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Title

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

Artist

Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Artist Life Dates

1902-2002

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1977

Accession Number

1983/1.101.1

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 9.35049

Secondary Keywords

relation to water

buildings and the land

combination inorganic/organic material

descriptors

geography

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materials

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modern and contemporary art

natural landscapes

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settlements and landscapes

shores (landforms)

soil

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vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

waterscapes

woody plants

Title

Jina and devotees from a Digambara Jain manuscript

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Physical Description

Nude Jina sitting on altar-like structure in center of image. The "altar" is sitting on a lotus flower. There are devotees on all four sides of Jina, a total of five persons. The devotee at the left is also nude. There are red and yellow flags, and various flowers scattered all over the image. There is a red and green border. The colors present are vivid reds, greens, yellows and deep blues.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.175

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 9.35038

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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woody plants

Title

Two Girls

Artist

Blanche Ackers

Artist Life Dates

b. 1916

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1990-1999

Accession Number

2002/1.194

Medium and Support

crayon on paper

relevance

rank 9.32811

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

child

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Title

Temple in the Mountains

Artist

Kanô School

Physical Description

The composition is a well-established type: a complex of temple buildings is tucked into a mountainside, on the shore of a broad body of water, with mists rising to obscure the distant peaks. The artist provides a path leading from the viewer’s space to the temple. Two travelers go before us, a hooded figure riding a donkey over a rustic bridge, and another man striding along on foot, further ahead. The temple buildings themselves are hidden behind thick foliage, as if protected from the secular world.Here the forms of the rocky outcroppings, the trees, and even the mountains are starkly outlined, and there are strong contrasts of light and dark. These features suggest that this is a work of by a professional Kanô School artist, probably of the seventeenth century.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1955/1.263

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 9.31450

Secondary Keywords

upward

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buildings and the land

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earth sciences concepts

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Title

Beauty under Cherry Blossoms

Artist

Hosoda Eishi

Physical Description

This is a portrait of a courtesan and her two attendants. The courtesan wears a red cloak with a peacock flying over peonies and a pale green color kimono with “shippô” (seven treasures) pattern. Her green obi, tied in the front, has design of red and blue clouds with gold plants. She is turning away from a viewer to show the gorgeous cloak. Her hair is sculpted in a butterfly shape on the top and has wings to the side. Tortoise-shell combs and multiple hairpins adorn the hair. Her two attendants flank the courtesan; they wear matching, dark green kimono with chrysanthemum flower design and red underkimono. Their kimono have especially long sleeves (furisode), whose openings are tied with ribbons. Their obi are in brocade and tied on their backs. Their hair is sculpted in round shape on their tops and has side wings like the courtesan. They wear silver hair accessories of cherry blossoms and tassels, long hairpins and red silk ribbons. The attendant on the left holds a battledore pad and the right attendant holds a ball. All the women wear black platform sandals. There is a cherry tree in full blossom on the right, from which some petals fall on the women and the ground. There are the artist’s signature and seal on the lower right corner. It has mounting of beige silk and two strips of floral pattern brocade on the top and bottom of the painting.

Artist Life Dates

1756-1829

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1810

Accession Number

1977/1.180

Medium and Support

ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 9.31111

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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youth

Title

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

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

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

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

circa 1850

Accession Number

2008/2.329

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.30925

Secondary Keywords

relation to water

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Title

Untitled

Artist

Kim Whanki

Physical Description

An abstract painting in greys, whites and blacks. On the upper portion is a large white circle and a large rounded object below. Black lines like a tree are going vertically up the painting from both ends, with white dots and smaller black lines in the center of the circle.

Artist Life Dates

1913-1974

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

2013/2.526

Medium and Support

watercolor on paper

relevance

rank 9.30852

Secondary Keywords

abstract expressionist

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Title

Banks of the Thames [Bords de la Tamise]

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

A sparse scene with an empty foreground representing water and a vacant sky above. There is a small house in the center, surrounded by trees and foliage.

Century

19th century

Accession Number

2013/2.577

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on chine collé (Japan tissue laid down on cream laid paper)

relevance

rank 9.30317

Secondary Keywords

bodies of water

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Title

Kimono

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Silk dyed with a black background and festive drum and flower designs in the bottom portion. Three family crests below shoulders and back collor.

Century

Early 20th century

Object Creation Date

early 20th century

Accession Number

2009/2.3

Medium and Support

silk

relevance

rank 9.30003

Secondary Keywords

double-headed

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sound devices by acoustical characteristics

struck drums

tubular drums

vegetation and vegetation components

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Title

Blue-and-white jar with design of magpies, camellia & bamboo, Chongzheng era

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

17th–18th century?

Object Creation Date

1628-1644

Accession Number

1975/1.82

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting and incised designs

relevance

rank 9.30003

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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ceramics

descriptors

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Title

Drawing for a Ramayana series: Rama, Lakshmana and Sugriva in conference (fol. 204)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills

Physical Description

Rama and Lakshmana sit under a tree with the King of the monkeys, surrounded by monkeys. Some monkeys have taken to flight in the upper corners of the drawing. With a few deft strokes the artist conveys the swiftly changing emotions of the moment, as the monkeys respond with astonishment, empathy, and action to Rama’s pleas.

Century

late 18th century - early 19th century

Object Creation Date

late 18th century - early 19th century

Accession Number

1975/2.149

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 9.29678

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

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Title

Hawk

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

In this painting, the hawk perches on the base of a tree, gripping the knotted bark with its talons. Its back is presented to the viewer, bringing attention the impressive patterning and feather detail. Arching its head to the right to reveal a keen awareness of its surroundings coupled with a razor sharp glare, it appears ready to take off after unsuspecting prey.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century (?)

Accession Number

1964/2.62

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 9.27657

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asia (continent)

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evergreens

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Title

Rural Village

Artist

Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)

Physical Description

The painting depicts three houses in a small village, surrounded by trees. There is a lake in the right-hand foreground of the painting. The artist signed his name with the seal of his pen name, Lao Pai (Pai the old man) on the upper left-hand corner.

Artist Life Dates

(1864 - 1957)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1930

Accession Number

1949/1.193

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 9.27409

Secondary Keywords

bodies of water

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Title

Tree

Artist

Tom Marioni

Physical Description

A print of a block of wood diagonally positioned under an etched black line.

Artist Life Dates

born 1937

Object Creation Date

1991

Accession Number

2012/1.277

Medium and Support

hand ground etching with a thin piece of veneer on paper

relevance

rank 9.27330

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

Plate with three vase design (one of five with 1964/1.100-103)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Nabeshima ware, Japan

Physical Description

A circular, smaller white porcelain plate. On the upper surface, three vases, similar in shape, are shown overlapping diagonally in blue background. The two outer vases run off the plate’s rim. They are outlined in underglaze blue and are against a painted light-blue background. The left vase is covered with a white glaze (which left unpainted) under a red key-fret design. The center vase is totally covered with a white crackle pattern done in blue underglaze line. The right vase has a design of evenly-spaced red flowers. Precise flat bases are combined with a rather awkward suggestion of a three-dimensional view of the lips. The back has a triple representation of peony buds surrounded by fine branching stems and leaves. On the shallow foot, bold lines are drawn in a row like a comb. The design on the back is all drawn with blue underglaze. (Referencce: Becker, Sister Johanna. “A Group of Nabeshima Porcelain.”)

Century

Early 18th century

Object Creation Date

early 18th century

Accession Number

1964/1.104

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze and enamel overglaze painting

relevance

rank 9.26706

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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vessels for serving and consuming food

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 9.26706

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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europe (continent)

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Title

Black Nagoya-style obi in sateen weave (shusu) with embroidered plum blossom designs

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Black silk damask with interwoven paulownia pattern; plum blossoms embroidered in solver, gold, and gunmetal gray metallic threads, and persimmon, brown, and black silk threads.

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1930s-1950s

Accession Number

2005/1.331

Medium and Support

silk damask with woven pattern and metallic thread embroidery

relevance

rank 9.25100

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn at the waist or below

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Title

Pine and Bamboo

Artist

Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)

Physical Description

The painting depicts bamboo plants and pine trees, with a calligraphic inscription on the right bottom.

Artist Life Dates

(1864 - 1957)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1930

Accession Number

1949/1.191

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 9.22226

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

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Title

Gogo no shojo (Girl in the Afternoon)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

A color print of a girl and a dog looking to the left. Sunflowers grown in the background.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1970

Accession Number

2011/2.18

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.21609

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Charger with lion and peony design, one of pair

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

early to mid 19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1800-1850

Accession Number

2002/2.2

Medium and Support

porcelain, blue underglaze and enamel overglaze painting

relevance

rank 9.21609

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Charger with lion and peony design, one of pair

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

early to mid 19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1800-1850

Accession Number

2002/2.1

Medium and Support

porcelain, blue underglaze and enamel overglaze painting

relevance

rank 9.21609

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Morse Code (Gattinara, Italy)

Artist

Jill Mathis

Physical Description

A black and white photo of rows of trees next to the side of a road.

Artist Life Dates

American, born 1964

Century

20th-21st century

Object Creation Date

2000

Accession Number

2011/2.172

Medium and Support

digital image, chromogenic print on paper

relevance

rank 9.20488

Secondary Keywords

color

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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 9.18346

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

dwellings

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Title

Blue-and-white miniature covered box with floral medallion on lid

Artist

Kiln Unknown, Vietnam

Physical Description

A tiny, rounded stoneware box with a flat-topped lid, the lid decorated with a floral medallion in blue cobalt pigment before the entire box was coated with a whitish glaze.

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

1993/2.24.1-2

Medium and Support

stoneware with blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 9.18228

Secondary Keywords

attributes and properties

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Title

Hana to Shojo (Girl with Flowers)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

A young girl with her face turned towards two poppies.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1956

Accession Number

2011/2.11

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.16273

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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Title

Sumire (Violet)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

A young girl faces a multicolored violet. The sun shines down on them.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1969

Accession Number

2011/2.16

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.16273

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

herbaceous plants

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Title

Shojo to keshi (Girl and Poppies)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

A girl looks to the right of the print and a group of poppies takes up the lower right corner. Her hair is made up of shades of gold, white, and black.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1971

Accession Number

2011/2.20

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.16273

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

herbaceous plants

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Title

Tsuba (sword guard) with inlaid design of samurai on horseback at the shore

Artist

Harunori

Physical Description

This small, flat metal piece has a quartrefoil shape. Three holes in the middle. Some chips can be seen around the center hole, which mended with silver and copper. A samurai on horseback is charging into the sea from steep hill; he is wearing a helmet, armor, and sword, and holding a fan. A pine tree is standing on the samurai’s right side; there are rocks and bamboo grass by the ocean. The motifs of the ocean, pine tree, bamboo grass and rocks also appear on the reverse side. Gold and some silver and copper inlays are applied on pine branches, samurai's helmet, horse's mane and bridle, bamboo grass on the shore, and spray from waves.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.2

Medium and Support

iron with gold, silver, and copper inlays

relevance

rank 9.14930

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

bodies of water

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descriptors

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Title

Large serving plate with design of lion romping among peonies

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

late 19th century

Accession Number

1969/1.83

Medium and Support

Porcelain with blue and black underglaze painting

relevance

rank 9.14557

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Mountain Grain

Artist

Ilse Bing

Physical Description

A rocky mountain outcrop with tall grains and grasses growing.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998

Object Creation Date

1939

Accession Number

2012/2.38

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 9.14143

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

herbaceous plants

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Title

Pine Trees, Snowy Slope

Artist

Brett Weston

Physical Description

Pine trees in the snow on top of a mountain. Dark trees, grey shadows and white snow.

Artist Life Dates

1911-1993

Object Creation Date

1959; printed 1960s

Accession Number

2013/1.284

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 9.13680

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

earth sciences concepts

evergreens

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

plants

precipitation

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

woody plants

Title

Edo Meisho: Gotenyama, Cherry-blossom Viewing

Artist

Andô Hiroshige II

Physical Description

People are appreciating the beauty of the cherry blossoms and some are having picnics under the trees. Below the highland where the cherry trees and the people are, the land leads to the fields and hills in the distance. The sky appears to be red along the edge of the hill, suggesting the time as early evening.

Artist Life Dates

1829-1869

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

mid 19th century

Accession Number

1948/1.147

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.13680

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

buildings and the land

deciduous trees

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

plants

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

relief prints

settlements and landscapes

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woodcuts

woody plants

Title

Palmaras

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

A black and white lithograph depicts a number of palm trees.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

2011/2.89

Medium and Support

black and white lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 9.12324

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

buildings and the land

deciduous trees

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

planographic prints

plants

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

settlements and landscapes

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

Peonies and Rock

Artist

Kumashiro Yûhi

Physical Description

Peonies in full bloom grow as if from a rock or tree stump. A calligraphic inscription is on the left side.

Artist Life Dates

(Nagasaki, 1713? - 1772)

Century

third quarter of the 18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1750-1772

Accession Number

1978/2.59

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 9.11347

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

coating (material)

coating by form

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

inorganic material

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by composition

materials by function

natural landscapes

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

shrubs

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

writing (processes)

Title

Waiting for a Ferry by a River in Autumn

Artist

Yao Yunzai (Yao Yün-tsai)

Physical Description

Bright green mountains dominate this tranquil autumn landscape. Figures wait beneath trees alongside a riverbank for a ferry in the lower portion of the scroll.

Artist Life Dates

active 16th century

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1641

Accession Number

1974/1.93

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 9.11287

Secondary Keywords

upward

associated concepts

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

components of bodies of water

earth sciences concepts

evergreens

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

merchant vessels

merchant vessels by type of service

natural landscapes

objects we use

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

plants

riverine bodies

scientific concepts

seasons

settlements and landscapes

transportation vehicles

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by function

watercraft by specific type

woody plants

Title

Zena Mill

Artist

Bolton Brown

Physical Description

This black and white lithograph gives the illusion that it was rendered in pencil. It depicts a building on the right of the composition with a series of wooden planks attached to the structure extending into the foreground. On the left there are large trees. The entire composition appears to be infused with sunlight.

Artist Life Dates

1864-1936

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

2012/2.177

Medium and Support

lithograph on china paper

relevance

rank 9.09335

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

industrial buildings

industrial structures

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

object genres

plants

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

'Dendrobium Devonianum,' from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'

Artist

Ikeda Zuigetsu

Physical Description

Single plant with multiple flowers (purple, white and yellow). Flowers are slightly right of center with leaves and bulb located to left (lower).

Artist Life Dates

1877-1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

1983/1.371.67

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.07612

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

buildings and the land

flowers (plants)

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

plants

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

relief prints

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

'Coelogyne Dayana var. Grandifola,' from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'

Artist

Ikeda Zuigetsu

Physical Description

Single plant with mulitple flowers (red, cream and yellow). Flowers located left and center in the frame with leaves concentrated on the right.

Artist Life Dates

1877-1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

1983/1.371.75

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.07612

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

buildings and the land

flowers (plants)

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

plants

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

relief prints

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

'Vanda Kimbariana,' from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'

Artist

Ikeda Zuigetsu

Physical Description

Single plant with multiple flowers (white and pink). Flowers concentrated on the left side of the image with leaves on the right.

Artist Life Dates

1877-1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

1983/1.371.63

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.07612

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

buildings and the land

flowers (plants)

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

plants

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

relief prints

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

Cloudy Mountains and Misty Trees, after Dong Yuan

Artist

Zha Shibiao (Cha Shih-piao)

Physical Description

This vertical composition consists of tall, thin trees in the foreground, with a lone boatman floating beneath and behind them. As the scene stretches upwars, mountains take up a dominant position in the picture, stretching toward the sky. Above them is calligraphic text.

Artist Life Dates

(Haiyang, Anhui, 1615 - 1698)

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

2nd half of 17th century

Accession Number

1975/1.73

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 9.06965

Secondary Keywords

upward

buildings and the land

coating (material)

coating by form

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

materials

materials by function

natural landscapes

objects we use

paintings

paintings by form

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scroll paintings

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

writing (processes)

Title

Tree Study (Homage to Rodchenko)

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

Cluster of trees is viewed from the ground up perspective, giving the viewer a sense of being on the ground looking up with the photographer. There are two groups of trees on either side with a strip clear sky in between them.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.94

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 9.06523

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

cultural landscapes

cultural landscapes by location or context

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

perspective and shading techniques

photographic processes

photography and photographic processes and techniques

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

wilderness

woody plants

Title

Egôro (ritual censer)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

It is a bronze incense burner with a long handle. The circular bowl is a brazier, in which incense is burnt in Shinto rituals. The brazier has a fluted mouth and double-lines on the outside body. A circular foot, in a chrysanthemum shape, is attached to the brazier. There is a support that connects between the brazier and the foot. The brazier’s lid has an intricate openwork design of lotus flower scrolls with a knob in the shape of a lotus bud. The rim has an incised, stylized design of clouds. The mounting between the brazier and the handle is in the shape of Buddhist jewel with two semi-precious stones. The handle has carved lotus flower scrolls, and the end of which is bent at a right angle and joined to a round pedestal. Rising from the pedestal is a small statue of a lion on a lotus-shape pedestal, which serves as a knob handgrip when the incense burner is held.

Century

16th-17th century

Object Creation Date

1583-1650

Accession Number

2007/2.6

Medium and Support

gilt bronze with semiprecious stones

relevance

rank 9.06216

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

buildings and the land

containers

containers by function or context

descriptors

design elements

events

flowers (plants)

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

mammals

motifs

natural landscapes

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

people and culture

plant-derived motifs

plants

religions

religions and religious concepts

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Ring with two conical forms

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Ivory Coast or Ghana?

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1925-1940

Accession Number

1986/2.148

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 9.05056

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

herbaceous plants

jewelry

jewelry by location

jewelry worn on arms and hands

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects of adornment

objects we use

plants

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Souvenir d'Italie

Artist

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Physical Description

Vertically orientated image with trees along a hil like sketching on the right side of the image. Two tree trunks and foliage are distinguishable in the foreground. To the left of the trees and in the bottom third of the image is a small church-like structure barely visible at all. There is a a cloud in the upper half of the left side of the image, just barely extending into the tree foliage, also very faint in tone.

Artist Life Dates

1796-1875

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1973/1.722

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 9.04578

Secondary Keywords

upward

buildings and the land

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

plants

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

Jina and a devotee from a Digambara Jain manuscript

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Physical Description

Nude (Jina, center) and a devotees (nude on left, and other clothed figures) depicted in a folio of a Jain manuscript.

The image contains trees, lotus flowers and dark clouds. The the colors are composed of vivid reds, browns, yellows, greens and blues. The image is surrounded by a red and green pattereed border which resembles a chain.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.174

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 9.02446

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

design elements

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

motifs

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

physical activities

physical activities by general context

plant-derived motifs

plants

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

Cymbidium Okagami, from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'

Artist

Ikeda Zuigetsu

Physical Description

Pink and yellow orchids on a light green background. The flowers are arranged so that the descend from the upper right corner to the lower left. There are three long grass-like leaves in the background in the lower half of the image.

Artist Life Dates

1877-1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

1983/1.371.6

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.01695

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

flowers (plants)

herbaceous plants

image-making processes and techniques

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

plants

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Bowl with Chrysanthemum Design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

Stoneware bowl with celadon glaze. The bowl is decorated by an incised line stretching parallel to the rim, bounding a chrysanthemum design below.

Century

10th-11th century

Object Creation Date

10th century - 11th century

Accession Number

2004/1.220

Medium and Support

stoneware with incised decoration under celadon glaze

relevance

rank 9.01609

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

containers

containers by form

descriptors

flowers (plants)

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

plants

pottery (object genre)

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

surface marking processes and techniques

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vessels

woody plants

Title

Shallow Bowl with Litchi and Chrysanthemum Design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

Shallow bowl with celadon glaze. Four concentric circles grace the exterior of the bowl, with a chrysanthemum roundel centered in the inner circle. Above these designs, three thinly incised bands stretch across the bowl parallel to the rim. In this location on the inside of the bowl is a cross-hatched pattern, flanked by one incised line above and two below. Also decorating the inside of the bowls are four sprays of litchis.

Century

14th century

Object Creation Date

14th century

Accession Number

2004/1.244

Medium and Support

stoneware with inlaid decoration under celadon glaze

relevance

rank 9.01368

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

ceramics

containers

containers by form

descriptors

flowers (plants)

herbaceous plants

image-making processes and techniques

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

plants

pottery (object genre)

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vessels

woody plants

Title

Crested kimono with elaborate floral wax resist designs (hageito, nandina, biwa, camelia, daffodils, omoto, plums, thistles) against crackled pink-on-taupe ground, with embroidery in metallic threads

Artist

Minagawa Gekka

Physical Description

This is a pink silk crepe kimono with wax-resist patterns, hand-painted design and metallic threads embroidery. The kimono is in full length and has elongated sleeves. The fabric is dyed with pink, leaving the family crest under the collar and the floral design part white. The red scale pattern is added using wax-resist technique. Then the design of multiple kinds of plants is hand-painted with white, red, yellow, and pale and blue green colors. There are mix of fall and winter flowers and trees: nandin on the left sleeve, plum, chrysanthemums, thistles, amaranths, camellias and narcissus on the front and back, makino (Chloranthus glaber, with red berries) and more camellias on the right sleeve. Embroidery is added in various metallic threads around the contours of flowers and leaves.

Artist Life Dates

1892-1987

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

2005/1.358

Medium and Support

crepe silk with colorful wax resist design and metallic thread embroidery

relevance

rank 9.01108

Secondary Keywords

animal material

buildings and the land

costume

costume by form

costumes

deciduous trees

descriptors

design elements

embroidery

fibroinous material

landscapes (environments)

main garments

materials

materials by origin

natural landscapes

objects we use

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

plants

settlements and landscapes

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Margaritas

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

A black and white print of flowers in a vase of water.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1998

Accession Number

2011/2.106

Medium and Support

black and white lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 9.01060

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

containers

containers by form

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

photographic prints

photographic prints by color

photographs

photographs by form

plants

positives

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vessels

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants