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Title

Man of Sorrows

Artist

Artist Unknown, Germany

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1460

Accession Number

1949/1.167

Medium and Support

offset print on paper

relevance

rank 4.14274

Secondary Keywords

new testament

religion

subject matter

themes (religious)

Title

A Rabbi Studying, from a drawing by Rembrandt

Artist

Augustus John

Physical Description

A bearded man sits stooped over his literature. He is adorned in thick robes and his head wrapped. He sits at a table that is also covered in cloth.

Artist Life Dates

1878-1961

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1906

Accession Number

1949/1.70

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 4.13101

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

clergy

descriptors

object genres

object genres by location, context or origin

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

Title

He's Got You and Me Brother

Artist

Ronald E. Cooper

Artist Life Dates

born 1931

Century

late 20th century

Object Creation Date

1992

Accession Number

2002/1.213

Medium and Support

carved and painted wood

relevance

rank 4.12422

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

associated concepts

bible

new testament

objects we use

people

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people and culture

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religions

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standing

visual works

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Title

Elevation of a Small Domed Church

Artist

Giuseppe Barberi

Physical Description

The sketch for a church is presented with the view towards the door. The church has a portico entrance with columns and and pediment. Above that his a high glazed drum supporting the dome. Atop the dome is a lantern and cross. At the ends of the entableture are sculptures of standing figures. The sides of the stucture appear to be quite shallow, suggesting that the church is a short-armed Greek cross or even round in plan.

Artist Life Dates

1746-1809

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

1777-1784

Accession Number

1958/1.64

Medium and Support

pen and brown ink with ink wash

relevance

rank 4.11180

Secondary Keywords

agricultural structures

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components

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Title

Varahi

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nandu, Kanchipuran

Physical Description

Varahi has a crowned boar’s head on a woman’s body. She sits with her ankles crosses and originally had four arms, the back two have broken away as has the front right hand which had probably been held up in a reassuring gesture. Her left from hand is held down at her left knee with the palm held facing out in a gesture of giving. Her body is softly modeled with a narrow waist and full breasts. She wears jewelry that is in sharp but low relief and includes a series of necklaces forming a collar of decoration and a longer one that falls between her breasts which suggests the sacred thread extending down to her waist at her right. She is naked from the waist up and the lower garment is merely suggested by the heavier folds at the waist. Her head is tilted and her chin/snout had jutted out to the left, but the lower snout is broken away. She wears a conical crown that accents the long diagonal of her face. Originally there was an arch behind the image which would have supported her back arms, so the image would have appeared denser, with only the cut away empty space to the sides of her waist.

Century

10th century

Object Creation Date

circa early 10th century

Accession Number

1960/1.113

Medium and Support

granite

relevance

rank 4.10163

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

descriptors

inorganic material

mammals

materials

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people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

rock

rock by form

Title

Ganesha, seated on a double lotus throne

Artist

Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java

Physical Description

Ganesha is shown here seated on a double lotus throne, in a royal posture with the soles of his feet together. He has four arms, and holds two of his attributes in the rear pair: an ax and a rosary. His trunk curls down across his rotund belly to reach for a bowl of sweets that rests in his left forward arm. The cobra slung across his shoulder, now hard to make out because of the centuries of wear of the stone, indicates Ganesha's lineage as the son of the Shiva, in his aspect as the great ascetic. Almost 27 inches high, this sculpture of the Hindu god Ganesha is carved of andesite, a volcanic stone common to the island of Java in Indonesia. Andesite is a soft stone and erodes easily, which is why the carving is no longer crisp.

Century

11th century

Object Creation Date

11th century

Accession Number

1957/2.56

Medium and Support

andesite (volcanic stone)

relevance

rank 4.10163

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

descriptors

inorganic material

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people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

rock

rock by form

Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and worshipper

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

In the upper register of this folio a woman holds a child who is crowned and adorned with jewels. The golden hue of the infant, along with the fan held above their heads signifies the child’s importance. They sit in devotion before a Jina, indicated by his nudity—a trademark of Digambara Jina and a sign of purity.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.165

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 4.09240

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

children (people by age group)

figures (representations)

objects we use

parents

people

people (agents)

people and culture

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people by gender

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religions and religious concepts

visual works

visual works by subject type

youth

Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 5 - Give Us this Day Our Daily Bread (Das Vaterunser - Unser täglich Brot gieb uns heute)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

Four men in plain, dark clothing sit, with hands folded in prayer, around a rectangular table, in the center of which is a fish on an oval platter. The man at the far end has his eyes closed. The other three raise their faces to heaven.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.427

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 4.08742

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

animals

associated concepts

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materials

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relief prints

religions and religious concepts

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styles and periods

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the natural world

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Title

Hassidic Men Walking Amongst Sand Piles, Israel

Artist

Leonard Freed

Physical Description

A man in hassidic clothing standing in the middle of a sand pile. There is another man farther back in the distance.

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

2014/2.330

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 4.08546

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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materials

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soil by composition or origin

Title

Mukha-Linga, Cobra head

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Physical Description

This phallic representation of the god Shiva appears as a columnar head placed on a base with two rounded moldings on top of a series of square ones. His neck is fully cylindrical and the face is modeled on that cylinder. The eyes are wide open and a bow shaped eyebrow curves over them. He has a flared nose and luxuriant moustache over a narrow but full lips and a short ball like chin. A ‘U’ shaped element consisting of lines and a pearl motif probably represents his beard, perhaps held up in a tight net. His forehead is decorated with three raise lines that go straight across and his crown is basically flat over his hear decorated with a bunch of peak forms in the center with a finial surmounting the whole. His ears fan out almost like handles to a jar and are decorated with stylized arabesques. A five-headed snake hood rises behind the head and has a rib down its center and scale motives incised towards the bottom an ‘S’ shapes t denote the cobra ‘eyes’ to each side.

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

18th century - 19th century

Accession Number

1981/2.52C

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.08546

Secondary Keywords

animals

animals and creatures

associated concepts

hinduism

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

reptiles

reptiles and amphibians

snakes

the natural world

Title

Dancing Krishna holding butter-balls

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Physical Description

small bronze figurine made by lost wax process. The child Krishna dances on one leg with his right one raised. He hold balls of butter in his hands, one outstretched to this side and the right one extended forward as if offering it to the viewer. He stands on a round lotus base placed on a square slab. He is naked, but is decorated with a vast assortment of jewelry. Necklaces that cross his chest and drop to his waist, decorated belts, shoulder pieces, rings, bracelets and earrings and elaborate decorations on his head fanning out from his ears and decorating his hair which is arranged in a flat chignon on the top of his head.

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1976/2.42

Medium and Support

copper alloy with gilt

relevance

rank 4.08374

Secondary Keywords

arts

arts and related disciplines

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disciplines

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vishnu

youth

Title

View of Amsterdam

Artist

Auguste Louis Lepère

Physical Description

In the right foreground, cutting across diagonally, is a pier with figures moving around. At the pier are some ships, and in the middle ground is a strip of water and a row of darkly shadowed buildings. In the background are some faint towers that jut into the sky.

Artist Life Dates

1849-1918

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1849-1918

Accession Number

1965/2.63

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 4.08065

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

churches

churches by location or context

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geographic and political locations

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hydraulic structures by form

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north holland (province)

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Title

Visnhu triad: goddess Shri Devi, 1 of 3 figures

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Physical Description

Shridevi stands in a tribhanga pose (with three bends) with her right arm hanging pendant to her side and holding a lotus bud in her left hand. She leans towards the figure of Vishnu in the grouping of three bronzes. She stands on a base consisting of a flat square element topped with a series of five round rings. She wears a decorated lower garment flared out on either side in a pattern. She wears a decorated belt and necklaces, bracelets and armlets, with shoulder loops, earrings and a crown. The jewelry and crown is highlighted with gold paint as is his clothing and the two attributes. She also wears a band across her breasts, a characteristic of Shridevi in groupings with Vishnu and his other consort, Bhudevi.

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.131

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.07794

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

figures

people and culture

people and occupations

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Votive tablet of a seated Buddha in dhyana mudra

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Accession Number

1990/1.177

Medium and Support

terracotta

relevance

rank 4.07794

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

figures

people and culture

people and occupations

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Miniature altar fragment: Seated Buddha flanked by two attendants

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

6th century

Object Creation Date

6th century

Accession Number

1981/2.73

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.07794

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

figures

people and culture

people and occupations

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Basílica do Palácio Nacional de Mafra

Artist

Candida Höfer

Physical Description

chromogenic print

Artist Life Dates

born 1944

Century

21st century

Object Creation Date

2006

Accession Number

2007/2.15

Medium and Support

chromogenic color print on paper

relevance

rank 4.06427

Secondary Keywords

architecture

building divisions

buildings

buildings and the land

churches

churches by location or context

components

components and systems

components by specific context

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

interior spaces

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places of worship

religious buildings

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rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by location or context

single built works

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Title

Vajra bell (Lontjeng) (one of a pair)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java

Physical Description

This is one of a pair of Javanese bells. A talon-like vajra sits atop the bronze handle. Lotus petals decorate the base, and the faces encircling the the bell above them depict Prajnaparamita, the bodhisattva aspect of “Perfection of Wisdom.”

Century

16th -17th century

Object Creation Date

16th century - 17th century

Accession Number

1957/2.54

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.06388

Secondary Keywords

hollow-bodied

associated concepts

bells and sets of bells

biological components

buddhism

buddhist doctrinal concepts

chordophones

components

components and systems

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copper alloy

copper and copper alloy

descriptors

directly struck idiophones

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heads

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

metal

metal and metal products

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nonferrous metal

objects

objects we use

people and culture

percussion idiophones

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

struck idiophones

the human body

upper body

Title

Calvario, Patzuaro, from "The Mexican Portfolio", 2nd Edition

Artist

Paul Strand

Artist Life Dates

1890-1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

1971/2.126.12

Medium and Support

photogravure on paper

relevance

rank 4.05931

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

bible

figures

genres

holy figures and saints

modern and contemporary art

new testament

objects

people and occupations

religion

subject matter

themes (religious)

Title

Scene from the life of the Buddha: Buddha triumphs over the fire snake at the Fire Temple of Uruvilva Kasyapa (architectural fragment)

Artist

Artist Unknown,Gandhara (ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)

Physical Description

A fragment of a stone slab, originally a facing on the drum of a small stupa, carved with a narrative scene. In this relief, he is converting devotees of the fire god Agni, the three ascetic Kasyapa brothers and their disciples. In this narrative, the Buddha asked to spend the night in the fire temple of Uruvilva Kasyapa. The temple’s fire god worshipers thought the fearsome fire serpent that dwelled within the temple would vanquish the Buddha. Instead, the fiery radiance of the meditating Buddha overwhelmed the serpent, who crawled into the Buddha’s alms bowl; the defeated snake appears in this sculpture below the Buddha. Meanwhile, the dazzling radiance the Buddha emits has been mistaken for flames and a fire brigade using ladders and pots of water has been formed to put out the fire, as can be seen here. Seated in the posture and gesture of meditation, the Buddha’s calm presence is in contrast to the action unfolding around him. The three Kasyapa brothers, with their beards and matted hair, are at the bottom directing it all – two are on the right and the other is seated at the far left.

Century

3rd century

Object Creation Date

200-232

Accession Number

1972/2.41

Medium and Support

grey schist

relevance

rank 4.05619

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asian

associated concepts

buildings and the land

descriptors

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indian

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natural element motifs

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south asian

styles and periods

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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

relevance

rank 4.05458

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

descriptors

design elements

firearms

objects we use

ornament areas

people

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projectile weapons

projectile weapons with explosive propellant

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religions and religious concepts

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weapons and ammunition

Title

Sketch of the Baths of Caracalla (?)

Artist

Anonymous

Physical Description

This sketch shows ancient ruins. The top half of the page is left empty with sky. At the righ is an apsed portico and from it, to the left of the page, runs a wall studded with windows. In the foreground is a set of stairs with shrubbery overgrowing.

Century

18th century?

Accession Number

2013/2.559.2

Medium and Support

red crayon on laid paper

relevance

rank 4.05332

Secondary Keywords

bath, dressing and sanitary spaces

building divisions

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Title

Snuff bottle with relief images of luohan (Buddhist sages/arhats)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1800-1880

Accession Number

1980/2.129

Medium and Support

porcelain, molded, with overglaze enamel painting

relevance

rank 4.04712

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

containers

containers by function or context

containers for personal use

containers for smoking and tobacco use

objects we use

people

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religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Jewish Men Praying, Jerusalem, Israel

Artist

Leonard Freed

Physical Description

A group of Hassidic men praying inside of a religious place. They are all standing, facing forward.

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

2014/2.331

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 4.04470

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

document genres

document genres by form

document genres for literary works

information forms

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

religions and religious concepts

Title

Buddha Asyura (Ashura, Kôfukuji, Nara)

Artist

Saitô Kiyoshi

Artist Life Dates

(active 1907 - 1997)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1959

Accession Number

1986/2.65

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 4.04020

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Bhairava: Shiva as Lord of the Cremation Grounds

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Karnataka

Physical Description

Shiva as Bhairava stands against a plain pointed arch supported by pilasters with a kirtimukha or face of glory at the top. He stands in a trihanga pose, with his hip thrust to his right and wears platform sandals. He originally has four arms, the front two of which are broken away. His back two arms hold a decorated trident and a drum. He would have held a sword in one hand and a kapala, a cup made out of a scull and a hanging severed head in the other. He is naked, but wears much of jewelry including belts with pendant elements, anklets, armlets, bracelets, necklaces, a band just under his breasts and large circular earrings. He also wears a decorated sacred thread over his left shoulder. His has an elaborate coiffure in curls around the top of his head with a large topknot to one side. His face is badly damaged. Emaciated hungry ghosts attend him, the one to his right dancing with his hands raised above his head with a pot between his legs. The ghost who is on his left stands behind a dog, whose head has broken away. The ghost and the dog would have been playing with the absent severed head, adding to the ghoulish nature of the image.

Century

12th - 13th century

Object Creation Date

12th century -13th century

Accession Number

2001/2.131

Medium and Support

stone

relevance

rank 4.03848

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

hindu

named gods and goddesses

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

subject matter

Title

Vishnu Stele, four-armed Vishnu with two of his attributes personified

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

Vishnu stand in a strict unbending pose, samabhanga and has four hands. Reading clockwise from the front right hand, he holds lotus, a club, a discus and a conch. The lotus and conch are also personified with full standing figures at the base below his tow front hands, the lotus as a female figure to his right and the conch as a male figure to his left. On the pointed arch behind the figure a flying figure holding garlands is carved in shallow relief to either side of his crown. He wears a diaphanous lower cloth, the folds of the garment are articulated with a flared section down the center. He wears a long garland down to his knees, a sacred thread and various pieces of jewelry, including bracelets, armlets, a necklace and large earrings and an elaborate crown.

Century

10th century

Object Creation Date

circa 10th century

Accession Number

2003/1.385

Medium and Support

black schist

relevance

rank 4.03848

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

hindu

named gods and goddesses

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

subject matter

Title

Friction Oracle (Itombwa)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Physical Description

Carved wood figure of a quadraped, probably a dog. The figure's back is concave and smooth from use. The figure's back was rubbed with a stick, dowel, or cloth to create friction. A small bell or gong hangs from the figure's neck. Details of the face (nose, mouth eyes) are carved in.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1997/1.358

Medium and Support

carved wood, metal, glass beads and cowrie shell

relevance

rank 4.03814

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

object genres

object genres by function

people and occupations

religious figures

the natural world

Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 10 - For Thine Is the Kingdom (Das Vaterunser - Denn Dein ist das Reich)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

A man, a woman, and a child facing the viewer with their hands folded in prayer. The man and woman sit on a mattress and look to heaven. The child stands in front of them with his head bowed. Next to the child is a diminutive cow. In the background behind the family are images of fish and birds.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.432

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 4.03654

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

animals

animals and creatures

associated concepts

components and systems

document genres

document genres by form

document genres for literary works

emotion

european

european styles and periods

figures

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prints

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relief prints

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

social groups

social science concepts

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the natural world

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works groupings

Title

Paestum

Artist

Luigi Kasimir

Physical Description

Print depicting the city of Paestum in Rome from the inside of a temple. The etching is in color, and the image was probably colored after the printing process was complete. The perspective is from the ground level, as if the viewer was standing inside the structure and looking towards the outside.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1881, active 1905-1925

Object Creation Date

1923

Accession Number

2009/2.97

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 4.03562

Secondary Keywords

ancient italian periods

ancient italian styles and periods

buildings and the land

descriptors

early western world

europe (continent)

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Title

St. Michael Overcoming Satan

Artist

Giovanni Rovere

Artist Life Dates

1575-1640

Century

Late 16th or early 17th century

Object Creation Date

1575-1640

Accession Number

1970/2.60

Medium and Support

pen, brown ink and brown wash, heightened with white

relevance

rank 4.03018

Secondary Keywords

demons

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men on horseback

objects

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religious figures

subject matter

Title

Ascetics with dogs in landscape

Artist

Artist Unknown Mughal Workshop, Uttar Pradesh

Physical Description

The drawing is mounted on an album page of a yellowish color flecked with gold. There is a narrow frame in a slighter lighter tone outlined with gold and red lines. The main figure sits facing the viewer and is in a long robe. An emaciated, nearly nude figure faces him squatting with his hand on one knee. Another ascetic stands and offers obeisance to the master. One dog rolls around in front of him and another on a leash walks behind him. There is a clump of bushes to the lower left and a tree to the upper left tops a diagonal leading down to the right with a large group of twisted trees.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1969/2.176

Medium and Support

black and red opaque watercolor and gold on paper

relevance

rank 4.03018

Secondary Keywords

animals

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

figures

mammals

people and occupations

religious figures

settlements and landscapes

the natural world

Title

The Vision of St. Dominic

Artist

Bernardo Castello

Artist Life Dates

1557-1629

Century

Late 16th or early 17th century

Object Creation Date

1550-1629

Accession Number

1970/2.9

Medium and Support

pen and ink with brown wash, heightened with white

relevance

rank 4.02803

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

atmospheric effects

bible

figures

holy figures and saints

new testament

people and occupations

religion

religious figures

subject matter

the natural world

Title

The Adoration of the Magi

Artist

Cristofano Robetta

Artist Life Dates

1452 - working until 1522

Century

15th-16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1495

Accession Number

1956/1.77

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 4.02803

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

bible

drapery

figures

geography

groups

holy figures and saints

new testament

people and occupations

religion

religions

religious figures

subject matter

Title

Vishnu as Bhogasthanakamurti, accompanied by a pair of female attendants, 1978/2.131 and 1978/2.132

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Physical Description

Vishnu stands on a base consisting of a flat square element topped with a series of five round rings. He stands in an unbending pose and has four arms. Reading clockwise from his front right hand, he is in varada mudra, holds a discus, holds a conch, and is on his hip. He wears a decorated lower garment flared out on either side in a pattern. He wears a decorated belt and necklaces, a sacred thread and shoulder loops, bracelets and armlets, earrings and a crown. The jewelry and crown is highlighted with gold paint as is his clothing and the two attributes.

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.123

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.02577

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

hindu

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

subject matter

Title

Illustrated book: Sayings of Jesus, The Sermon on the Mount and the Instructions

Artist

André Girard

Artist Life Dates

Born 1901

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1956

Accession Number

1956/2.20

Medium and Support

serigraph on paper

relevance

rank 4.01791

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

bible

figures

illustrations

modern and contemporary art

new testament

people and occupations

religious figures

text-based art

Title

The Left Thief (Der linke Schächer), preparatory drawing for "Golgotha" illustration in 20 Pictures of the Bible (20 Bilder zur Bibel), 1924

Artist

Alfred Kubin

Physical Description

A remake of the traditional Golgotha crucifixion scene. On the right is a horribly distended figure, hanging precariously from a cross that leans out toward the viewer. He represents the left thief, or, the bad thief. He looks out toward the viewer. At the bottom center is a hooded Mary figure, her face shielded from view. At the far left, another cross contains the regular, "sleeping" form of another crucified man, but without the distention of the first. On the ground between the two is the empty cross of Christ, marked by the INRI signed nailed into its top. Along the center of the image, in the background, a file of viewers move from right to left, one of whom carries a ladder. Clouds can be seen in the sky.

Artist Life Dates

1877-1959

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1924

Accession Number

2007/2.100

Medium and Support

pen and ink on laid paper

relevance

rank 4.01322

Secondary Keywords

crosses

holy figures and saints

religion

subject matter

themes (religious)

Title

Tapestry

Artist

Anonymous Italian

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

1972/2.328

Medium and Support

wool?

relevance

rank 4.01322

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

bible

crosses

new testament

religion

tapestry

themes (religious)

Title

Page from a Chorale: Last Judgment?

Artist

Anonymous Italian

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

before6/30/46.10

Medium and Support

tempera on parchment

relevance

rank 4.01322

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

music

religion

text-based art

themes (religious)

Title

Nun with Recorder

Artist

Ilse Bing

Physical Description

A nun holding a recording tool.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998

Object Creation Date

1935

Accession Number

2012/2.45

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 4.01055

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in religion

people in religion and related occupations

people in the humanities

photographic processes

photography and photographic processes and techniques

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

religious (people)

Title

Head of an unidentified male figure, possibly a donor figure or a devotee in a Buddhist sculpture group

Artist

Gandhara (ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)

Physical Description

This head of a male figure with curly hair and a mustache would once have been part of a large stucco sculpture group. Part of the stucco has flaked away from the right-hand side of the face.

Century

5th century

Object Creation Date

circa 5th century

Accession Number

1948/1.102

Medium and Support

stucco

relevance

rank 4.00773

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

biological components

components

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components by specific context

people

people (agents)

people and culture

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people by gender

religions

religions and religious concepts

the human body

upper body

Title

Seated Buddha

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

5th century

Object Creation Date

first half of 5th century

Accession Number

1964/1.93

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.00336

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

figures

people and culture

people and occupations

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Bhu Devi

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Physical Description

Bhudevi stands in a tribhanga pose (with three bends) with her left arm hanging pendant to her side and holding a lotus bud in her right hand. She leans towards the figure of Vishnu in the grouping of three bronzes. She stands on a base consisting of a flat square element topped with a series of five round rings. She wears a decorated lower garment flared out on either side in a pattern. She wears a decorated belt and necklaces, bracelets and armlets, with shoulder loops, earrings and a crown. The jewelry and crown is highlighted with gold paint as is his clothing and the two attributes. She does not wear a band across her breasts, as does Shridevi in groupings with Vishnu and Bhudevi.

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.132

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.00140

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

subject matter

Title

Iconography series: Brisha (female monkey, riding a bull)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School

Physical Description

Two figures, Anjana and a bull are depicted centrally in the image. The background is very simple with some grass tufts and a pond near the very bottom of the images. Near the top of the image in the background there some trees and sky are visible.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1840

Accession Number

1988/1.82

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 4.00140

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

mammals

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Tara, six-armed, with attendant Buddha and Bodhisattva

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1978/2.105

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.00140

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

subject matter

Title

Standing Parvati

Artist

Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop

Physical Description

Parvati stands on a tiny base with little feet in a strict unbending stance. The body is elongated with a small waist, the hips billowing out and tapering in a stylized way to the feet. He has broad shoulders, pointy breasts that fall quite low in the chest and has two arms holding a bowl in her right one and a lotus flower in her left. She wears a d simple tight fitting skirt decorated with incised lines and a corded belt that falls down the center of her body with five rows of cords falling from the center and wrapping around her legs creating a fishbone pattern. She wears necklaces with added pendants on her shoulders and her coiffure is tied in a chignon on the right side at the back of her head wearing a headdress that has decorations that cascade down both shoulders. Like the accompanying Shiva figure she has large eyes and what appear to be two sets of eyebrows, but the tikka on her forehead is of a flame shape.

Century

15th-16th century

Object Creation Date

15th century - 16th century

Accession Number

1978/2.127

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.00140

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

subject matter

Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk and a royal devotee

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

This is a brightly colored painting on a light background. It depicts a three- tiered scene with several figures, standing and kneeling, looking toward a central seated figure in the top tier. This male figure is seated in lotus position on a throne, decorated with colorful designs. To his left and right are attendants who fan him. In the middle tier, there is a nude man with long hair, a kneeling woman and a figure who is half-man and half-serpent. In the bottom tier, there are two kneeling men, wearing robes and headdresses, with hands pressed together and eyes gazing upward toward the main figure. They are surrounded by a tiger, a bird, an insect and a serpent.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.167

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 4.00110

Secondary Keywords

animals

animals and creatures

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

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people by state or condition

physical activities

physical activities by general context

religious figures

reptiles

reptiles and amphibians

the natural world

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

The Student (L'Etudiante)

Artist

Gerome Kamrowski

Physical Description

On a narrow canvas a background of overlapping, rounded segments of blues, grays, and greens suggests rock. These layers build up to warmer colors, and on the surface of the layers are several shapes executed in white line suggestive of cave-painting. The shapes looks like microscopic organisms and are connected by the nerve-like white lines. As a whole, the visual elements are also suggestive of a seated figure, and the white shapes then appear as organs.

Artist Life Dates

1914 - 2004

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1950

Accession Number

1975/1.77

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 3.99747

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

european

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genres

image-making processes and techniques

modern and contemporary art

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objects we use

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people and culture

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religions and religious concepts

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visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Stones from the River, table base

Artist

Dan Kvitka

Physical Description

On a large, sinuous platform, twenty-two finished wood pieces are nestled within their respective positions; the pieces are comprised of large and small flat cylindrical shapes in shades of red and black.

Artist Life Dates

born 1958

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

2000

Accession Number

2002/2.153A

Medium and Support

Burmese Afzelia burl and Nigerian black ebony on wood table

relevance

rank 3.98841

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

buildings and the land

components of bodies of water

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

landscapes (environments)

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

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objects we use

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styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Samvara (?) and Sakti

Artist

Nepal

Century

16th – 18th century

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

1976/2.76

Medium and Support

gilded copper or bronze

relevance

rank 3.98309

Secondary Keywords

asian

associated concepts

figures

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

south asian

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Farm Landscape

Artist

Jacques Callot

Physical Description

Some mold damage. Paper size: lh 20 7/10cm & rh 20 9/10cm x w 32 3/5cm. Image size: h 8 1/2cm x w 21 3/5cm.

Accession Number

2008/2.381

Medium and Support

etching on beige laid paper

relevance

rank 3.97313

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

agricultural complexes

agricultural functions

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

built complexes and districts

complexes

complexes by function

descriptors

functions

functions (activities)

functions by specific context

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

intaglio prints

mammals

objects we use

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

open spaces by form

people

people (agents)

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people by gender

people by occupation

people in agriculture

people in agriculture or natural resource occupations

people in science-related occupations

printing and printing processes and techniques

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processes and techniques

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single built works

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique