsubo Chapter of the Tale of Genji (Mitate Genji Kiritsubo)

Artist

Okumura Masanobu

Physical Description

A monochrome print depicting two standing women and a reclining man in a room. The taller woman, a courtesan, wears an elaborate kimono of butterfly design and under-kimono of geometric patterns; her hair is tied on the back, wearing tortoise shell comb and hairpin. She is holding skirts of kimono and under-kimono with her right hand and is hiding her left hand under the kimono. The second woman, an attendant, is standing behind the courtesan, holding a doll of a boy and her face turning away. She wears a plain kimono with pine tree design and obi (sash) with striped patterns. The man is reclining and looking toward the courtesan. They seem to engage in conversation. The man wears kimono with design of coins and short jacket with plaid patterns. His hair is shaved on top and tied on the back. There is a folded screen behind him, depicting a plum tree by river. In front of him, there are a sake pitcher, sake cup and its stand, and a bowl with food accompanied by a tray and chopsticks. There is a title of the print in cartouche at upper right.

Artist Life Dates

1686-1764

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1711-1716

Accession Number

1948/1.198

Medium and Support

Oban (large-size) sumizurii-e (monochrome woodblock print) on paper

relevance

rank 6.31924

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

arthropods

buildings and the land

commercial buildings

deciduous trees

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

insects

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

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prostitutes

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single built works

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single built works by specific type

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Landscape

Artist

Huang Yue (aka Huang Yueh)

Physical Description

This painting (and the one adjacent) comes from an album of four landscape paintings.

Artist Life Dates

1750-1841

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1831

Accession Number

2006/2.22.1

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 6.31226

Secondary Keywords

upward

buildings and the land

descriptors

dwellings

inorganic material

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

materials

materials by composition

natural landscapes

plants

residential structures

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Belle Vue

Artist

Ilse Bing

Physical Description

A picnic area shaded by trees overlooking the edge of a mountainside.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998

Object Creation Date

1935

Accession Number

2012/2.41

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 6.29930

Secondary Keywords

upward

buildings and the land

descriptors

evergreens

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

image-making processes and techniques

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

photographic processes

photography and photographic processes and techniques

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

support furniture

tables (support furniture)

tables by function

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Untitled (Cactus)

Artist

Steve Keister

Physical Description

Drawing on spiral sketchbook paper in green, blue and orange gouache inscribed with graphite pencil.

Artist Life Dates

(1949 - )

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1998

Accession Number

2008/2.237

Medium and Support

gouache on paper

relevance

rank 6.29760

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

containers

containers by form

descriptors

drawing and drawing techniques

geographic and political locations

herbaceous plants

image-making processes and techniques

landscapes (environments)

native american

native north american styles

natural landscapes

north and central america (continent)

objects we use

people and culture

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

sculpture

sculpture by material

settlements and landscapes

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the americas

united states (nation)

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vessels

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

Pont de l'Estacade

Artist

Stanislas Victor Edouard Lépine

Physical Description

This painting shows a view of the Seine river in Paris, including the wooden bridge, the Pont de l'Estacade. The foreground is filled is small boats and a dock winch, while the in the distance the bridge and buildings of Paris glow in late afternoon light.

Artist Life Dates

1835-1892

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1880-1885

Accession Number

1938.21

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 6.29125

Secondary Keywords

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

europe (continent)

france (nation)

geographic and political locations

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

riverine bodies

settlements and landscapes

single built works

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transportation structures

transportation structures by form

transportation vehicles

vehicles

ville de paris, dèpartement de (department)

visual works

visual works by subject type

watercraft

watercraft by general type

œle-de-france (region)

Title

Gasshôzukuri Farmhouses in Snow

Artist

Saitô Kiyoshi

Physical Description

A native of Sakamoto in Fukushima Prefecture, the artist here depicts his far northern hometown with the snow-covered imagery to present a view of traditional Japan in a innovative and modern way.

Artist Life Dates

(active 1907 - 1997)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1958

Accession Number

1994/2.4

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 6.29032

Secondary Keywords

settlement area

associated concepts

buildings and the land

dwellings

earth sciences concepts

houses by location

houses by location or context

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

plants

precipitation

residential structures

rural houses

scientific concepts

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single built works

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single built works by specific type

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

woody plants

Title

Ancona with a View of the Arch of Trajan

Artist

Samuel Prout

Physical Description

This small watercolor shows the view of an arch by a city waterfront. A wall closes off the left side of the street leading up to the arch, and creates a powerful sense of recession into space leading from the foreground to the monument in the middle distance. Scattered figures inhabit the street. Beyond the arch may be glimpsed the waters of a bay and a hill rising above the far shore.

Artist Life Dates

(1783 - 1852)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1824-1852

Accession Number

2009/1.511.4

Medium and Support

watercolor, bodycolor, pen with brown ink on paper

relevance

rank 6.28554

Secondary Keywords

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by location

buildings and the land

coastline bodies of water

descriptors

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

image-making processes and techniques

landscapes (environments)

memorial arches

monuments

monuments by form

natural landscapes

objects we use

paintings

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perspective and shading techniques

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Tate-e Edition): #38 Fujikawa

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

A village by a lake is shown in the snow. Several travelers are walking in the streets. The snow is steadily fallling and covers their hats, the roofs of the houses, the trees and the mountains. The title is in the upper right corner in a red box.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1855

Accession Number

1960/2.142

Medium and Support

full color woodblock print (nishiki e)

relevance

rank 6.28160

Secondary Keywords

scale

accessories worn on the head

associated concepts

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

costume

costume accessories

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earth sciences concepts

headgear

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objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

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plants

precipitation

scientific concepts

settlements

settlements and landscapes

settlements by form

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

woody plants

Title

Comparisons between Mountains and Seas: Mt. Rokuso in Kazusa Province, Kazusa Kanozan

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

The dark color pallette and black strip across the top indicate that the image is set at night. A mountain with pine trees and steps leading to the top loom over the image. The sea appears behind the mountain in the distance.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1858

Accession Number

1948/1.136

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 6.27801

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

upward

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components

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objects we use

plants

prints

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relief prints

settlements and landscapes

stair components

stairs and stair components

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vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

TOP: Fishermen with the Inhauler of the Nets at the Town’s Shore (Fischer beim Einholen der Netze am Ufer vor der Stadt), sheet 4 from the folio 12 Views of Normandy (XII Vues de la Normandie)

BOTTOM: River Landscape with Four Men Encamping on a Rock (Flußlandschaft mit vier auf einem Fels lagernden Männern), sheet 5 from the folio 12 Views of Normandy (XII Vues de la Normandie)

Artist

Franz Edmund Weirotter

Physical Description

5 physical tears on left edge, indicating the original book bindings.

TOP IMAGE. A river appears in lower right corner, traveling from "front" to "back" of image. Along its banks two distant windmills occur, indicating Holland as the location. A distant boat with sails, and a closer group of three row boats on river. The closer group has thee figures bent over their work, which looks like hauling nets. In the center is a nearly barren twisted tree, at whose base is a rough hut of blanks and branches. A path from the bottom right bends up and around the hut and tree, on which a small group of three are poised (two sitting figures appear to listen to a standing third) and a single man travels further into the distance. Houses with thatched roofs, some patched with boards, appear on the right of the image, along the riverbanks into the distance.

BOTTOM IMAGE. A river curves gently back from the bottom right. Boulders surround the bank on the left half of the image, with scraggly trees and vegetation. Several boulders stretch out into the water, and on one of these, on the bottom right, is a group of perhaps three viewers. Two are seated, and appear to be listening to a third, who is standing and pointing to the right. Hills can be seen in the bottom right corner, stretching into the distance along the river.

Artist Life Dates

1730 - 1771

Century

18th century

Accession Number

2007/2.113

Medium and Support

engraving in black ink on laid paper

relevance

rank 6.27592

Secondary Keywords

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

buildings and the land

business and industry

components of bodies of water

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

houses

houses by form

hunting and commercial fishing vessels

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natural landscapes

netherlands (nation)

objects we use

residential structures

settlements and landscapes

single built works

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single built works by specific type

the natural world

transportation vehicles

vehicles

visual works

visual works by subject type

watercraft

watercraft by function

watercraft by general type

watercraft by specific type

windmills

Title

Saint Sebastian

Artist

Master B of the Die

Artist Life Dates

active ca. 1530

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

1983/1.154

Medium and Support

engraving on laid paper

relevance

rank 6.25623

Secondary Keywords

architecture

atmospheric effects

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

cityscapes

geography

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

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plants

projectile weapons

projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant

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religious figures

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single built works

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the natural world

transportation structures

transportation structures by form

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Kakegawa, Distant View of Mount Akiba

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

A bridge forms a diagonal on the print. Three travellers are passing the bridge, while two monks are walking down toward them. Landscape of water and mountains is shown in the background.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1833-1834

Accession Number

1948/1.127

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 6.25545

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

upward

bridges by function

buildings and the land

descriptors

inorganic material

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

materials

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objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

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settlements and landscapes

single built works

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transportation structures

transportation structures by form

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visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

View of a River Town with a Bridge

Artist

Jan van Goyen

Physical Description

This small sketch presents a view along a waterway that passes beneath a double-arched bridge. The triangular sail of a small boat is visible just before the bridge, moored to the quai next to some sheds. A tall church with a central steeple rises on the right bank in the foreground, and two other tall buildings punctuate the middle ground and distance. The chimneys and rooflines of humbler dwellings appear on the left bank. Despite the urban setting, only a few figures may be glimpsed, including a man crossing the bridge on horseback.

Artist Life Dates

1596-1656

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

2008/2.199.5

Medium and Support

black chalk, gray wash on paper

relevance

rank 6.25153

Secondary Keywords

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

religious buildings

religious structures

riverine bodies

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

transportation structures

transportation structures by form

visual works

visual works by function

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

A Sunset Landscape by a River

Artist

John Varley I

Physical Description

A watercolor painting of a sunset scene in a woodland river area. In the foreground the river is tinted orange from the sunset reflection. A man sits in his boat facing the bends of the river that lead to the homes located further back. The winding riverbanks are lined with tall trees. The sky above is cloudy, but through the holes a light-blue sky is visible.

Artist Life Dates

1778-1842

Object Creation Date

1800-1875

Accession Number

2009/1.519

Medium and Support

watercolor on paper

relevance

rank 6.24950

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

dwellings

earth sciences concepts

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

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physical sciences concepts

plant communities

residential structures

riverine bodies

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

transportation vehicles

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by general type

Title

Peach Blossom Spring

Artist

Qiu Ying (Ch'iu Ying)

Physical Description

In this fan painting mounted as an album leaf, a fishing boat is moored at shore. Water stretches to the right, and above it calligraphic text recounting the story of Peach Blossom Spring. To the left of the boat, are green riverbanks, blossoming peach trees, and a man in a small cave.

Artist Life Dates

c.1495-1552

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1542

Accession Number

1976/1.212

Medium and Support

ink and color on gold paper

relevance

rank 6.24467

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

concepts in the arts

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories carried

deciduous trees

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

genres in the arts

image-making processes and techniques

landscapes (environments)

literary, oral and motion picture genres

natural landscapes

objects we use

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

seasons

settlements and landscapes

transportation vehicles

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by general type

woody plants

writing (processes)

Title

Champigny

Artist

Camille Pissarro

Physical Description

A bridge with three arches extends from the left edge towards the right near the center of the image. There are trees behind it and different types of trees cut the right edge of the bridge off from view. Squiggly lines indicate a hill or water along the bottom half.

Artist Life Dates

1830-1903

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1863

Accession Number

1997/1.98

Medium and Support

pen, brown ink and graphite on cream laid paper

relevance

rank 6.24272

Secondary Keywords

upward

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

landforms

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vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

Landscape with Peasants in a Cart

Artist

Allart van Everdingen

Physical Description

This work is horizontally oriented. The lower left quadrant shows a horse-pulled cart with peasants resting in it. In front of the cart, a man and a dog walk in a field. The sky occupies the upper half of the work, and the horizon line is dominated by a church steeple as well as buildings and trees. Birds circle in the sky.

Artist Life Dates

1621-1675

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1650-1675

Accession Number

2009/1.499

Medium and Support

brown ink and wash on cream laid paper

relevance

rank 6.23863

Secondary Keywords

scale

animals and creatures

building divisions

buildings and the land

cargo vehicles

cargo vehicles by form

components

components and systems

components by specific context

cook (county)

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

geographic and political locations

illinois (state)

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

mammals

merchant vessels

merchant vessels by cargo type

north and central america (continent)

objects we use

service and utility vehicles

settlements

settlements and landscapes

settlements by form

steeples and steeple components

transportation vehicles

united states (nation)

vehicles

visual works

visual works by subject type

watercraft

watercraft by function

watercraft by specific type