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- Title
- Uma, seated in lalitasana pose
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.90
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.96190
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- figures
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by state or condition
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- Title
- Four-armed tantric goddess
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Century
- 16th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.40
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.96190
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- figures
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by state or condition
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- Title
- L'Englise d'Aulnay-sous-Bois
- Artist
- Maurice Utrillo
- Physical Description
- A winter scene with a steepled church (with a bird on top of the steeple) in the center surounded by other buildings and a three-story building on the right hand side. There is snow on the ground and bare trees. Pinks, whites, browns and blues are the colors throughout.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1883-1955
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1938
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.615
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 9.94664
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- earth sciences concepts
- geographic and political locations
- massachusetts (state)
- north and central america (continent)
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- religious buildings
- religious structures
- scientific concepts
- seasons
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- suffolk (county)
- united states (nation)
- Title
- Four-Armed Esoteric Deity, probably Avalokitesvara
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java
- Century
- 10th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 10th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/2.77
- Medium and Support
- bronze with copper, tin and zinc
- relevance
- rank 9.93563
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- buddhism
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- doctrinal concepts
- form attributes
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- Title
- Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin) with a willow branch and vase
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th-10th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.20
- Medium and Support
- Molded terracotta votive plaque
- relevance
- rank 9.89589
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- buildings and the land
- deciduous trees
- descriptors
- design elements
- doctrinal concepts
- landscapes (environments)
- motifs
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- plants
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Tara
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India
- Physical Description
- Black schist carved in the relief of Green Tara, a guide and saviouress on the Buddhist path to enlightenment. She holds two lotuses, one open and one closed and makes the gesture of gift-giving with her palm facing outwards, towards the devotee.
- Century
- 10th century
- Object Creation Date
- 10th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.156
- Medium and Support
- black schist
- relevance
- rank 9.88222
- Secondary Keywords
- asia (continent)
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- motifs
- natural element motifs
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- rock
- rock by form
- Title
- Head of a bodhisattva
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1955
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.4
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.87926
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- associated concepts
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- doctrinal concepts
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- views
- views by vantage point or orientation
- visual works
- visual works by form
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Devils Taking the Rich Man to Hell, No. 4 from the Series of 5 Prints "Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus"
- Artist
- Heinrich Aldegrever
- Artist Life Dates
- 1502- circa 1561
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1554
- Accession Number
- 1952/1.87
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.87208
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- construction equipment
- doctrinal concepts
- earthmoving equipment
- equipment
- equipment by process
- hells
- how we live
- legendary creatures
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- plants
- religion
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- reptiles
- reptiles and amphibians
- rites of passage
- shovels
- subject matter
- the natural world
- tools and equipment
- Title
- Vairocana Buddha (Japanese, Dainichi Nyorai)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- A figure is sitting on a lotus-shaped pedestal, which is itself placed on an hexagonal pedestal. The figure wears a drape hanging from the left shoulder and covering the bottom. The arms are placed in front; right hand holding the left index finger. The facial expression is calm; the two eyes looking down; a dot on the forehead. Two elongated ears. A tall crown on the head. The two halos are on the back of the figure; one behind the head and other behind the torso. Two halos are surrounded by an oval-shaped dais. The statue and pedestals are guilded with gold; some polychrome remnants.
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.59.1
- Medium and Support
- cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding
- relevance
- rank 9.86671
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- doctrinal concepts
- earth sciences concepts
- figures (representations)
- motifs
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- physical sciences concepts
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- scientific concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Yamabushi (mountain ascetic) (okimono)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.45
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 9.86608
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- religious ideologies
- sculpture by material
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Uma-Maheshvara, a seated Shiva and Parvati (Uma)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Bengal
- Physical Description
- Shiva sits with his consort on a double lotus pedestal. He has six arms, his right three are in varada mudra [a giving gesture], holds a rosary and an arrow. His left arms cup his consorts left breast and hold a lotus flower and a bow. He sits in royal ease, with one leg pendant. He wears bracelets, armlets, necklaces, earrings, and a sacred thread that stretches form his left shoulder down past his waist. On his head he wears an elaborate jatamukuta, a crown interlaced with his matted locks. Parvati sits upon his knee with one leg tucked under her and the other pendant. She is also adorned with jewelry, but wears a more modest diadem at the front of her head.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.85
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.83874
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- figures
- hindu
- metal
- named gods and goddesses
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by state or condition
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- subject matter
- Title
- Yao Ritual Scroll
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- mid 19th century–mid 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.131
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on cotton
- relevance
- rank 9.83454
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- associated concepts
- equipment
- equipment by process
- family
- how we live
- objects
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by state or condition
- relationships
- religion
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- reptiles and amphibians
- supporting equipment
- the natural world
- tools and equipment
- Title
- Six-armed Bodhisattva Mañjusri, standing, with two celestial attendants
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- Mañjusri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, standing with two celestial attendants. This representation of Manjushri includes six arms, one of which holds a sword, while a narrow book (modeled after books made from palm leaves) lays across his upper hand. Manjushri is wearing an ornamented crown and necklace, and is encircled by a halo of flames.
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.109
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.81758
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- associated concepts
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- doctrinal concepts
- edged weapons
- motifs
- natural element motifs
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Shrine Figure (edjo)
- Artist
- Akpojivi of Orhokpokpo, Urhobo Peoples, Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Life-sized seated female figure holding a child. Face has rounded, high forehead, ovoid eyes, flat, rectangular nose and protruding, open ovoid mouth. Pigmented, bilateral scarification patterns of forehead, temples and jowls, at back of neck. Scarification also on upper arms and breast. Pigmented coiffure is elaborate with triangular and dome-like shapes. Necklace and hoop-like ring carved in relief onto neck and shoulders; figure has protruding navel, wears anklets and armlet at elbow, and holds a baby suckling at left breast.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1950
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.72
- Medium and Support
- wood, pigment
- relevance
- rank 9.80243
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- religious structures
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Daikoku-ten (God of Good Fortune)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This woodwork depicts Daikoku, the god of good fortune, who is associated with farmers. Here he is sitting astride two large barrels of rice, while carrying over his shoulder a large sack, brimming with treasure. In his right hand he holds a magic mallet, said to be able to produce anything the heart desires when struck.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.85
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 9.76150
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- genres in the arts
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Padmavati (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.113
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.75767
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- Title
- Standing goddess holding a lotus in her right hand
- Artist
- Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.128
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.75767
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- Title
- Jain Goddess
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Century
- 12th-13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century - 13th century
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.77A&B
- Medium and Support
- marble
- relevance
- rank 9.75767
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- Title
- Mask (Zamble)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Guro Peoples Côte D'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Face mask with stylized face and horns of an antelope and open jaws of a leopard. Forehead has three sets of scarifcation marks in relief; hairline is incised with pigmented linear and geometric patterns; striped horns curve naturally from top of head; eyes are set in ovoid grounds of white kaolin; top of snout shows incised V-shaped marks; mask is predominantly brown with traces of green, red and yellow pigment; chew stick in back shows some wear.
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1950-1999
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.348
- Medium and Support
- wood, pigment
- relevance
- rank 9.73594
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- costume
- costume by function
- events
- legendary creatures
- masks (costume)
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Everything You Wish in the Nine Heavens: Gods of Wealth Increase Good Fortune
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Two male figures wearing official robes and hats, sit side by side on thrones. The one on the right holds a shoe-shaped ingot and a scepter. The god on the left holds only a shoe-shaped ingot. In front of them is basin filled with coins and rarities such as jewels, branches of coral and shining ingots. On the right, a smaller male figure holds a horse on a tray while his counter part on the left holds a brush and a scroll. At the top is a sinuous dragon whose spine is composed of coins and above him is a horse bearing a stack of shoe-shaped ingots.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.49
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.63263
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- exchange media
- identifying artifacts
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- legendary creatures
- mammals
- money
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- symbols of office
- Title
- Male Spirit Spouse Figure (Blolo Bian)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples Côte D'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Male figured seated on high-backed stool with hands resting on abdomen; symmetrical scarification patterns on cheeks and temples, also down center of forehead and at base of the nose. Coiffure is high crested and segmented. Figure wears sandals and necklace or amulet around neck. Figure has sheen to patina, pigmented deep brown in contrast to stool. Figure has bore hole in back between buttocks.
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1920-1960
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.32
- Medium and Support
- wood, pigment
- relevance
- rank 9.62287
- Secondary Keywords
- analytical functions
- associated concepts
- figures (representations)
- functions
- functions (activities)
- functions by general context
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Male Figure (possibly mukuya figure repurposed as nkisi)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Beembe Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Wood-carved, standing figure with knees slightly flexed, prominent gentalia, naturalistic face, pointed beard and eyes inset with a white material, probably small ceramic fragments. The feet are missing. It wears a metal ring around its neck, and a string with metal fragments, glass beads and a small metal bell is attached across its chest, from arm to arm. A vertical crack on the front right side of the figure is filled with a gauzy material.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1870
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.189
- Medium and Support
- wood, beads, metal, ceramic fragments
- relevance
- rank 9.57846
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- fetish figures
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by family relationship
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by function
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Miniature altar: Standing Buddha in abhaya-vara mudra, flanked by 2 bodhisattvas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 6th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 6th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.79
- Medium and Support
- bronze with traces of gilding on wooden stand
- relevance
- rank 9.56999
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- doctrinal concepts
- form attributes
- motifs
- natural element motifs
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Guru Dragpo Votive Plaque, in the shape of a lotus petal
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A bas-relief carving made of bone and in the shape of a lotus petal, depicting a wrathful guardian of the Tibetan Buddhist faith. At the base of the "petal" are the tops of mountains, with the waves of the sea visible between them; in the rounded part of the "petal," a border of flames encircles a dynamic image of the bodhisattva Vajrapani in his wrathful form. The background behind Vajrapani is incised with closely spaced wavy lines, again suggesting flames.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.49
- Medium and Support
- bone
- relevance
- rank 9.55063
- Secondary Keywords
- asia (continent)
- asian
- associated concepts
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- china (nation)
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- design elements
- doctrinal concepts
- geographic and political locations
- materials
- materials by composition
- motifs
- natural element motifs
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Egúngún headress (erin type)
- Artist
- Adugbologe Workshop of Abeokuta, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- A massive, baroque, and busy wood-carved headdress with stylized face (showing classic Yoruba features) of bulging eyes with defined upper lids, long, straight, triangular nose, symmetrical scarification patterns consisting of three horizontal lines on each cheek, a short beard from ear to ear just underneath the lower lip. Two large “ears” protrude on either side of head and act as “scaffolding” for numerous attachments of symbolic content: birds and lions predominate, but also visible are amulets, wooden claws and beads, crosses, and an insignia shield of some kind. The ears terminate in two oblong mirrors with lions leaping off of each. Layers of pigment are visible, giving impression it has been repainted over time.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.183
- Medium and Support
- wood, mirrors, pigment, gourd, beads, metal
- relevance
- rank 9.54141
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- events
- headgear
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by family relationship
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- Title
- Bodhisattva Amoghapasa (Avalokitesvara of the never-empty noose)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A small bronze figure of Amoghapasa, a Buddhist deity, made by the cire perdue (lost wax) casting method. The challenge to the caster is this case is the top-heaviness of the piece caused by the iconographical requirement for the image to have eight arms; in at attempt to provide some support, he arranging floating scarves to drape all the way to the lotus pedestal.
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.97
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.51963
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- doctrinal concepts
- form attributes
- motifs
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- A Votive plaque depicting a Bodhisattva in Amitabha's (Chinese. Amitofou's) Western Paradise, giving rebirth to new souls from lotus buds
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
- Century
- 7th-9th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.17
- Medium and Support
- terracotta, molded
- relevance
- rank 9.51853
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- doctrinal concepts
- form attributes
- geographic and political locations
- lancaster (county)
- motifs
- north and central america (continent)
- object genres
- object genres by form
- pennsylvania (state)
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- united states (nation)
- Title
- Christ at the Marriage at Cana
- Artist
- Giovanni Battista Vanni
- Physical Description
- This etching depicts a vast and lively gathering of figures around a large banquet table in the foreground accompanied by other crowds of figures throughout the composition. The scene takes place in an outdoor setting surrounded by classical architecture that recedes perspectivally in the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1599 - 1660)
- Object Creation Date
- 1637
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.214
- Medium and Support
- etching and engraving on heavy laid paper
- relevance
- rank 9.50944
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- celebrations
- events
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- social science concepts
- social structure
- sociological concepts
- Title
- Mercurius in the Vessel
- Artist
- Richard Anuszkiewicz
- Physical Description
- Concentric lines of bright red alternate with lines of blue and green to create an optical illusion of receeding squares. The juxtaposition of these colors also creates an appearance of intersecting orange lines and hues of purple.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1930
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1963
- Accession Number
- 1988/1.137
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 9.47091
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- genres
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by material or technique
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Athens - Altar of Dionysus in Theatre
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian?
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1865
- Accession Number
- 1980/1.162
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.43011
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- architecture
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- europe
- faces
- inorganic material
- locality
- materials
- materials by composition
- mythology
- objects
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- rock
- rock by form
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Holy Anne with Two Others (Hl. Anna selbtritt)
- Artist
- Otto Dix
- Physical Description
- Three center female figures with exposed breasts and halos. Entire picture composed of overlapping U- or V-shaped charcoal strokes.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1891 - 1969
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1914
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.92
- Medium and Support
- charcoal on ready brown wove paper
- relevance
- rank 9.37755
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- religious figures
- Title
- A Votive plaque depicting the Buddha Amitâbha (Chinese, Amitofou) preaching in his Western Paradise
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene..
- Century
- 7th-9th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.18
- Medium and Support
- terracotta, molded
- relevance
- rank 9.37750
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- design elements
- doctrinal concepts
- figures (representations)
- form attributes
- motifs
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Amitabha (Ch. Amitofou) rescues sailors at sea
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.179
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print mounted as a hanging scroll
- relevance
- rank 9.34749
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- doctrinal concepts
- document genres
- document genres by form
- information forms
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in religion
- people in religion and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- Title
- Mandala of a Dhyana Buddha, possibly Amitayus
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A portable painting (thangka) in gouache and gold pigment on sized cotton, framed with concentric borders of red and yellow figures silk, with an outer border of white satin with embroidered floral designs. The painting is designed to be rolled up when not in use.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.1
- Medium and Support
- gouache on cotton
- relevance
- rank 9.33647
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- associated concepts
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- doctrinal concepts
- educators
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in social science-related occupations
- people in the social sciences and related occupations
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Oriya manuscript (unidentified), folio: A Courtier Visits an Ascetic. (Images and text on both sides; pair with 1985/2.144)
- Artist
- India, Orissa
- Physical Description
- In this scene, a young prince, seen at right in his bejeweled splendor, offers reverence to an ascetic. The sage, nearly naked and with matted hair, sits on an animal skin. His right hand is in the gesture of exposition, suggesting that he is preaching to his courtly audience.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/2.40
- Medium and Support
- charcoal dust and washes of color on incised palm leaf
- relevance
- rank 9.32163
- Secondary Keywords
- layout features
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by general context
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- illustrations
- illustrations by form
- image-making processes and techniques
- images and ornament
- information form components
- layout features
- leaves
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- religious ideologies
- text-based art
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Bodhisattva Mañjusri
- Artist
- Nepal
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.278
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.31733
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- doctrinal concepts
- edged weapons
- form attributes
- motifs
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
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- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Adoration of Shri Nathji
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School
- Physical Description
- The richly dressed sculpture in the central niche is Shri Nathaji, an alternative name for Krishna, and the principal deity of the Vallabha Sampraday sect, to which the Kotah ruling family belonged. A priest is shown performing the lamp-waving ceremony before Shri Nathaji. At right is a small costumed sculpture of Krishna playing the flute.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1830
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.9
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.29921
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by activity
- people by state or condition
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious figures
- standing
- Title
- Shiva surrounded by arch and two hounds
- Artist
- India, Central India
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.73
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.29225
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- mammals
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- Title
- A Votive plaque depicting the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha (Ch. Dizang), in Amitabha's Western Paradise
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
- Century
- 7th-9th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.19
- Medium and Support
- terracotta, molded
- relevance
- rank 9.25150
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- doctrinal concepts
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- form attributes
- motifs
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- tools and equipment
- walking sticks
- Title
- Power Figure (nkisi kozo)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Vili Peoples, Congo Republic
- Physical Description
- Small wooden animal, possibly a dog or warthog, stands with medicinal pack and mirror embedded into its back; face has long sneering mouth and snout, bearing teeth. short pointed ears; tail curls at end. Two “guns” or pointy projections would have come out above the dog’s front legs, but they have broken off.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1825-1899
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.182
- Medium and Support
- wood, mirrors, resin, tukula powder, medicinal substances
- relevance
- rank 9.24556
- Secondary Keywords
- analytical functions
- animal
- associated concepts
- disciplines
- fetish figures
- functions
- functions (activities)
- functions by general context
- health sciences
- objects we use
- occult sciences
- people and culture
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- science
- science and related disciplines
- sculpture
- sculpture by function
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- 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
- relevance
- rank 9.24217
- 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
- Buddha's Footprint at Zhutang Temple, from the album, Twelve Views of Jinling (Nanjing) (one of pair of albums)
- Artist
- Gao Cen (Kao Ts'en)
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1643-1679
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.159.9
- Medium and Support
- album leaf, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.21296
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- document genres
- document genres by form
- information forms
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious buildings
- religious structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the natural world
- Title
- Kalpasutra manuscript page: Monks and Devotees
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
- Physical Description
- The horizontal folio from a Kalpasutra manuscript consists of seven lines of text to the left and center broken by a squarish gold symbol framed in a red line and cusped blue lines. Gold diamond shapes framed in red are at the sides, with a vertical red line between the one on the left and the text. Between the text and the right diamond shape there is a painting consisting of three registers of figures against a red ground. The top row depicts three laymen wearing crowns, the middle two monks and a nun and the bottom row three nuns.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1400-1450
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.116
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.21296
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- document genres
- document genres by conditions of production
- information forms
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by occupation
- people in religion
- people in religion and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious (people)
- religious figures
- text-based art
- Title
- Nail figure (nkisi nkondi)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Vili Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Wood-carved, standing male figure 40 inches in height. Its shoulders and torso are impaled with iron blades, nails and fragments. The torso is long, arms at side are bent at elbow and hands rest on lower abdomen. The right wrist wears a bracelet with attachments. The legs are truncated, with twisted metal anklet on right foot. The face is naturalistic, the mouth slightly open, the nose long and narrow with slightly flared nostrils. Eyes are almost shaped, may have had inlay that is now gone. The top of the head shows a tiered, "layer cake like" coiffure. The figure has a long and deep crack down the entire length of its left side, from top of the head to the left ankle.
- Century
- Late 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.192
- Medium and Support
- wood, iron nails, blades and fragments, fiber cord
- relevance
- rank 9.20816
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- events
- fetish figures
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by function
- tool and equipment components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Unidentified Hindu or folk goddess, with three children (?) (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century - 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.104
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.20569
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- parents
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- people by family relationship
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- youth
- Title
- Shiva, seated (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Northwest India
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century - 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.77
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.14487
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- Title
- The Bridge at Hell Gate
- Artist
- Joseph Pennell
- Artist Life Dates
- 1857-1926
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1857-1926
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.140
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.10910
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- associated concepts
- doctrinal concepts
- european
- european styles and periods
- hells
- modern and contemporary art
- modern british styles and movements
- modern british styles by reign
- modern european regional styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- plants
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the natural world
- waterscapes
- Title
- Tosyodaiji (Tôshôdai-ji)
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1955
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.31
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.09968
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious buildings
- religious structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Madonna and Child
- Artist
- Carlo Maratti
- Physical Description
- A woman in a red dress is sitting with a baby on her lap. The baby is holding a note while her right hand is outstretched. Another small child is crouched at her side.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1625 - 1713)
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.115
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 9.08964
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- associated concepts
- bible
- new testament
- people and culture
- religions and religious concepts
- Title
- The Three Stars: Gods of Happiness, Prosperity and Longevity.
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.161
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.06371
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
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- people
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- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- prints
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- relief prints
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- religious concepts
- visual works
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