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Title

Angel of Annunciation

Artist

Anonymous

Physical Description

An angel flying next to a column, drapes above, staircase below.

Accession Number

2013/2.548

Medium and Support

gouache and wash on paper

Artist

Anonymous

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

architectural elements

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

legendary creatures

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

Title

Frontispiece, "Eaux-fortes Modernes," The Societe des Aquafortistes"

Artist

Félix Bracquemond

Physical Description

A rooster standing at the base of a column, engraved with the publication information. Before the base is an arrangement of the chemistry and tools used to create etchings. The Societe des Aquafortistes was founded in 1862 and included several renowned artists of the time - Delacroix, Corot, Millet, Manet, Jongkind, Pissarro, etc. This is the first edition of the regular portfolio published by Cadart to highlight their work.

Artist Life Dates

1833-1914

Century

Late 19th century

Object Creation Date

1863

Accession Number

2011/2.211

Medium and Support

etching on paper

Artist

Bracquemond, Félix

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

architectural elements

birds

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

Title

Candlestick (one of a pair)

Artist

John Carter

Physical Description

This silver candlestick, one of a pair, is in the shape of a fluted column topped by a composite capital composed of a double row of acanthus leaves and four volutes at the corners. The column rests upon a stepped base made of four squares of diminishing size, the first and fourth of which are marked with a pattern of strigillations.

Artist Life Dates

(active ca. 1767 - 1789)

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1770-1771

Accession Number

1968/1.48

Medium and Support

silver

Artist

Carter, John

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

candleholders

candles and candleholders

capitals and capital components

column components

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

design elements

edging and surfacing patterns

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

lighting devices

lighting devices by form

metalwork

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

Title

Candlestick (one of a pair)

Artist

John Carter

Physical Description

This silver candlestick, one of a pair, is in the shape of a fluted column topped by a composite capital composed of a double row of acanthus leaves and four volutes at the corners. The column rests upon a stepped base made of four squares of diminishing size, the first and fourth of which are marked with a pattern of strigillations.

Artist Life Dates

(active ca. 1767 - 1789)

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1770-1771

Accession Number

1968/1.49

Medium and Support

silver

Artist

Carter, John

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

candleholders

candles and candleholders

capitals and capital components

column components

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

design elements

edging and surfacing patterns

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

lighting devices

lighting devices by form

metalwork

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

Title

Censer with Maltese crosses, birds, and columns

Artist

Artist Unknown, Coptic, Egypt

Physical Description

The body of this cylindrical censer is decorated with eight columns spaced at regular intervals. The lid of the censer consists of an openwork dome divided into sections by eight vertical ribs that converge at its apex. An arched horizontal band intersects the midpoint of the ribs, and these eight junctures are marked with a projecting bird that holds a small bronze ball dangling from its beak. Two segments of the dome are decorated with Maltese crosses while another two feature curved plant forms. The apex is surmounted by a finial comprised of a globe topped by a Maltese cross on which a bird holding a piece of fruit perches.

Century

6th-7th century

Object Creation Date

500-699

Accession Number

1960/2.4

Medium and Support

bronze

Artist

Coptic, Egypt, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

architectural elements

associated concepts

ceremonial containers

christianity

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

containers

containers by function or context

copper alloy

copper and copper alloy

crosses (motifs)

descriptors

design elements

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

metal

metal and metal products

metal by composition or origin

motifs

nonferrous metal

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

Title

Capital from the palace-city of Medinat al-Zahara with stylized acanthus leaves, vine rinceau and fleurons

Artist

Artist Unknown, Cordova, Spain

Physical Description

This capital, based upon the Roman composite order, features stylized acanthus leaves and rinceau on the bell of the capital, which terminates in a band of bead-and-reel motif on the astragal. This, in turn, is capped by an echinus decorated with three fleurons and vine rinceau on each face as well as four projecting volutes also decorated with rinceau and fleurons. Originally the bell of the capital had two tiers of acanthus leaves, but the capital has been cropped below the top of the first tier and the tips of the leaves, which once curved outward from the surface of the capital, have been sheared off.

Century

10th century

Object Creation Date

936-1010

Accession Number

1979/2.1

Medium and Support

marble

Artist

Cordova, Spain, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

associated concepts

buildings and the land

capitals and capital components

column components

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

design elements

dwellings

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

houses

houses by occupants

official residences

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

residential structures

scrollwork

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

Title

Tetrapylon, Palmyra, Syria

Artist

Lynn Davis

Physical Description

Four columns ruins with stone slabs in front.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1944

Object Creation Date

1995; printed 1996

Accession Number

2014/2.317

Medium and Support

selenium toned gelatin silver print on paper

Artist

Davis, Lynn

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

buildings and the land

columns and column components

combination inorganic/organic material

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by composition

natural landscapes

settlements and landscapes

soil

soil by composition or origin

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

Title

Engaged capital with vine rinceau, palmette leaves, and rosettes

Artist

Anonymous French

Physical Description

Engaged capital carved in grayish, coarse sandstone (arkose). The bell-shaped drum is decorated with a pattern of vine rinceau that encircles palmette leaves in a roughly symmetrical arrangement on each face of the capital. These ornamental plant forms are deeply undercut to highlight the pattern in sharp relief. A pair of volutes decorated with vertical striations springs from the vine rinceau in the upper portion of each face of the capital. A rosette enclosed in a circle appears at the top edge of the center of each face of the capital, above the point where the branches of the volutes diverge.

Century

First quarter of 12th century

Object Creation Date

1100-1125

Accession Number

1982/1.273

Medium and Support

sandstone

Artist

French, Anonymous

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

capitals and capital components

column components

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

design elements

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

motifs

object-making processes and techniques

objects we use

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

plant-derived motifs

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

relief

rock

rock by form

scrollwork

sculpture techniques

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

Title

The Vincent Sisters, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Artist

D. James Galbraith

Physical Description

Two girls in white dresses and sweaters climbing on large concrete pillars. one is climbing up, the other is posing.

Artist Life Dates

1930-2002

Object Creation Date

1990-2000

Accession Number

2014/2.224

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

Artist

Galbraith, D. James

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by family relationship

siblings

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

Title

St. Peter Baptising at Jerusalem

Artist

Marten van Heemskerck

Physical Description

A series of architectural spaces unfold, each showing figures engaged in some activity. At right, the largest figure is shown seated looking upwards towards a light source. The same figure, somewhat smaller, walks from right to left towards a small architectural space at the left where the same figure lays a hand on the head of a kneeling woman. Other scenes continue into the distance.

Artist Life Dates

1498-1574

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1573

Accession Number

1965/1.158

Medium and Support

pen and brown ink on cream paper

Artist

Heemskerck, Marten van

Secondary Keywords

layout features

agricultural structures

architectural elements

buildings and the land

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

illustrations

illustrations by form

images and ornament

information form components

layout features

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

Title

Capriccio with Roman Ruins, one of two "Monuments antiques"

Artist

Jacques-Gabriel Huquier

Physical Description

An outdoor scene with classical ruins, people and broken sculptures of people.There are large intact columns on the left side.

Artist Life Dates

(1695 - 1772)

Century

18th century

Accession Number

2013/2.575

Medium and Support

etching on heavy laid paper

Artist

Huquier

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

buildings and the land

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

italy (nation)

lazio (region)

object genres

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

people by gender

religious buildings

religious structures

roma (province)

single built works

single built works by condition

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Maitina

Artist

Atta Kwami

Physical Description

An abstract oil painting in various colors. The colors are set into their own rows or columns and do not run together.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1956

Object Creation Date

2011

Accession Number

2011/1.88

Medium and Support

oil on linen

Artist

Kwami, Atta

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

european

european styles and periods

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

paintings

paintings by material or technique

people and culture

prints

prints by process or technique

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

supporting and resisting elements

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Temple

Artist

Roy Lichtenstein

Physical Description

Black and white print using Ben Day dots to depict a part of the facade of a temple.

Artist Life Dates

10/28/1923 - 9/29/1997

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1964

Accession Number

1983/1.136

Medium and Support

two-color offset lithograph on wove paper

Artist

Lichtenstein, Roy

Secondary Keywords

aegean

aegean architecture styles

aegean styles

architectural elements

buildings and the land

circulation elements

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

early western world

entablature components

friezes and frieze components

international post-1945 styles and movements

mediterranean

people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

religious structures

single built works

single built works by condition

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

spanning and projecting structural elements

stairs and stair components

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

supporting and resisting elements

Title

Lord Charles Spencer (1740-1820), Second son of the Third Duke of Marlborough

Artist

Joshua Reynolds

Physical Description

A young man leans against a stone ledge and gazes to his right. He wears a slate blue jacket with a white collar and cuffs and has a matching mantle. He casually hooks a finger of his left hand in the hilt of a sword that hangs at his waist. A plain stone column immediately behind the sitter creates a near silhouette of the shadowed side of his face. A hazy sky fills the background.

Artist Life Dates

1723-1792

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1759

Accession Number

2001/2.128

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

Artist

Reynolds, Joshua

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

aristocrats

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

england (country)

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

greater london (metropolitan area)

objects we use

paintings

paintings by material or technique

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

united kingdom (nation)

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Scene with Antique Ruins

Artist

Hubert Robert

Physical Description

This red-chalk drawing depicts a draped male figure standing with his arms crossed gazing up at a large column with a large urn on top of it amidst classical ruins. Other spoiled sections of columns and an ornate capital are piled next to the central column. The darkly shaded foreground contrasts with the light sky, which takes up the upper three-quarters of the composition.

Artist Life Dates

1733-1808

Accession Number

2012/2.183

Medium and Support

red crayon on heavy laid paper

Artist

Robert, Hubert

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

buildings and the land

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

single built works

single built works by condition

single built works by specific type

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

Title

Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii

Artist

Randolph Rogers

Physical Description

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

Artist Life Dates

1825-1892

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1861

Accession Number

1862.1

Medium and Support

Carrara marble

Artist

Rogers, Randolph

Secondary Keywords

aegean

aegean architecture styles

aegean styles

allegory and literature

architectural elements

artistic concepts

artistic devices

associated concepts

campania (region)

capitals and capital components

card, table and board game elements

child

column components

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components

components and systems

components by specific context

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descriptors

early western world

equipment

equipment by context

equipment for personal use

europe

europe (continent)

european

european styles and periods

exceptional people

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game pieces

genres in the arts

geographic and political locations

handicapped

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inorganic material

italy

italy (nation)

literary, oral and motion picture genres

locality

materials

materials by composition

mediterranean

modern european styles and movements

napoli (province)

objects

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

people by state or condition

physically handicapped

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for competitive activities

rock

rock by form

sculpture by subject type

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

supporting and resisting elements

symbolism

tools and equipment

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

walking sticks

Title

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

Artist

Sanchez, Emilio

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

New City Hall, Boston City Hall

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

A black and white print of the support columns of Boston City Hall.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1971

Accession Number

2011/2.132

Medium and Support

black and white lithograph on paper

Artist

Sanchez, Emilio

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

enclosing structural elements

objects we use

prints

prints by process or technique

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

walls

walls and wall components

walls by location or context

Title

New City Hall, Boston

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

A black and white print of the exterior columns of Boston City Hall.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1970

Accession Number

2011/2.133

Medium and Support

black and white lithograph on paper

Artist

Sanchez, Emilio

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

buildings and the land

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

objects we use

prints

prints by process or technique

public buildings

public buildings by function

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

McClellan Street, Ft. Wayne, Indiana

Artist

Peter Turnley

Physical Description

A girl standing next to a column, hand on face, long hair, white dress and barefoot.

Object Creation Date

1972; printed 1980

Accession Number

2013/2.184

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Artist

Turnley, Peter

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

building divisions

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

exterior covered spaces

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by location or context

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

Title

Untitled (South African Woman)

Artist

Edward West

Physical Description

A woman in a light blue shirt seated with her back facing the camera, in between two columns.

Artist Life Dates

American, 1949

Accession Number

2012/1.247

Medium and Support

color photograph on paper

Artist

West, Edward

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements