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Title

Quilt with Central Diamond Pattern

Artist

Anonymous Amish, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Physical Description

A black diamond in the center is positioned within a lavender square surrounded by a pink frame. The entire is surrounded by thick frame of black.

Century

early 20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1920

Accession Number

2000/2.321

Medium and Support

cotton and wool

relevance

rank 0.87229

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

animal material

artistic concepts

associated concepts

bed coverings

bedcovers

christianity

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

coverings and hangings

coverings and hangings by location or context

coverings and hangings by specific type

coverings and hangings components

coverings and hangings for furniture

coverings and hangings for sleeping and reclining furnitur

descriptors

design elements

fiber and fiber products

fiber products

forms of expression

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furnishings components

geometric motifs

hair

hair and hair components

hair by form

keratinous material

materials

materials by form

materials by origin

materials by physical form

motifs

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

people and culture

protestantism

quilt components

religions

religions and religious concepts

textile materials

textile materials by composition or origin

visual and tactile

Title

Fishermen Returning in the Evening Snow

Artist

Jiang Song (Chiang Sung)

Physical Description

Swift, spontaneous brushwork is used to capture a winter landscape. Two fishermen, wearing wide-brimmed straw hats and thatched grass rain capes, work their way through the heavy snow as they cross a bridge, carrying nets on their shoulders.

Artist Life Dates

(1478 - after 1567)

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

early 16th century

Accession Number

1976/2.139

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on silk

relevance

rank 0.86995

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

associated concepts

buildings and the land

coating (material)

coating by form

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

fishing vessels

fishing vessels by function

hats

headgear

hunting and commercial fishing vessels

image-making processes and techniques

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

materials by function

object genres

object genres by form

objects we use

painting and painting techniques

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in agriculture or natural resource occupations

people in science-related occupations

physical sciences concepts

precipitation

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

scientists and people in science-related occupations

seasons

settlements and landscapes

transportation vehicles

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by function

watercraft by specific type

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

View of the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Artist

William Merritt Chase

Physical Description

Horizontal view of harbor scene with water, dock, and boats. Small figures and trees on pier in middle ground. WMC painted in green in lower right corner.

Artist Life Dates

1849 - 1916

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1886-1890

Accession Number

1961/1.170

Medium and Support

oil on panel

relevance

rank 0.86696

Secondary Keywords

architecture

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by location

buildings and the land

built complexes and districts

coastline bodies of water

complexes

complexes by function

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

geography

inorganic material

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by composition

military bases

military installations

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

natural landscapes

objects we use

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

open spaces by location or context

people and culture

plants

settlements and landscapes

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the natural world

transportation complexes

transportation vehicles

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vehicles

visual works

visual works by subject type

water transportation complexes

watercraft

watercraft by general type

waterfront spaces

waterfronts and waterfront spaces

waterscapes

woody plants

Title

Hercules

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

A nude man seen from behind raises a staff to ward off the blow of a standing female figure, also with a staff. The woman's swing is directed to two seated figures at the lower left: a nude woman and a satyr. In the distance is an elaborate gated city and landscape.

Artist Life Dates

(Nüremberg, 1471 - 1528)

Century

Late 15th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1498

Accession Number

1956/1.78

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 0.86025

Secondary Keywords

settlement area

transfer method

buildings and the land

country houses

cultural landscapes

cultural landscapes by location or context

descriptors

document genres

document genres by form

document genres for literary works

dwellings

houses

houses by location

houses by location or context

image-making processes and techniques

information forms

intaglio prints

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by age group

physical activities

physical activities by general context

plants

printing

printing and printing processes and techniques

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

residential structures

rural houses

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

wilderness

woody plants

youth

Title

Tôto Meisho Series: White Rain on Nihon Bridge (Nihonbashi no shirazame)

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

Rainy scene in a village. There is a bridge in the foreground, with several figures walking across with umbrellas. Houses and mountains appear in the distance.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1840-1841

Accession Number

1948/1.139

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 0.85828

Secondary Keywords

layout features

transfer method

upward

associated concepts

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories carried

descriptors

dwellings

earth sciences concepts

illustrations

illustrations by form

images and ornament

information form components

inorganic material

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

layout features

materials

materials by composition

natural landscapes

objects we use

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

precipitation

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

relief prints

residential structures

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

transportation structures

transportation structures by form

transportation vehicles

vehicles

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

watercraft

watercraft by general type

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

Journey of the Soul to the Paradise of the Queen Mother of the West

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Limestone slab carved bas-relief with six registers. The lower register depicts a chariot procession above fish-inhabited waters. The central three registers depict figures carrying out funerary rites. The top register shows a winged creature with a human face flanked by two writhing dragons and other animals, including two rabbits and a nine-tailed fox.

Century

2nd century

Object Creation Date

2nd century

Accession Number

2000/2.1

Medium and Support

carved limestone slab

relevance

rank 0.85813

Secondary Keywords

agricultural equipment

animals and creatures

associated concepts

buildings and the land

ceremonial objects

death

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

equipment

equipment by process

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

funerary structures

great lake and central woodland native american styles

how we live

inorganic material

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

legendary creatures

mammals

materials

materials by composition

native american

native north american styles

object genres

object genres by function

object-making processes and techniques

objects we use

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

religious structures

rites of passage

scientific concepts

sculpture techniques

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the americas

tools and equipment

transportation vehicles

vehicles

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

One of a pair of six-fold screens

Artist

Attributed Kanô Tan'yû

Physical Description

These panels represent six of the twelve months. The panels each have calligraphy and a red seal in one corner. In each panel there is a bird and a type of plant, which are suggestive of particular months. On the top left panel there is bamboo, the bow of the boat with a small lamp attached to it, and a type of water fowl. In the bottom middle panel is a blooming sakura tree and a pheasant. In the bottom left panel is blue and white wisteria ans small sparrows. In the bottom right panel there is a willow slowly coming back to life after winter over a thatched building.

Artist Life Dates

(Kyoto, 1604 - 1674, Edo)

Century

19th century?

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1965/1.179

Medium and Support

ink and light color on paper, one of pair of Six fold screens

relevance

rank 0.85775

Secondary Keywords

upward

animals and creatures

asian

associated concepts

birds

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

deciduous trees

descriptors

dwellings

earth sciences concepts

east asian

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

grass (plant material)

herbaceous plants

japanese

japanese styles

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by origin

natural landscapes

objects we use

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

plant material

plants

residential structures

riverine bodies

scientific concepts

seasons

settlements and landscapes

shrubs

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

transportation vehicles

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by general type

woody plants

Title

Mantel clock with a priestess and Cupid offering a sacriffice to Venus

Artist

Joseph Buzot

Physical Description

The dial of this elaborately decorated clock stands upon a two-tiered base. The lower tier consists of a hollow base made of ebony and adorned with a frieze of gilded bronze scrollwork and palmette motifs. The upper tier, made entirely of gilded bronze, features six fluted pilasters with a decorative panel centered on the front below the dial. This panel is composed of a pair of doves touching beaks before a crossed quiver of arrows and a flaming torch framed by leaves. A woman in long flowing robes stands to the right of the dial and empties a small cup onto a dove held by a winged putto who lies on a rocky projection. Behind the dove burns a fire on a small altar inscribed "Altar of Venus" [Autel à Venus].

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1780

Accession Number

2001/2.82

Medium and Support

gilded bronze, ebony, porcelain, and glass

relevance

rank 0.85724

Secondary Keywords

additive and joining processes and techniques

altars and altar components

animals and creatures

architectural elements

architectural elements by building type

birds

ceremonies

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

design elements

enclosing structural elements

european

european styles and periods

events

figure- and animal-derived motifs

measuring devices

measuring devices for extent

metallizing

modern european regional styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

modern french styles and movements

modern french styles by reign

motifs

objects we use

people and culture

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

religious building fixtures

religious ceremonies

sculpture

sculpture by material

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

surface covering processes and techniques

timepieces

timepieces by form

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

wall components

wall components by form or function

walls and wall components

Title

Farm Landscape

Artist

Jacques Callot

Physical Description

Some mold damage. Paper size: lh 20 7/10cm & rh 20 9/10cm x w 32 3/5cm. Image size: h 8 1/2cm x w 21 3/5cm.

Accession Number

2008/2.381

Medium and Support

etching on beige laid paper

relevance

rank 0.85083

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

agricultural complexes

agricultural functions

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

built complexes and districts

complexes

complexes by function

descriptors

functions

functions (activities)

functions by specific context

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

intaglio prints

mammals

objects we use

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

open spaces by form

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

people by occupation

people in agriculture

people in agriculture or natural resource occupations

people in science-related occupations

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

religious buildings

religious structures

scientists and people in science-related occupations

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

The Famous Picnic at Val Kill

Artist

Ann Murfee Allen

Physical Description

Primitive painting depicting three sailboats in the foreground, and figures sitting around tables and standing on a lawn in the middle ground, with two houses in the background.

Artist Life Dates

1923 - 1995

Century

late 20th century

Object Creation Date

1975

Accession Number

2002/1.178

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 0.84922

Secondary Keywords

american regions

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

buildings and the land

concepts in the arts

descriptors

dwellings

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

how we live

identifying artifacts

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by function

natural landscapes

north american

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

plants

political and social issues

residential structures

sailing vessels by size

seating furniture

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

single seating furniture

standing

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

support furniture

tables (support furniture)

tables by function

the americas

the natural world

transportation vehicles

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vehicles

visual works

visual works by subject type

watercraft

watercraft by method of propulsion

watercraft by specific type

waterscapes

woody plants

Title

Untitled (Dollhouse); from the 2002 Peter Norton Family Christmas Project

Artist

Yinka Shonibare

Physical Description

Dollhouse replica of a two-storey Victorian-style flat in the East End of London. The façade is red brick with white molding. The upper storey has two tall windows that face onto the street; the door into the flat is on the left, and to the right of it is a large bay window. The split-level interior holds a bedroom and parlor, both of which are decorated with wallpaper and furnishings, including cabinets, chairs, tables, fireplaces, and a canopy bed. Reproductions of paintings by Shonibare and Jean-Honoré Fragonard hang on the walls. A seal on the right-facing outside wall reads: “Yinka Shonibare, artist, lives here.”

Artist Life Dates

born 1962

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

2002

Accession Number

2008/2.256

Medium and Support

resin, plastic, wood, paper and fabric

relevance

rank 0.81531

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

associated concepts

british

case furniture

components

components and systems

components by specific context

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

derivative objects

descriptors

england (country)

europe (continent)

european

european regions

european styles and periods

fireplaces and fireplace components

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture by form or function

geographic and political locations

greater london (metropolitan area)

heating and cooking elements

image-making processes and techniques

modern british styles and movements

modern british styles by reign

modern european regional styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

object genres

object-making processes and techniques

objects we use

originals and derivative objects

paintings

paintings by form

people and culture

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

recreation

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities

sculpture techniques

seating furniture

single seating furniture

sleeping and reclining furniture

storage and display furniture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

support furniture

united kingdom (nation)

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Durga, seated, with sixteen arms

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Physical Description

Durga sits with her legs in a half lotus position, crossed in front of her, but not interlaced. She has a narrow waist and rounded pointy breasts with broad shoulders. Her front two hands hold a rosary (also in a reassuring gesture) and a pot. Her other hands fan out around her. Reading clockwise, she carries a wide assortment of weapons, an arrow, sword, feather, club, discus, trident and [?] on her right and conch, bell, noose, trident, club?, shield, bow and a kapala (skull cup). She has large open eyes and a full mouth and nose. She wears jewelry including necklaces and shoulder loops, armlets, bracelets and large floral earrings. Her crown rest atop her head, but there are wing-like elements that fan out behind her ears. She sits on a squared base with stylized lotus petals over simpler moldings.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1981/2.59

Medium and Support

copper

relevance

rank 0.79132

Secondary Keywords

hollow-bodied

animal material

associated concepts

beads and sets of beads

bells and sets of bells

buildings and the land

chordophones

combination inorganic/organic animal material

combination inorganic/organic material

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

descriptors

directly struck idiophones

edged weapons

figures

herbaceous plants

keratinous material

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by composition

materials by origin

natural landscapes

object genres

object genres by form

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by state or condition

percussion idiophones

percussive weapons

plants

projectile weapons

projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant

projectiles with nonexplosive propellant

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for competitive activities

religions

religions and religious concepts

sets of beads

settlements and landscapes

shell (animal material)

shell and shell material

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

spears (weapons)

spears by form

sports and athletic equipment

staff weapons

struck idiophones

track and field sports equipment

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

weapons

weapons and ammunition

woody plants

Title

Do yu Get it

Artist

Martin Johnson

Physical Description

7-sided frame made of reclaimed wood moulding and slats nailed together and backed with strips of green felt, possibly from a pool table. Gold wire traces the wood frame, and is accented with a fuzz ball or googly eye at each corner. A toy car is placed on the gold wire “track” at bottom center; car racing flag stickers attached to the frame in a couple places. Three pieces of thread are strung horizontally across the frame, a “spider web” attached to top two lines with puffy paint. A wood (?) cutout of a smiling joker mouth hung from web by wire.

Artist Life Dates

(1951 - )

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1996

Accession Number

2008/2.235

Medium and Support

mixed media consruction, paint, wood, wire, toy car

relevance

rank 0.79007

Secondary Keywords

abstract expressionist

animals and creatures

applied decoration

arthropods

associated concepts

biological components

biological concepts

buildings and the land

built complexes and districts

complexes

complexes by function

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

design elements

faces

found object sculpture

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

heads

image-making processes and techniques

international post-1945 styles and movements

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

leisure and competition vehicles

life

life stages

metalwork

object genres

object genres by material

object-making processes and techniques

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in the arts

people in the arts and related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the performing arts

performing artists

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

recreation areas

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities

scientific concepts

sculpture

sculpture by material

sculpture techniques

sports complexes

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the human body

transportation vehicles

upper body

vehicles

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

The Orchid Pavilion Gathering

Artist

Sheng Maoye (Sheng Mao-yeh)

Physical Description

Handscroll depicting figures (42 men and 6 boys) in a landscape, most of whom are sitting along the banks of a stream as cups on lotus leaves float by. A small cluster of figures sits in a shelter over the water examining a handscroll. The painting includes an inscription, six artist’s seals and one collector’s seal.

Artist Life Dates

active 1594-164

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1621

Accession Number

1974/1.244

Medium and Support

handscroll, ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 0.78615

Secondary Keywords

architecture

asian

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

bridges (built works)

bridges by function

buildings and the land

chinese

chinese painting styles

chinese styles

chinese styles and periods

containers

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

descriptors

drinking vessels

east asian

figures

flowers

geography

grass (plant material)

history

how we live

inorganic material

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by composition

materials by origin

natural landscapes

objects we use

paintings

paintings by form

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

physical activities

physical activities by general context

plant material

plants

riverine bodies

scroll paintings

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the natural world

transportation structures

transportation structures by form

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vessels for serving and consuming food

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii

Artist

Randolph Rogers

Physical Description

A white marble statue of a young female figure, leaning forward holding a staff with eyes closed, her left hand held up to her right ear. A flowing, wind-swept garment drapes the figure. On the base to the left of the figure is a broken capital of a Corinthian column lying on its side.

Artist Life Dates

1825-1892

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1861

Accession Number

1862.1

Medium and Support

Carrara marble

relevance

rank 0.77761

Secondary Keywords

aegean

aegean architecture styles

aegean styles

allegory and literature

architectural elements

artistic concepts

artistic devices

associated concepts

campania (region)

capitals and capital components

card, table and board game elements

child

column components

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

descriptors

early western world

equipment

equipment by context

equipment for personal use

europe

europe (continent)

european

european styles and periods

exceptional people

figures

game pieces

genres in the arts

geographic and political locations

handicapped

iconography

inorganic material

italy

italy (nation)

literary, oral and motion picture genres

locality

materials

materials by composition

mediterranean

modern european styles and movements

napoli (province)

objects

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

people by state or condition

physically handicapped

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for competitive activities

rock

rock by form

sculpture by subject type

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

supporting and resisting elements

symbolism

tools and equipment

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

walking sticks

Title

California Orange Grove

Artist

David Courlander

Physical Description

Painting of landscape scene with blue sky and green field. Mountains and three houses in background in the upper-left quadrant. Grove with orange trees in center. Two men fishing along the banks of a stream in the lower right foreground.

Artist Life Dates

1866-1961

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

1985/2.89

Medium and Support

oil on canvas board

relevance

rank 0.74205

Secondary Keywords

settlement area

upward

americas

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

atmospheric effects

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

concepts in the arts

deciduous trees

descriptors

dwellings

earth sciences concepts

equipment

equipment by context

fishing and trapping tools and equipment

food

fruit

geographic and political locations

geography

houses by location

houses by location or context

inorganic material

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

locality

materials

materials by composition

materials by function

modern and contemporary art

natural landscapes

north & central america

north and central america (continent)

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

physical activities

physical activities by location

physical activities by specific context

physical sciences concepts

plant communities

plants

residential structures

riverine bodies

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

the natural world

tools and equipment

trees

trees by leaf life

united states

united states (nation)

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

water activities

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

woods

woody plants