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- Title
- Sur le Flat-Iron
- Artist
- Albert Gleizes
- Physical Description
- Ink and gouache drawing in black, gray and white on tan paper with tall vertical structure at center of composition rendered in a series of quick vertical and diagonal lines.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1881 - 1953
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1916
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.172
- Medium and Support
- graphite, ink, gouache, and white heightening on tannish-gray wove paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26068
- Secondary Keywords
- additive and joining processes and techniques
- assembling
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- genres
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- non-representational art
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by material or technique
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- watercolors
- Title
- The Silver Edition, Volume I
- Artist
- Ralph Gibson
- Physical Description
- This is the title page for a portfolio of photographs, "Ralph Gibson, The Silver Edition - Volume I." Below the title line are five images of the black and white photographs contained in the portfolio.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1939
- Object Creation Date
- 1966-2003
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.47.1
- Medium and Support
- photograph on fiber paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26065
- Secondary Keywords
- plucked
- accessories worn on the head
- biological components
- chordophones
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- faces
- figures (representations)
- hats
- headgear
- heads
- lutelike chordophones
- lutelike chordophones with long neck
- objects we use
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Smoke Rings
- Artist
- Donald Sultan
- Physical Description
- Square black and white photograph depicting three smoke rings that float in the air against a black backdrop. The rings appear in a diagonal pattern, one in the lower left corner, one in the center and one in the upper right corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1951
- Object Creation Date
- 2005
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.472
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26051
- Secondary Keywords
- color
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people and culture
- photographic processes
- photographs by form
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- shape
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Bencharong Ware Spitton with Buddhist dieties Thapanom and Norasingh, and Chinese fire patterns
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China, Bencharong ware
- Physical Description
- Bencharong ware spittoon made in a private kiln in Jingdezhen, China, for Thai market. Probably ordered from Thai royalty, under the reign of Rama II (r. 1809-1824). It is the porcelain ware enameled with multiple colors, in the style called “five colors” (“bencharong” refers to five colors in Sanskrit). It has a large mouth and bulbous shape, with design of minor Buddhist deities Thepanom and Norasingh, and Chinese fire patterns.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.464
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with overglaze enamel painting
- relevance
- rank 0.26048
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- associated concepts
- chinese
- chinese ceramics styles
- chinese styles
- chinese styles and periods
- containers
- containers by form
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- east asian
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- southeast asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- thai
- thai pottery styles
- vessels
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Weavers Cycle: March of the Weavers (from a set of 6 prints)
- Artist
- Käthe Kollwitz
- Physical Description
- The scene depicts a group of figures marching in the foreground from the left to the right of the composition. A thin sliver of land can be seen in the background. A man in the center carries a scythe over his shoulder. A woman in the center right carries a child on her back.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1867-1945
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1897
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.21
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26048
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- cultural landscapes
- cultural landscapes by function
- equipment
- equipment by general type
- european
- european styles and periods
- landscapes (environments)
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- people by occupation
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- tools and equipment
- youth
- Title
- Royal Vienna Inkwell with blue and gold designs on the four sides
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- Inkwell made of porcelain has a square shape body and a round lid cover. It is decorated in detail patterns of blue, gold and white; and it has scenes of thr royals on the side body of the inkwell.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.296
- Medium and Support
- porcelain
- relevance
- rank 0.26048
- Secondary Keywords
- austria (nation)
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- europe (continent)
- european
- european styles and periods
- geographic and political locations
- modern british ceramics styles
- modern british decorative arts styles and movements
- modern british styles and movements
- modern european regional styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vienna state (state)
- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with iris design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- It is a round, openwork iron tsuba, in the design of three interconnected irises. The two holes are plugged with gold.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1780
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.8
- Medium and Support
- iron and gold
- relevance
- rank 0.26042
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- herbaceous plants
- inorganic material
- iron and iron alloy
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by origin
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plant material
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- woody plants
- Title
- Chair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Chokwe Peoples Angola
- Physical Description
- Two squatting figures decorate the finials; one is elderly, bearded, and scarified, while the other is fresh-faced and young. At the lower left rung, two men carry a slit drum; between the caryatid figures supporting the chair’s front legs appear three men; the central splat has incised diagonal patterns called fuliko. At the center, what is possibly a pointy-nosed European’s face replaces the more habitual chikungu masker.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1925
- Accession Number
- 1992/1.136
- Medium and Support
- wood (dyed with vegetal infusion or stained with castor oil), animal hide
- relevance
- rank 0.26035
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- chairs
- chairs by function
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- political concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- sculpture by technique
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- social science concepts
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk, raja, and warriors
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
- Physical Description
- The image is divided in to two main halves.
- The top half is divided in 3, and the bottom half divided in 6. All the divided spaces, except for the lower right corner contain a human figure. In the top half the two outer figures face inward toward the central figure who is seated on a panel slightly above them. The central figure is yellow, with out clothing, on a red background outlined with an olive green border. The figure to the left is cream colored without clothing on a pinkish background. While the figure to the right is clothed in red on a green background.
- The figures in the lower half carry shields and various weapons. The dominate colors in each of the 6 sections rotates between green, blue, red and yellow.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.179
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26035
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- layout features
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- figures (representations)
- groups of people
- illustrations
- illustrations by form
- images and ornament
- information form components
- kinship groups
- layout features
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- social groups
- views
- views by vantage point or orientation
- visual works
- visual works by form
- visual works by subject type
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Campbell's Soup I, Pepper Pot
- Artist
- Andy Warhol
- Physical Description
- Print depicting a can of Campbell’s condensed soup with “Pepper Pot” written in red capital letters across bottom half of can.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1928 - 1987
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 1969/1.95
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26034
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- historical, theoretical and critical concepts
- image-making processes and techniques
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- materials
- materials by function
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- printing
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels
- Title
- Seated Nude
- Artist
- Henri Laurens
- Artist Life Dates
- 1885-1954
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940
- Accession Number
- 1948/2.27
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 0.26029
- Secondary Keywords
- european
- european styles and periods
- figures
- figures (representations)
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- studies (visual works)
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by function
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Loose Leaf Notebook Drawings - Box 1, Group 12
- Artist
- Richard Tuttle
- Physical Description
- Suite of 7 watercolor sketches, each with a single calligraphic figure painted in the center of the page, typically in 2-3 colors, ranging from super saturated to a very light wash; landscape orientation with holes at top.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1941
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1980-1982
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.265.1-7
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26025
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- drawings
- drawings by technique
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Loose Leaf Notebook Drawings - Box 1, Group 14
- Artist
- Richard Tuttle
- Physical Description
- Suite of 8 watercolor sketches, each with a single calligraphic figure painted in the center of the page, typically in 2-3 colors, ranging from super saturated to a very light wash; landscape orientation with holes at top.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1941
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1980-1982
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.267.1-8
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26025
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- drawings
- drawings by technique
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Loose Leaf Notebook Drawings - Box 1, Group 8
- Artist
- Richard Tuttle
- Physical Description
- Suite of 4 watercolor sketches, each with a single calligraphic figure painted in the center of the page, typically in 2-3 colors, ranging from super saturated to a very light wash; landscape orientation with holes at top.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1941
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1980-1982
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.269.1-4
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26025
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- drawings
- drawings by technique
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Loose Leaf Notebook Drawings - Box 1, Group 13
- Artist
- Richard Tuttle
- Physical Description
- Suite of 10 watercolor sketches, each with a single calligraphic figure painted in the center of the page, typically in 2-3 colors, ranging from super saturated to a very light wash; landscape orientation with holes at top.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1941
- Object Creation Date
- 1980-1982
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.266.1-10
- Medium and Support
- drawing
- relevance
- rank 0.26025
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- drawings
- drawings by technique
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Loose Leaf Notebook Drawings - Box 1, Group 15
- Artist
- Richard Tuttle
- Physical Description
- Suite of 12 watercolor sketches, each with a single calligraphic figure painted in the center of the page, typically in 2-3 colors, ranging from super saturated to a very light wash; landscape orientation with holes at top.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1941
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1980-1982
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.268.1-12
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26025
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- drawings
- drawings by technique
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- DCM (Dining Chair Metal)
- Artist
- Charles Ormond Eames Jr.
- Physical Description
- Side chair consisting of separate trapezoidal seat and back mounted on a four-legged metal frame.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, 1907-1978
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- designed circa 1945-1946; produced 1946
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.288
- Medium and Support
- molded oak plywood, welded steel rods and rubber shock mounts
- relevance
- rank 0.26022
- Secondary Keywords
- arts and related disciplines
- arts-related disciplines
- disciplines
- european
- european styles and periods
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- humanities
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- DCW (Dining Chair Wood)
- Artist
- Charles Ormond Eames Jr.
- Physical Description
- Four-legged plywood side chair consisting of a trapezoidal seat and back connected by a wooden spine.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1907-1978
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- designed 1945; produced 1946
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.287
- Medium and Support
- molded walnut veneer plywood with rubber shock mounts
- relevance
- rank 0.26022
- Secondary Keywords
- arts and related disciplines
- arts-related disciplines
- disciplines
- european
- european styles and periods
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- humanities
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Campbell's Soup I, Green Pea
- Artist
- Andy Warhol
- Physical Description
- Print depicting a can of Campbell’s condensed soup with “Green Pea” written in red capital letters across bottom half of can.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1928 - 1987
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 1969/1.96
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26018
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- colors
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- historical, theoretical and critical concepts
- image-making processes and techniques
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- materials
- materials by function
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- printing
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- Title
- Crosstown Traffic
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A night city traffic view with cars headingn to the same direction, having all the car headlights on.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1987
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.78
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26015
- Secondary Keywords
- scale
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- earth sciences concepts
- electromagnetic radiation
- energy
- energy and related concepts
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- objects we use
- passenger vehicles
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- scientific concepts
- settlements
- settlements and landscapes
- settlements by form
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Portrait of a young man holding a copy of Milton's work
- Artist
- Ammi Phillips
- Physical Description
- Portrait of a young man seated in a chair wearing a dark jacket, white shirt with high collar and neck tie with red stick pin; holding a book in his right hand. Plain grayish-brown background; gold frame.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1788-1865
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1823
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.199
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.26015
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- figures
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- man
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- 3 square blue/green #121/125
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Physical Description
- This square screenprint is a color study in green and blue. There are three squares all nestled within eachother, green, turquoise and blue.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Object Creation Date
- 1969
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.3
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26008
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- european
- european styles and periods
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Jue wine cup
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Bronze oval cup with a rounded base supported on three slender legs of triangular cross section; each leg tapers to a point. The vessel has one loop handle attached to the side, a long pouring spout with a U-shaped channel on one side balanced by a pointed tail on the other, and a pair of capped finials rise from the rim. The piece has a rich green patina and minimal surface decoration.
- Century
- 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.170
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with green patina
- relevance
- rank 0.26008
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by form
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- drinking vessels
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by general era
- three-age system
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Throwing knife
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Zande
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.149
- Medium and Support
- engraved and hand-forged iron and fiber
- relevance
- rank 0.26006
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- fiber and fiber products
- inorganic material
- iron and iron alloy
- knives
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- objects we use
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Food Will Win the War - You cam here seeking Freedom - You must now help to preserve it - Wheat is needed for the allies - Waste nothing
- Artist
- Charles Edward Chambers
- Physical Description
- Text: Food Will Win the War - You cam here seeking Freedom - You must now help to preserve it - Wheat is needed for the allies - Waste nothing - United States Food Administration
- Artist Life Dates
- 1883-1941
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1917-1918
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.17
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26005
- Secondary Keywords
- americas
- armed conflicts
- associated concepts
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- events
- figures
- geography
- how we live
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- locality
- materials
- materials by function
- modern and contemporary art
- new york
- north & central america
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- ships
- text-based art
- united states
- war
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- world wars
- Title
- Leaf from a Book of Hours
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, France
- Physical Description
- This manuscript page contains a column of Latin text surrounded by generous margins. A pair of slender flowers with small green leaves run the length of the text along the left margin. Three decorated initials appear on the left edge of the text block. Each initial is painted gold on a pink and blue ground with white scrollwork and enclosed within a frame. Two rectangular line-fillers, colored pink and blue with white scrollwork, appear in the right half of the text column.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1400-1425
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.9
- Medium and Support
- ink, tempera and gold on parchment
- relevance
- rank 0.26005
- Secondary Keywords
- layout features
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- design elements
- document genres
- document genres by conditions of production
- document genres by function
- images and ornament
- information form components
- information forms
- layout features
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious texts
- Title
- Battle in the Streets of Berlin, 1945
- Artist
- Dmitri Baltermants
- Physical Description
- A battle-worn Berlin street and soldiers running to a bunker from inside a broken building.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russian, 1912-1990
- Object Creation Date
- 2003
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.74
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26002
- Secondary Keywords
- armed conflicts
- buildings and the land
- europe (continent)
- events
- geographic and political locations
- germany (nation)
- military buildings
- military security buildings
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by process
- photographs
- photographs by form
- positives
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Male Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.122
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, glass beads, blue pigment
- relevance
- rank 0.25999
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- beads and sets of beads
- beadwork
- descriptors
- figures
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- southern nigerian styles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- west african styles
- Title
- Madonna by the Wall
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer
- Physical Description
- A young woman, dressed in long robes with her veil drawn over her head, sits next to a wall holding an infant in her lap. She is turned slightly to her right and gazes sweetly upon the child who twists to face the viewer and holds an apple in his left hand. A stream meanders through the landscape of trees and city walls behind them.
- Artist Life Dates
- Nüremberg, 1471-1528
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1514
- Accession Number
- 1958/1.95
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25993
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- bavaria (state)
- descriptors
- europe (continent)
- food
- fruit
- geographic and political locations
- germany (nation)
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- materials
- materials by function
- mittelfranken (national district)
- objects we use
- parents
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by family relationship
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Waterfall
- Artist
- Ilse Bing
- Physical Description
- Top of a waterfall into a sparsely-settled mountain valley.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998
- Object Creation Date
- 1938
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.33
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25990
- Secondary Keywords
- downward
- upward
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- photographic processes
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Last Supper, from "You and What Army"
- Artist
- Anthony Goicolea
- Physical Description
- Large color photograph depicting a grouping of eight boys in a triangular horizontal arrangement parallel to the picture plane wearing navy blue hooded coats. Figures are grouped around a large boulder in a wooded area feasting on sliced white “Wonder” bread.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1971
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1999
- Accession Number
- 2004/2.9
- Medium and Support
- color c-print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25989
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- concepts in the arts
- cultural landscapes
- cultural landscapes by location or context
- descriptors
- electronic images
- historical, theoretical and critical concepts
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- philosophical concepts
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- wilderness
- Title
- St. Christopher carrying the Christ Child
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, England
- Physical Description
- A standing, bearded figure of St. Christopher, broken off at the knees, holds the Christ child on his right shoulder while leaning upon a staff in his left hand. The child, whose head is encircled by a halo, wears a long cloak over his robe and rests his left hand upon an orb in his lap. The red and brown polychromy is a later addition.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/1.178
- Medium and Support
- alabaster with polychrome and gilding
- relevance
- rank 0.25989
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- gypsum
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- mineral
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- riverine bodies
- settlements and landscapes
- tools and equipment
- united kingdom (nation)
- walking sticks
- Title
- Platinum Kairagi Shino Bowl
- Artist
- Takuro Kuwata
- Physical Description
- A contemporary tea drinking bowl.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1981
- Century
- 21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 2011
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.7
- Medium and Support
- porcelain, platinum slip and paint
- relevance
- rank 0.25988
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- drinking vessels
- east asian
- japanese ceramics styles
- japanese decorative arts styles
- japanese periods
- japanese styles
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Chair (model B33)
- Artist
- Marcel Breuer
- Physical Description
- Cantilever chair frame formed by a continuous line of thin steel tubing (connected under the seat with an additional piece of tubular steel), with separate lengths of black canvas wrapped around it at the seat and back.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Pécs, Hungary [now Romania], 1902 - 1981, New York City, New York)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- designed 1927-1928; produced circa 1935
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.285
- Medium and Support
- chrome-plated tubular steel and canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.25986
- Secondary Keywords
- arts and related disciplines
- arts-related disciplines
- descriptors
- disciplines
- european
- european styles and periods
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- humanities
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Buddhist altar ornament: lotus bud supported by two dvarapala
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th-8th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.74
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze with blue-green patina
- relevance
- rank 0.25986
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- design elements
- form attributes
- motifs
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious visual works
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by function
- Title
- Chair (model B33)
- Artist
- Marcel Breuer
- Physical Description
- Cantilever chair frame formed by a continuous line of thin steel tubing (connected under the seat with an additional piece of tubular steel), with separate lengths of black canvas wrapped around it at the seat and back.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Pécs, Hungary [now Romania], 1902 - 1981, New York City, New York)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- designed 1927-1928; produced circa 1935
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.284
- Medium and Support
- chrome-plated tubular steel and canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.25986
- Secondary Keywords
- arts and related disciplines
- arts-related disciplines
- descriptors
- disciplines
- european
- european styles and periods
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- humanities
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Chair (model B33)
- Artist
- Marcel Breuer
- Physical Description
- Cantilever chair frame formed by a continuous line of thin steel tubing (connected under the seat with an additional piece of tubular steel), with separate lengths of black canvas wrapped around it at the seat and back.
- Artist Life Dates
- born Hungary, 1902-1981
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- designed 1927-1928; produced circa 1935
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.286
- Medium and Support
- chrome-plated tubular steel and canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.25986
- Secondary Keywords
- arts and related disciplines
- arts-related disciplines
- descriptors
- disciplines
- european
- european styles and periods
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- humanities
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Male Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.124
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, glass beads, and blue pigment
- relevance
- rank 0.25977
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- beads and sets of beads
- beadwork
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- southern nigerian styles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- west african styles
- Title
- Female Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.123
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, blue coral and Venetian beads
- relevance
- rank 0.25977
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- beads and sets of beads
- beadwork
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- southern nigerian styles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- west african styles
- Title
- Male Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.125
- Medium and Support
- wood, glass beads, brass and blue pigment
- relevance
- rank 0.25977
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- beads and sets of beads
- beadwork
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- southern nigerian styles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- west african styles
- Title
- La Fortaleza
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A two-point perspective drawing of a big yellow building with red rooftop around the corner on the street.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1970-1975
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.63
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.25969
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- colors
- descriptors
- drawings
- drawings by method of projection
- drawings by method of representation
- dwellings
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- perspective and shading techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- residential structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- New City Hall, Boston City Hall
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A black and white print of three pillars and their shadows.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1970
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.130
- Medium and Support
- black and white lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25967
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- columns and column components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- light-related concepts
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- scientific concepts
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- supporting and resisting elements
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Stay Alert (Matauri Bay, New Zealand)
- Artist
- Jill Mathis
- Physical Description
- A black and white photo of a rocky coastline and the water that meets it. The words "stay alert" appear on the path leading to the edge of the cliff.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born 1964
- Century
- 20th-21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 1995-2005
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.171
- Medium and Support
- digital image, chromogenic print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25955
- Secondary Keywords
- color
- relation to water
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by location
- buildings and the land
- landform components
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by position
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- photographs
- photographs by form
- settlements and landscapes
- shores (landforms)
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Blue-and-white small jar with peony and 'cloud collar' designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.285
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 0.25948
- Secondary Keywords
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- buildings and the land
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- form attributes
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- stoneware
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels
- woody plants
- Title
- Himawari o dako (Holding a Sunflower)
- Artist
- Nakayama Tadashi
- Physical Description
- A young girl in a checkered shirt holds a sunflower in her arms. She is looking down at the flower and her hair is brushed to the side.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1957
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.12
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25948
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- design elements
- geometric patterns
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- plants
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- Title
- We Shall Overcome
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Physical Description
- Black line representation of a human head and face, facing the viewer. The head is oval-shaped with vertical parallel lines. The short hair of the person is represented by thick dots and fine curved lines. The nose is formed by straight, vertical lines. Eyebrows are drawn with thick, black lines. "We shall Overcome" is printed in a brown-orange ink across the top of the sheet.
- Artist Life Dates
- Lithuania, 1898-1969
- Object Creation Date
- 1965
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.104
- Medium and Support
- offset photolithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25948
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- drawings
- drawings by technique
- heads
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- social science concepts
- sociological concepts
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Casita de Madera
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A color print of a house with open doors and shutters. The view through one of the doors is of palm trees. In front of the house is a white picket fence.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1998
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.104
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25946
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- balustrade and railing components
- balustrades, railings and their components
- barrier elements
- barriers and barrier elements
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
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- doors and door components
- doorway components
- doorways and doorway components
- fences
- objects we use
- open spaces and site elements
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- site elements
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Articulation: Formulation, from the portfolio "Formulation: Articulation"
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.336.55
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25946
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- aegean
- aegean periods
- descriptors
- early western world
- greek
- image-making processes and techniques
- mediterranean
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- 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
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Articulation: Formulation, from the portfolio "Formulation: Articulation"
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.336.14
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25946
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- aegean
- aegean periods
- descriptors
- early western world
- greek
- image-making processes and techniques
- mediterranean
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- 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
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- 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 0.25943
- Secondary Keywords
- relation to water
- asian
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- forms
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by position
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- making art
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- sailing vessels
- sailing vessels by size
- schools of japanese paintings and prints
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation vehicles
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by method of propulsion
- watercraft by specific type
- woody plants