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Title

Armageddon, Midtown Subway Station

Artist

Duncan Hartley

Physical Description

Man seated at a table with Armageddon sign. He is wearing a striped shirt and looking at the camera. There is a New York City bus map posted on the column behind him.

Artist Life Dates

born 1941

Object Creation Date

1978; printed 2013

Accession Number

2013/2.8

Medium and Support

digital print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Baryta

Date Added/Updated

2014-02-13 23:58:41

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

electronic images

objects we use

people and culture

rail transportation buildings

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

transportation buildings

transportation structures

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Landscape (Paysage)

Artist

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps

Physical Description

A densely painted work, this cacnvas portrays a landscape with dramatic clouds. Autumnal colors predominate this rocky landscape with several figures in the middle distance; in the distance a line of trees projects above the horizon line.

Artist Life Dates

1803-1860

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1823-1860

Accession Number

1982/1.261

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

Date Added/Updated

2014-02-13 23:58:33

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

earth sciences concepts

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

Portable Tea Ceremony Set - Wooden Tray

Artist

Eiraku Wazen

Physical Description

Oval wooden tray with one inch lip and rounded edge. There is a two inch hole to allow room for the whisk.

Artist Life Dates

1823-1896

Object Creation Date

late 19th century - early 20th century

Accession Number

2013/2.82C

Medium and Support

wood, lacquer

Date Added/Updated

2014-02-13 23:58:32

Secondary Keywords

ceremonies

containers

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

cultural ceremonies

descriptors

events

food

materials

materials by function

objects we use

people and culture

vessels for serving and consuming food

vessels for serving drinks

Title

Photograph Album of the Holy Land: The well of Jacob

Artist

Felix Bonfils

Artist Life Dates

1831-1885

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1860-1900

Accession Number

1994/2.34.1

Medium and Support

nine albumen prints on mounted in paper bound album

Date Added/Updated

2014-02-13 23:58:28

Secondary Keywords

architecture

buildings

figures

geography

locality

middle east

modern and contemporary art

objects

people and occupations

Title

Indian Terracottas

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Physical Description

Indian terracotta figure in abstract form.

Object Creation Date

n. d.

Accession Number

2009/2.119

Medium and Support

terracotta

Date Added/Updated

2014-02-13 23:58:19

Secondary Keywords

asian

objects we use

people and culture

sculpture

sculpture by material

south asian

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Container for vegetable tannin for ohaguro [square box with cover; the larger of two], from a bridal trousseau

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

17th-19th century

Object Creation Date

1615-1867

Accession Number

1955/1.161A&B

Medium and Support

wood with black, red, and gold lacquer

Date Added/Updated

2014-02-13 23:57:56

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

coating (material)

coating by composition or origin

containers

descriptors

materials

materials by function

objects we use

people and culture

social science concepts

social structure

sociological concepts

Title

Fire Engine Red

Artist

Dorothea Rockburne

Physical Description

Two large panels painted red panels of aluminum, situated against one another so that the seam is visible at center. A line of white runs along each panel's outer edge.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1932

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

1997/1.136.1-2

Medium and Support

wrinkle finish paint (oil) on aluminum

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:41:07

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

emergency vehicles

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

genres

image-making processes and techniques

international post-1945 styles and movements

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

paintings

paintings by material or technique

people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

service and utility vehicles

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

transportation vehicles

vehicles

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Untitled

Artist

Robert Morris

Physical Description

three aluminum-painted canvas panels joined in the back to form a square, with five inlays of Sculptmetal, zinc photographic plates and lead

Artist Life Dates

Born 1931

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1965

Accession Number

1997/1.130

Medium and Support

sculptmetal, plaster, oil, zinc photographic plate, lead plate and burlap on canvas

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:41:06

Secondary Keywords

arms

descriptors

design elements

genres

geometric shapes

hands

human body

international post-1945 styles and movements

modern and contemporary art

motifs

people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

rectangles

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the natural world

visual and tactile

Title

Young Woman with Mandolin

Artist

Pablo Picasso

Physical Description

This painting depicts the abstract form of a woman sitting in a chair with her head, shown in profile and tilted upward. There is a stringed instrument in her lap and her hands rest on the arms of the chair. It is painted in muted colors of aqua and lavender with brighter areas of yellow, orange and blue. The figure, chair and instrument are created with just a few black lines to suggest their forms.

Artist Life Dates

1881-1973

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1932

Accession Number

1994/1.69

Medium and Support

oil on board

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:41:05

Secondary Keywords

plucked

allegory and literature

chordophones

genres

lutelike chordophones

lutelike chordophones with short neck

modern and contemporary art

movement

objects we use

people and occupations

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

visual works

visual works by subject type

women

Title

Model of a four-story watchtower

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

part of the grave furnishing assemblage for the well-to-do family in Central Plains region of Han Dynasty China during the first century CE

Century

1st century

Object Creation Date

1st century

Accession Number

1993/1.71.2

Medium and Support

red earthenware with green lead glaze

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:41:02

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

building divisions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

people and culture

Title

Model of a four-story watchtower

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

model of a four story tower

each story has a movable door attached to the building through hinges

a human figurine stands in front of each door

Century

1st century

Object Creation Date

1st century

Accession Number

1993/1.71.4

Medium and Support

red earthenware with green lead glaze

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:41:02

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

building divisions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

people and culture

Title

Model of a three-story watchtower

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

1st century

Object Creation Date

1st century - 2nd century

Accession Number

1993/1.73.1

Medium and Support

earthenware, red, with green lead glaze

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:41:02

Secondary Keywords

massing or shape

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

buildings and the land

concepts in the arts

descriptors

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

people and culture

single built works

single built works by form

single built works by specific type

towers (single built works)

visual works

visual works by function

Title

Model of a four-story watchtower

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

model of a four story tower

each story has a movable door attached to the building through hinges

a human figurine stands in front of each door

Century

1st century

Object Creation Date

1st century

Accession Number

1993/1.71.3

Medium and Support

red earthenware with green lead glaze

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:41:02

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

building divisions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

people and culture

Title

Model of a four-story watchtower

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

model of a four story tower

each story has a movable door attached to the building through hinges

a human figurine stands in front of each door

Century

1st century

Object Creation Date

1st century

Accession Number

1993/1.71.1

Medium and Support

red earthenware with green lead glaze

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:41:02

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

building divisions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

people and culture

Title

Large covered hu (wine storage jar) with molded taotie masks and painted designs of stylized clouds and Mount Penglai

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

greyware jar with lid, pained with polychrome mystic cloud design, flared neck, globular body, tall foot

Century

1st century BCE

Object Creation Date

1st century BCE

Accession Number

1993/1.77.1-2

Medium and Support

grey earthenware with polychrome pigments

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:41:02

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

bottles

bottles by function

concepts in the arts

containers

containers by form

descriptors

object genres

object genres by location, context or origin

objects we use

people and culture

vessels

Title

Massive covered hu (wine storage jar) with molded taotie masks and painted with stylized cloud pattern

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

2nd-1st century BCE

Object Creation Date

2nd century BCE - 1st century BCE

Accession Number

1993/1.55.1

Medium and Support

earthenware with painted decoration

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:41:00

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

bottles

bottles by function

closures

components

components and systems

components by specific context

container components

containers

containers by form

covers (closures)

earth sciences concepts

objects we use

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

scientific concepts

vessels

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

Lian (covered cylindrical container) with painted designs of stylized clouds

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

1st century BCE

Object Creation Date

1st century BCE

Accession Number

1993/1.58.1-2

Medium and Support

earthenware with polychrome decoration

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:41:00

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

containers

containers by form

earth sciences concepts

objects we use

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

scientific concepts

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

Untitled

Artist

e e cummings

Physical Description

Abstract painting with low horizon line, deep blue above horizon and dark greenish-brown below horizon; brown abstract form left of center, and bright white swirling brushstroke right of center.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1962

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1950

Accession Number

1988/1.120

Medium and Support

oil on cardboard

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:40:49

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

earth sciences concepts

european

european styles and periods

genres

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

natural landscapes

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

plants

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

time

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Carved Wood Figure

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

1987/1.242

Medium and Support

wood, fiber

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:40:46

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

materials

materials by origin

objects we use

people and culture

physical activities

physical activities by general context

plant material

visual works

visual works by subject type

wood and wood products

Title

Reliquary figure (muzidi)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Bembe

Physical Description

Cloth figure of a human, bound around human remains. The figure is in a seated position with arms outstretched. The torso and neck are cylindrical and elongated.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1890

Accession Number

1985/1.187

Medium and Support

dyed woven cotton cloth, vegetable fiber, cane, wood pegs, human remains

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:40:37

Secondary Keywords

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

physical activities

physical activities by general context

sculpture

sculpture by function

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Forced March to the Front between Lonie and Mitulen, Poland

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

A long row of male soldiers march down a Hungarian landscape. They are dressed in uniform and carrying artilery. They are boardered by a field of vegetation and an arid mountain range.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

July 19, 1915; printed 1981

Accession Number

1985/1.125.9

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:40:35

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

descriptors

design elements

firearms

objects we use

ornament areas

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in military occupations

projectile weapons

projectile weapons with explosive propellant

religions

religions and religious concepts

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Kuba raffia panel

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1975

Accession Number

1985/1.155

Medium and Support

raffia cloth and vegetable dye

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:40:35

Secondary Keywords

african

african styles by region

central and equatorial african styles

central democratic republic of congo styles

descriptors

object genres

object genres by material

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

western democratic republic of congo styles

Title

Sunset, Esztergom, from "Hungarian Memories"

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

The sun sets in the horizon, in the forefront of the photo is a large body of water with three people floating across in a boat. The person in the middle has been photographed in mid-stroke. The figures are cast in the shadow of the setting sun.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

May 15, 1917; printed 1981

Accession Number

1985/1.125.4

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:40:34

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

objects we use

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

religions

religions and religious concepts

scientific concepts

transportation vehicles

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by general type

Title

Bocskay T'er, Budapest, from "Hungarian Memories"

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

In this photo a man in a heavy overcoat and hat can be seen walking close to the side of a home. His shadow walks beside him, slightly stooped over. The windows of the house are low to the dirt ground, and the sides of the home are decorated in signage.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1914; printed 1981

Accession Number

1985/1.125.3

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:40:34

Secondary Keywords

scale

associated concepts

buildings and the land

energy and related concepts

energy-related concepts

light-related concepts

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

open spaces by function

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

physical sciences concepts

physics concepts

religions

religions and religious concepts

scientific concepts

settlements

settlements and landscapes

settlements by form

transportation spaces

Title

Heavy Burden, Esztergom, from "Hungarian Memories"

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

A woman makes a physical trek up the hillside that overlooks her small village. She balances two heavy buckets held together by a piece of wood. In the horizon of the photo, beyond the village, lies a body of water.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1916; printed 1981

Accession Number

1985/1.125.7

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:40:34

Secondary Keywords

upward

associated concepts

buildings and the land

containers

containers by form

descriptors

dwellings

inorganic material

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by composition

natural landscapes

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

residential structures

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

vessels

Title

Hungarian Landscape, Puszta, from "Hungarian Memories"

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

In this photo an agricultural landscape is dipicted. At the center of the piece is a well surrounded by plains and trees in the foreground. The sky is filled with clouds and appears turbulent.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1914; printed 1981

Accession Number

1985/1.125.1

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:40:33

Secondary Keywords

topographical

associated concepts

buildings and the land

cultural landscapes

cultural landscapes by function

earthworks (engineering works)

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

people and culture

plants

religions

religions and religious concepts

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by location

single built works by location or context

single built works by specific type

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Budafolk, from "Hungarian Memories"

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

A rural cityscape is depicted, showing both the buildings and agriculture of the town. Houses are mostly uniform in shape and detail and bordered by wooden fences. Some of the inhabitants of the town can also be seen.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1919; printed 1981

Accession Number

1985/1.125.10

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:40:33

Secondary Keywords

settlement area

associated concepts

buildings and the land

cultural landscapes

cultural landscapes by location or context

dwellings

houses by location

houses by location or context

landscapes (environments)

open spaces and site elements

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in science-related occupations

religions

religions and religious concepts

residential structures

scientists and people in science-related occupations

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

site elements

Title

Portrait of George Schrafft (Member of the National Academy)

Artist

Edmund C. Tarbell

Physical Description

Seated man with multi-colored tie, horse figurine in the back.

Artist Life Dates

1862-1938

Century

20th-century

Object Creation Date

1902

Accession Number

1984/2.6

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:40:32

Secondary Keywords

man

people and occupations

Title

At the Crossroads (En Rade)

Artist

Max Ernst

Physical Description

Three birds, executed with spare line and simple form, are set within an abstracted landscape of bright yellows and oranges.

Artist Life Dates

1891 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1955

Accession Number

1983/1.414

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:40:23

Secondary Keywords

animals

animals and creatures

associated concepts

daylight

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

electromagnetic radiation

energy

energy and related concepts

european

european styles and periods

genres

image-making processes and techniques

light (energy)

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

movement

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

physics concepts

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the natural world

Title

Saint Sebastian

Artist

Master B of the Die

Artist Life Dates

active ca. 1530

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

1983/1.154

Medium and Support

engraving on laid paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:40:19

Secondary Keywords

architecture

atmospheric effects

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

cityscapes

geography

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

people by state or condition

plants

projectile weapons

projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant

projectiles with nonexplosive propellant

religious figures

riverine bodies

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

the natural world

transportation structures

transportation structures by form

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Tantric icon in portable case

Artist

Nepal

Century

19th century?

Object Creation Date

19th century (?)

Accession Number

1983/1.110A&B

Medium and Support

copper and wood

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:40:18

Secondary Keywords

asian

associated concepts

containers

containers by form

icons

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

south asian

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Bowl, Imari style, with design of lady in a garden

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

A scalloped plate with design of a lady in the center, wearing a grey dress in a garden.

Century

20th-century

Object Creation Date

19th century - 1982

Accession Number

1982/1.218

Medium and Support

overglaze enamel painting on porcelain

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:40:13

Secondary Keywords

figures

people and occupations

Title

Travelers on a Mountain Pass

Artist

Wu Wei

Physical Description

This large hanging scroll depicts a man on a donkey traveling along a mountain pass, accompanied by two other men and surrounded by huge overhanging craggy cliffs on both the left and right sides in the background with several overlapping vertical layers.

Artist Life Dates

1459-1508

Century

15th-16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1490-1508

Accession Number

1981/1.312

Medium and Support

Hanging Scroll, ink and light color on silk

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:40:08

Secondary Keywords

downward

animals

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

descriptors

figures

geography

inorganic material

landform components

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

mammals

materials

materials by composition

mountains

natural landscapes

objects we use

paintings

paintings by form

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by activity

people by occupation

people in service occupations

plants

scroll paintings

settlements and landscapes

the natural world

travelers

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

waterscapes

Title

Nächtlicher Circus (cover)

Artist

Josef Eberz

Artist Life Dates

1880-1942

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1920

Accession Number

1979/1.156G

Medium and Support

woodcut on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:40:00

Secondary Keywords

entertainment events

events

how we live

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

performances

text-based art

vessels

Title

Krishna massaging the feet of Radha (a scene from the Gita Govinda?)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills, Mankot School

Physical Description

Bold colors depict Krishna, one of human manifestations of the Hindu god Vishnu, is seated with a woman, Radha, above him. He touches her leg, and the tips of her hands and feet glow red. She sits erect and holds a large flower, looking straight off the left edge of the picture. The two are framed in an architectural structure.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1730

Accession Number

1979/1.160

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and beetle thorax casings on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:40:00

Secondary Keywords

image form

associated concepts

biological components

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

legs

lower body

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

people by state or condition

plants

religions

religions and religious concepts

settlements and landscapes

the human body

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

visual works by form

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

Plate Inscribed with Flying Figure of Hanuman Holding a Flag, Mace and Spear

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan

Physical Description

Hanuman is depicted with a human body and a monkey head. The image is incised on the plate and his body is entirely textured with characters in the devanagari script. Often merely the letter ‘r’ designating the god Rama with whom he is associated. He is in a striding posture and there are a number of sections of text scattered around the image. At his feet is a human figure walking in the opposite direction. He holds a double flag consisting of two triangular shapes facing him in his left hand along with a thin club. One appears to emanating from his mouth? His right hand is lifted with an arrow above it and his tail curves behind him. There is also a small altar depicting the two feet of Rama in the area between his outstretched leg and the end of a scarf wrapped around his body.

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

18th century - 19th century

Accession Number

1978/2.89

Medium and Support

copper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:39:59

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

clubs (weapons)

mammals

named gods and goddesses

objects

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

percussive weapons

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

spears

subject matter

weaponry

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Esther before Ahasuerus

Artist

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

Physical Description

A seated king, at the left, holds the hand of a swooning woman who is supported by another woman. The supporting woman looks back at the king.

Artist Life Dates

1591-1666

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1639

Accession Number

1978/2.41

Medium and Support

pen, brown ink and brown wash on cream colored laid paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:39:53

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

aristocracy

artistic concepts

artistic devices

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

document genres

document genres by function

figures

groups of people

information forms

monarchs

nobility

objects

objects we use

old testament

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by occupation

people in government and administration

political figures

religious texts

rulers (people)

social classes

social classes by specific type

social groups

symbolism

upper class

Title

Untitled, from "The New York Collection for Stockholm: 30 Artists"

Artist

Larry Rivers

Artist Life Dates

1923 - 2002

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1973

Accession Number

1976/2.124

Medium and Support

lithograph and four-color silkscreen on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:39:46

Secondary Keywords

modern and contemporary art

people and occupations

portfolios

Title

Sunset Near Darien

Artist

John Frederick Kensett

Physical Description

Landscape painting of costal scene overlooking a body of water using an aerial perspective; three tree tops in center in darkened foreground in front of a glowing sky

Artist Life Dates

1816 - 1872

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1872

Accession Number

1975/2.99

Medium and Support

oil on board

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:39:45

Secondary Keywords

relation to water

associated concepts

atmospheric effects

buildings and the land

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

geography

inorganic material

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by position

landforms by shape or position

materials

materials by composition

natural landscapes

objects we use

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

plants

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

the natural world

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

waterscapes

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

woody plants

Title

Durga Copper Plate

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh

Physical Description

An eight armed goddess sits astride a tiger with uplifted tail. She carries a noose, punch dagger, shankha, and trident in her right hands and a bow, ring-like discus, arrow and shield in her left arms. She wears a long garland of either large rudraksa or heads around her heck along with other necklaces and pendants. She sits with legs pendant wearing a long skirt. Behind the figure a Om symbol with the end of the letter twirled around it twice and the word Shri written in Devanagari script. Below the figure a grid of letters forms a sacred diagram. The lines forming the grid all end in trident forms. Each square of the grid houses a different letter in nagari.

Century

19th-20th century

Object Creation Date

19th century - 20th century

Accession Number

1975/2.146

Medium and Support

copper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:39:45

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

mammals

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Durga copper plate with mystic design

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh

Physical Description

A ten-armed figure sits with her legs tucked under her on a tiger with a long uplifted tail. The figure is incised onto the copper plate with a chisel. One set of arms are crossed across her chest, while all but six hands hold weapons. A crossed spear and trident form an X behind the figure. She has wide bracelets at each of her wrists and wears elaborate circular earrings and nose ring with a three partite crown. Two lines in devanagari script are above the figure.

Century

19th-20th century

Object Creation Date

18th century - 20th century

Accession Number

1975/2.145

Medium and Support

copper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:39:45

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

edged weapons

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

spears (weapons)

spears by form

staff weapons

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Sketch for Garden Girl

Artist

Paul Suttman

Artist Life Dates

1933-1993

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

1974/2.4

Medium and Support

bronze

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:39:42

Secondary Keywords

child

gardens

modern and contemporary art

people and occupations

sketches

Title

Three Apostles: St. John the Evangelist, St. Thomas, and St. James the Less with the Apostles' Creed

Artist

Jan Joest

Physical Description

Three apostles, each holding an identifying attribute, stand in a row as full-length figures on this painted panel. On the left stands the youthful beardless St. John holding a chalice with a snake coiled in the cup. Next to him appears the bald and bearded St. Thomas, holding an architect's square. The bearded figure of St. James the Less appears on the left with an open book in his left hand and a long fuller's club in his right. Scrolls above each apostle's head contain a line from the Apostles' Creed in Latin.

Artist Life Dates

1455-1460 - 1519

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1500-1519

Accession Number

1973/2.77

Medium and Support

oil on panel, mounted on panel

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:39:40

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

disciples

equipment

equipment by process

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

measuring devices

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

percussive weapons

religious visual works

reptiles

shaping and guiding equipment

shaping and guiding tools

tools and equipment

visual works

visual works by function

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Sunset Corner

Artist

Helen Frankenthaler

Physical Description

A vast surface of orange yields in the very bottom of the painting to a swath of yellow, under which there is a line of white and green, and under that a thin black line.

Artist Life Dates

1928-2011

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1969

Accession Number

1973/1.813

Medium and Support

acrylic on canvas

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:39:38

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

daylight

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

electromagnetic radiation

energy

energy and related concepts

genres

image-making processes and techniques

international post-1945 styles and movements

light (energy)

modern and contemporary art

non-representational art

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

physics concepts

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

A wandering Shaivite ascetic with his dog

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Delhi-Agra, Mughal

Physical Description

This work is a double-sided page from a bound album. The painting, depicting a Hindu ascetic walking with his dog in a pastoral landscape, has been placed in a border, decorated with a floral scroll painted in gold on a blue or pale orange ground; a similar border surrounds a calligraphy panel on the reverse side. The border and the calligraphy panel are both somewhat later in date than the painting itself.

The painting of the ascetic and his dog is pasted onto an album page. It is surrounded by a series of gold floral borders alternating blue and saffron-colored backgrounds. Wearing a brown poncho-like garment and carrying a fan in his right hand and a bag of his belongings, the lead attached to his white dog, and some tools in his left, he strides through the landscape. He wears sandals and has long brown matted locks of hair and a graying beard. The landscape consists of intersecting rounded forms in shades of green and yellow, surmounted by trees along the top and with a larger blue-foliaged tree to the right near the horizon. At the bottom a diagonal of yellowish rise of land with clumps of grass suggests some depth and a foreground, but the figure is quite flat in the middle ground.

On the back of the page is a Panel of calligraphy consisting of a quatrain in Shah Jahan's handwriting signed "Sultân Khurram [his given name before he took the name Shah Jahan upon becoming emperor" and dated 1020/1611-12. This is also surrounded by elaborate borders.

Century

16th-17th century

Object Creation Date

late 16th century - early 17th century

Accession Number

1969/2.175

Medium and Support

opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:39:14

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

books by internal form

buildings and the land

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

landscapes (environments)

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

physical activities

physical activities by general context

settlements and landscapes

Title

The Discovery of Mars and Venus

Artist

Jacob Cornelisz. Cobaert

Physical Description

A nude man and woman recline together on the right side of this octagonal plaque. They lay upon the mesh of a net, which is being pulled by a nude male figure seated nearby next to an anvil. Behind the seated man appear two standing figures working at a brick forge. Another pair of figures stands in the middle ground with a row of trees behind them. A diminutive figure mounted on horses appears against a disk in the sky.

Artist Life Dates

active 1602-1621

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1602-1621

Accession Number

1969/2.158

Medium and Support

bronze

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:39:13

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

europe (continent)

genres in the arts

geographic and political locations

italy (nation)

lazio (region)

literary, oral and motion picture genres

object genres

object genres by form

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

roma (province)

sculpture

sculpture by material

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Angel

Artist

Artist Unknown, Ile-de-France, France

Physical Description

This sculpture represents an angel bending slightly toward the left with his head tilted downward. Carved slots in his back would have held his wings, and the figure has lost his forearms and hands as well as his legs below the knees.

Century

13th or 14th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1300

Accession Number

1969/2.157

Medium and Support

limestone with polychrome

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:39:13

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

descriptors

inorganic material

legendary creatures

materials

materials by composition

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

rock

rock by form

sculpture

sculpture by technique

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Dancer (Danseuse)

Artist

Gino Severini

Physical Description

An explosion of colorful forms suggests the human form in dynamic movement. Yellows and reds predominate in shapes that draw the eye toward the viewer's upper right where three roughy triangular yellow shapes suggest a head and upraised arms.

Artist Life Dates

1883 - 1966

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1955

Accession Number

1967/2.43

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:39:05

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

dances

european

european styles and periods

genres

lithographs

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european regional styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

modern italian styles and movements

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

planographic prints

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

Ode on a Wanli-era Imperial Brush

Artist

Shitao (Shih-t'ao)

Physical Description

Calligraphy of a poem written in running script and including three artist's seals and the artist's signature.

Artist Life Dates

1642-1707

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1705

Accession Number

1965/2.75

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:38:53

Secondary Keywords

artists

descriptors

document genres

document genres by form

document genres for literary works

image-making processes and techniques

information forms

objects we use

painters (artists)

painters by subject of work

paintings

paintings by form

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 visual arts

people in the visual arts and related occupations

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scroll paintings

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

writing (processes)

Title

Polycandelon for six oil lamps

Artist

Artist Unknown, Coptic, Egypt

Physical Description

This bronze light fixture consists of a central circular celestial motif from which extend twelve arms in a radial pattern. Six of these arms, embellished with maltese crosses, end in omega-shaped terminals. These decorated arms alternate with six unadorned arms that terminate in rings designed to hold glass oil lamps. The entire disk is suspended from three bronze chains joined to a large hook.

Century

6th century

Object Creation Date

500-599

Accession Number

1965/2.54

Medium and Support

bronze

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:38:53

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

christianity

copper alloy

copper and copper alloy

crosses (motifs)

descriptors

design elements

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

geographic and political locations

inorganic material

lighting devices

lighting devices by form

materials

materials by composition

metal

metal and metal products

metal by composition or origin

middle east (general region)

motifs

nonferrous metal

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts