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- Title
- Woman in a Coat and Rimless Glasses
- Artist
- Mike Disfarmer
- Physical Description
- A woman with her hair down, wearing a coat with wide lapels. She has on glasses and is wearing a pin on her coat.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1884-1959
- Object Creation Date
- 1943
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.282
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver contact print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.34280
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- materials
- materials by function
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- Title
- Seto Ware Oil Plate
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This plate has durable body and protective glazed surface. Seven brown ring-like patterns (said to be modeled after horse eyes) decorate the inner rim of the large plate. The outermost edge is ringed in brown.
- Century
- late 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1615-1868
- Accession Number
- 1942.5
- Medium and Support
- stoneware, gray with iron and white slip painting with clear glaze
- relevance
- rank 1.34280
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Priest's Robe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.191
- Medium and Support
- tan, green and red cotton brocade and silk with salmon inset
- relevance
- rank 1.34252
- Secondary Keywords
- asia
- clergy
- descriptors
- fabric
- locality
- medium
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religion
- religious figures
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- textiles
- the natural world
- Title
- Priest's Robe, Satin Brocade
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.188
- Medium and Support
- tan, green, gold and silver satin brocade
- relevance
- rank 1.34252
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- asia
- clergy
- creatures
- descriptors
- drapery
- locality
- medium
- mythology
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religion
- religious figures
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- Title
- Satin Brocade
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.212
- Medium and Support
- black, gold, and silver satin brocade
- relevance
- rank 1.34252
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- architecture
- butterflies
- descriptors
- drapery
- fabric
- geography
- home and garden
- houses
- insects
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- the natural world
- waterscapes
- Title
- Hairpin
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.23
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 1.34225
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- hair accessories
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- Title
- Panel with Geometric Design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.73
- Medium and Support
- raffia
- relevance
- rank 1.34222
- Secondary Keywords
- aegean
- aegean periods
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- early western world
- geometric concepts
- greek
- mathematical concepts
- mediterranean
- object genres
- object genres by material
- panels
- people and culture
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- Title
- Hyakunin jorô shinasadame (One Hundred Types of Women), vol. 1 of 3
- Artist
- Nishikawa Sukenobu
- Physical Description
- Book containing detailed calligraphic text descriptions of various types of women, accompanied by woodblock prints depicting the types described.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1723
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.381.2
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print picture book
- relevance
- rank 1.34222
- Secondary Keywords
- asia (continent)
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- geographic and political locations
- image-making processes and techniques
- materials
- materials by function
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Blue-and-white plate with painting of figures in a landscape
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1685
- Accession Number
- 1966/1.94
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 1.34222
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- settlements and landscapes
- stoneware
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Horse Amulet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Tuareg
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1984
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.265
- Medium and Support
- brass, cloth and leather
- relevance
- rank 1.34222
- Secondary Keywords
- hollow-bodied
- animals and creatures
- bells and sets of bells
- chordophones
- descriptors
- directly struck idiophones
- mammals
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- percussion idiophones
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- struck idiophones
- Title
- Blue-and-white "Willow ware" plate with landscape design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1944-1953
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.56
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting and overglaze gold
- relevance
- rank 1.34222
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- settlements and landscapes
- stoneware
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Figures from Chinese History: Zhang Tianqi Calling in the Cranes
- Artist
- Huang Shen
- Physical Description
- Paper mounted on aqua silk. There are two figures present, and a large crane (bird). The central figure, Zhang Tiangi, has his arms uplifted, while a less important figure is depicted with his back to the viewer and is slightly hunched over. There is a crane with a red crown behind these two figures. The colors are muted. There is calligraphy in the upper left hand corner of the painting, complete with two red seals.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1687-1766
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1687-1766
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.158
- Medium and Support
- album leaf, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.34222
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- descriptors
- disciplines
- history and related disciplines
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- social sciences
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Hyakunin jorô shinasadame (One Hundred Types of Women), vol. 1 of 3
- Artist
- Nishikawa Sukenobu
- Physical Description
- Book containing detailed calligraphic text descriptions of various types of women, accompanied by woodblock prints depicting the types described.
- Artist Life Dates
- Kyoto, 1671 - 1751
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1723
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.381.1
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print picture book
- relevance
- rank 1.34222
- Secondary Keywords
- asia (continent)
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- geographic and political locations
- image-making processes and techniques
- materials
- materials by function
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Panel with Geometric Design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.74
- Medium and Support
- raffia
- relevance
- rank 1.34222
- Secondary Keywords
- aegean
- aegean periods
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- early western world
- geometric concepts
- greek
- mathematical concepts
- mediterranean
- object genres
- object genres by material
- panels
- people and culture
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- Title
- Brass Ring
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Physical Description
- A brass ring that is not fully closed off. The ring completes a half circle and the two ends are flattened.
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.15
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 1.34166
- Secondary Keywords
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- jewelry by location
- jewelry worn on arms and hands
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- Title
- Illusion of the Sea
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.6
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.34166
- Secondary Keywords
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- figures
- geography
- materials
- materials by composition
- people and occupations
- shell and shell material
- Title
- Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Eket
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1983
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.168
- Medium and Support
- wood and pigment
- relevance
- rank 1.34166
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- costume by function
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.322
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, mulitcolored beads, cowrie shells and string
- relevance
- rank 1.34166
- Secondary Keywords
- beadwork
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- shell and shell material
- Title
- Royal Cap
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.76
- Medium and Support
- cotton cloth, wood, cowrie shells, and glass beads
- relevance
- rank 1.34166
- Secondary Keywords
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by composition
- people and occupations
- political figures
- shell and shell material
- Title
- Preserve Jar with Lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Dark brown glaze has been dripped over the pot from above, allowing it to flow unevenly so that the lighter clay body shows through in an unpredictable pattern. The jar appears rounded in gradations, and has a small circular lid, as well as base.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.294A&B
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware with mottled dark brown glaze
- relevance
- rank 1.34126
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- built complexes and districts
- closures
- complexes
- complexes by function
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- container components
- containers
- containers by form
- covers (closures)
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- recreation areas
- vessels
- Title
- Snuff bottle with stamped lei-wen (spiral "thunder) pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1825-1900
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.105
- Medium and Support
- porcelain, molded, with coral and jadeite stopper
- relevance
- rank 1.33956
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- biological material
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- events
- forming
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural events
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- storms
- Title
- A Squall
- Artist
- William Trost Richards
- Artist Life Dates
- 1833-1905
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1893
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.84
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on white paper
- relevance
- rank 1.33956
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- events
- geography
- inorganic material
- masts
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural events
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sailing vessels
- sailing vessels by size
- ships
- the natural world
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by method of propulsion
- watercraft by specific type
- 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
- 2009/2.88
- Medium and Support
- metal
- relevance
- rank 1.33956
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by general context
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- east asian
- hardware
- inorganic material
- keys and key components
- materials
- materials by composition
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the human body
- torsos
- Title
- Portrait of Black Man with White Beard, from "Bowery Series, NYC"
- Artist
- Louis Stettner
- Physical Description
- Close-up portrait of a man's face with a white beard. He is wearing a hat with a wide brim.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1922
- Object Creation Date
- printed 1994
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.286
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.33943
- Secondary Keywords
- scale
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements
- settlements and landscapes
- settlements by form
- Title
- Red Raku ware shallow tea bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This squat bowl is not smooth but has subtle irregularities in texture and shape, intentionally highlighted by the brilliant red glaze.
- Century
- 19th century?
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.536
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with red glaze
- relevance
- rank 1.33943
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- early western world
- near eastern
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- persian
- persian pottery styles
- persian styles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels
- Title
- Flute
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Mossi?
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.152
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 1.33943
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- design elements
- edging and surfacing patterns
- materials
- materials by origin
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- plant material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Don't Let Up - Keep on Saving Food - United States Food Administration
- Artist
- Francis Louis Mora
- Artist Life Dates
- 1874 - 1940
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1918
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.67
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.33859
- Secondary Keywords
- armed conflicts
- army
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- descriptors
- events
- figures
- how we live
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- materials
- materials by function
- military
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- soldiers
- text-based art
- war
- world wars
- Title
- Registered War Garden Under Protection of State Council Defense - Food Will Win the War.
- Artist
- Jay Norwood Darling
- Physical Description
- Text: Registered War Garden Under Protection of State Council of Defense - All the Ammunition doesn't come from the Power Factories - Feed Yourself - Be a Soldier of the Soil - A War Garden Will Do It - Exempt No Land - from The Chicago Evening Post - To destroy the food supply is to give comfort to the enemy - food will win the war - War Garden Committee - 120 W. Adams Street
- Artist Life Dates
- 1876-1962
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1918
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.31
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.33859
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- armed conflicts
- birds
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- descriptors
- events
- gardens
- how we live
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- materials
- materials by function
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plants
- text-based art
- the natural world
- war
- world wars
- Title
- Ge (ceremonial dagger-axe)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- ceremonial bronze ge dagger-axe, with pointed blade on one end and zoomorphic tang of stylized bird motif on the other.
- Century
- 13th-11th century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1996/2.19
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with malachite patina
- relevance
- rank 1.33741
- Secondary Keywords
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects
- weaponry
- whip
- Title
- Tara
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India
- Physical Description
- Black schist carved in the relief of Green Tara, a guide and saviouress on the Buddhist path to enlightenment. She holds two lotuses, one open and one closed and makes the gesture of gift-giving with her palm facing outwards, towards the devotee.
- Century
- 10th century
- Object Creation Date
- 10th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.156
- Medium and Support
- black schist
- relevance
- rank 1.33721
- Secondary Keywords
- asia (continent)
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- motifs
- natural element motifs
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- rock
- rock by form
- Title
- Priest's Stole?, Satin Brocade
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.199
- Medium and Support
- tan, red, green and gold satin brocade with four tan and green insets
- relevance
- rank 1.33705
- Secondary Keywords
- clergy
- descriptors
- drapery
- fabric
- geometric shapes
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- rectangles
- religion
- religious figures
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- the natural world
- visual and tactile
- Title
- BMW Roadster, Olduvai Gorge, Tanznia (R4), from "The Ryoichi Excavations"
- Artist
- Patrick Nagatani
- Physical Description
- A desert scene with a car underneath a mound.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1945
- Object Creation Date
- 1987; printed 2001
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.134
- Medium and Support
- toned gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.33611
- Secondary Keywords
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- guideway vehicles
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- rail guideway vehicles
- railroad cars
- soil
- soil by composition or origin
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- Title
- Blind Woman in Botanical-Patterned Dress, Striped Background
- Artist
- Mike Disfarmer
- Physical Description
- A portrait of a seated woman, striped background. She is wearing a collared floral print dress, she has short hair and is smiling.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1884-1959
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.331
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver contact print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.33611
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- exceptional people
- handicapped
- image-making processes and techniques
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by state or condition
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- physically handicapped
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- Title
- Hunger. No. 4 from the Series of Ten Prints, 'Die Hölle' (Hell).
- Artist
- Max Beckmann
- Artist Life Dates
- 1884-1950
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1919
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.184
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.33611
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- movement
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Through the Glass
- Artist
- Heather Rowe
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1970
- Object Creation Date
- 2008
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.208
- Medium and Support
- chiffon, wood, mirror, wallpaper, fur
- relevance
- rank 1.33611
- Secondary Keywords
- constructions (sculpture)
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- materials
- materials by origin
- mirrors
- objects we use
- plant material
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Seal with incised flowers and finial of lion playing with a ball
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.34
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 1.33611
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- mammals
- objects we use
- sculpture by material
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Sanctification cross with scenes from the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary and the Evangelists
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Greece
- Physical Description
- This small carved boxwood cross is divided on each face into five compartments containing Christian religious scenes. The cross is set in a stand decorated with mother-of-pearl and green glass-paste stones.
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1650-1800
- Accession Number
- 1961/1.177
- Medium and Support
- boxwood with pearls and glass-paste stones
- relevance
- rank 1.33611
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- ceremonies
- descriptors
- doctrinal concepts
- europe (continent)
- events
- executions
- geographic and political locations
- object genres
- object genres by form
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious ceremonies
- religious concepts
- Title
- Glen Canyon Wall
- Artist
- Brett Weston
- Physical Description
- A rock wall showing varying textures and age.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1911-1993
- Object Creation Date
- 1960; printed later
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.283
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.33609
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- enclosing structural elements
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- walls and wall components
- Title
- Rock Wall, Big Pine, CA
- Artist
- Brett Weston
- Physical Description
- A rock wall with chiseled edges.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1911-1993
- Object Creation Date
- 1971
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.279
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on Hi-Art mount
- relevance
- rank 1.33609
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- enclosing structural elements
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- walls and wall components
- Title
- Iridescent light and dark green inkwell, glass lid, fire polished
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A square glass inkwell. The stopper is dark green and the color fades down the inkwell.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.246
- Medium and Support
- glass, metal
- relevance
- rank 1.33570
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- descriptors
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by location or context
- Title
- St. Jerome
- Artist
- Anonymous German (Anspach)
- Physical Description
- This small porcelain sculpture represents a gaunt, sinewy bearded figure, who is naked except for a loincloth. With his right knee wedged in a stump, his torso contracts with an inner tension as he pounds his chest with stones in an act of penitence. At his feet sits a lion.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1760-1770
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.90
- Medium and Support
- porcelain
- relevance
- rank 1.33522
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- ceramics
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- religious ideologies
- stoneware
- Title
- Torre dell' Orologio
- Artist
- Carlo Ponti
- Physical Description
- A street scene of a large Italianate building. The street is vacant and the image is toned in browns.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1820 - 1893)
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1860
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.170
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.33522
- Secondary Keywords
- additive and joining processes and techniques
- assembling
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- object genres
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- roads
- roads by form
- transportation spaces
- Title
- Evening--Little Waterloo Bridge
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- Viewed from an elevated vantage point, a curved roadway at the lower left meets a bridge that crosses a river; in hte far distance are indications of buildings along the far bank. On both the roadway and bridge can be seen horse-drawn carriages and conveyances.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1896
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.458
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph with stumping on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 1.33522
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the natural world
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- waterscapes
- Title
- Embroidered Satin
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.224
- Medium and Support
- embroidered rust, blue, and white satin
- relevance
- rank 1.33513
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- asia
- descriptors
- locality
- medium
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- the natural world
- Title
- Silk Embroidery
- Artist
- Anonymous British
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1700-1730
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.271
- Medium and Support
- polychrome silk with metallic thread and silk taffeta linen and tabby weave
- relevance
- rank 1.33513
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- medium
- modern and contemporary art
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- the natural world
- Title
- Embroidery fragments (containers and fans)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/2.40.3
- Medium and Support
- silk thread embroidery on silk
- relevance
- rank 1.33513
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- butterflies
- descriptors
- insects
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- the natural world
- vessels
- Title
- Animals of the Zodiac (pair with 2003/1.282.1)
- Artist
- Yoshikawa Kôkei
- Physical Description
- The animals are presented in zodiac sequence, from right to left: mouse, ox, tiger, hare, dragon, serpent, horse, goat, monkey, chicken, dog, and boar. The eight-fold screen allows the animals to seem to walk across the space. Negative space plays a significant role in the screen, creating a place for the animals to exist and at the same time extending into the room.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1920's
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1924
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.383.2
- Medium and Support
- one of a pair of six-fold screens, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 1.33488
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- mammals
- materials
- materials by function
- motifs
- objects we use
- Title
- Large Ovoid Vase with Bamboo Design
- Artist
- Hamada Shôji
- Physical Description
- Ovoid stoneware vase with brown iron glaze and bamboo design stretching diagonally across the height of the vase. A short, tapered neck flares iinto a wide rimmed opening.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1894 - 1978)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930-1950
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.16
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with iron glaze; bamboo design created with wax resist
- relevance
- rank 1.33488
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- grass (plant material)
- materials
- materials by origin
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plant material
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels
- Title
- Bowl
- Artist
- Rude Osolnik
- Physical Description
- oval-shaped wood bowl with dipped lip; wood grain and spalt lines highly visible across surface
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Dawson, New Mexico, 1915 - 2001, Berea, Kentucky)
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1998
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.173
- Medium and Support
- spalted maple
- relevance
- rank 1.33488
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- vessels
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Line A-C
- Artist
- Buky Schwartz
- Physical Description
- A mixed media collage of varying colors of yarn, separating into locations A and C on the top of the canvas.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1932
- Object Creation Date
- December 3, 1971
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.220
- Medium and Support
- mixed media collage, wool on canvas
- relevance
- rank 1.33488
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- descriptors
- hair
- hair and hair components
- hair by form
- image-making processes and techniques
- keratinous material
- materials
- materials by origin
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type