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Title

Key and Cue No. 1182 (Remembrance has a rear and front)

Artist

Roni Horn

Physical Description

Aluminum shaft with block letters cast in black plastic.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1994

Accession Number

2009/1.470

Medium and Support

cast plastic and aluminum

relevance

rank 12.62508

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

genres in the arts

information form components

layout features

literary, oral and motion picture genres

people and culture

psychological concepts

social science concepts

Title

Yellow - Black - Blue, from "Sixteen Lithographs in Color"

Artist

Sol LeWitt

Physical Description

A suite of 15 lithographs and a composite gage in four colors hand drawn on aluminum plates and printed from those plates by hand. Printed in an edition of 50 on Italia paper by Landfall Press, Inc. Size: 23 x 23”. Contained in a paper box designed by Sol LeWitt with the cooperation of Service Bindery of Chicago, Ill.

Artist Life Dates

1928-2007

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1971

Accession Number

1978/2.61.12

Medium and Support

lithograph on Italia paper

relevance

rank 11.90035

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

genres

modern and contemporary art

people and culture

Title

Suaga Helmet Mask

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Mambila

Physical Description

A wooden helmet with elongated beak and small dark brown feather on top. The colors overall are dark brown, white and rust.

Object Creation Date

19th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.74

Medium and Support

wood, hair, pigment

relevance

rank 11.90035

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

animals and creatures

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

costume

forms of expression

objects we use

people and culture

Title

Tension

Artist

Piero Dorazio

Artist Life Dates

Rome, Italy, 1927 - 2005, Todi, Umbria, Italy

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1955

Accession Number

1983/1.413

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 11.90035

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

genres

modern and contemporary art

people and culture

Title

Yellow - Red - Blue, from "Sixteen Lithographs in Color"

Artist

Sol LeWitt

Physical Description

A suite of 15 lithographs and a composite gage in four colors hand drawn on aluminum plates and printed from those plates by hand. Printed in an edition of 50 on Italia paper by Landfall Press, Inc. Size: 23 x 23”. Contained in a paper box designed by Sol LeWitt with the cooperation of Service Bindery of Chicago, Ill.

Artist Life Dates

1928-2007

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1971

Accession Number

1978/2.61.11

Medium and Support

lithograph on Italia paper

relevance

rank 11.90035

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

genres

modern and contemporary art

people and culture

Title

Yellow, from "Sixteen Lithographs in Color"

Artist

Sol LeWitt

Physical Description

A suite of 15 lithographs and a composite gage in four colors hand drawn on aluminum plates and printed from those plates by hand. Printed in an edition of 50 on Italia paper by Landfall Press, Inc. Size: 23 x 23”. Contained in a paper box designed by Sol LeWitt with the cooperation of Service Bindery of Chicago, Ill.

Artist Life Dates

1928-2007

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1971

Accession Number

1978/2.61.1

Medium and Support

lithograph on Italia paper

relevance

rank 11.90035

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

genres

modern and contemporary art

people and culture

Title

Untitled

Artist

Giuseppe Santomaso

Physical Description

This abstract lithograph consists of a gray background with some yellow and black tones at the corners. An uneven red lines cuts vertically through the center-right of the composition. A black line cuts diagonally across the bottom left corner, curving to the right at the top. White sections cut into the gray background on the left side of the composition.

Artist Life Dates

1907 - 1990

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1966

Accession Number

1970/2.140

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 11.88151

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

modern and contemporary art

people and culture

Title

Feather Headdress from Cameroon Ensemble

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon

Physical Description

Cone-like in shape with feathers tems on top, wrapped in fibers, The feathers are purple and green, with fluffy feathers coming out of the top.

Object Creation Date

19th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.78.3

Medium and Support

feathers, fabric and palm fiber

relevance

rank 11.83823

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

events

forms of expression

objects we use

people and culture

Title

Power figure (nkisi)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Vili

Physical Description

Carved wooden figure of a human. The umbilicus protrudes and is concave, which would have held magical/medicinal substances. The figure is posed with crossed legs and one hand supprting the head. The face is detailed.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1850

Accession Number

2005/1.183

Medium and Support

wood, woven cotton fiber, glass, split cane, elephant hair, metal, resin

relevance

rank 11.76301

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

healing

people and culture

Title

The Village Voice

Artist

Conrad Atkinson

Physical Description

The cover format of the New York weekly newspaper The Village Voice is appropriated, with satirical headlines related to topical current events.

Artist Life Dates

born 1940

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1988

Accession Number

2004/2.36

Medium and Support

acrylic on canvas

relevance

rank 11.66851

Secondary Keywords

armed conflicts

art genres

artistic concepts

artistic devices

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

document genres

document genres by conditions of production

events

historical, theoretical and critical concepts

information forms

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in the arts

people in the arts and related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the visual arts

people in the visual arts and related occupations

publications

serials

wars

Title

Starlight

Artist

Chun Wen Wang

Artist Life Dates

born 1956

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1997

Accession Number

1998/1.137

Medium and Support

stoneware with black glaze with “oil spot” design

relevance

rank 11.64520

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

people and culture

Title

Dancers [Five Couples (recto); Three Couples (verso)]

Artist

Isaac Cruikshank

Artist Life Dates

1756 - 1810

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

1756-1810

Accession Number

1969/2.97

Medium and Support

graphite and watercolor on white paper

relevance

rank 11.53790

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

artistic concepts

artistic devices

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

dances

how we live

leisure

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in the arts

people in the arts and related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the performing arts

performing artists

Title

Abstract Circles

Artist

Fukui Ryonosuke

Physical Description

This print consists of nuetral, muted colors and abstract designs primarily of dots and circles. The print is designed to look as if thin cracks run through the image, and a lady bug is almost imperceptible near the bottom left of the image. The bottom edge of the print has a dark strip running across it.

Artist Life Dates

1924-1986

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

mid 20th century

Accession Number

2010/2.33

Medium and Support

color print on paper

relevance

rank 11.52977

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

animals and creatures

arthropods

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

geometric concepts

geometric figures

mathematical concepts

objects we use

people and culture

plane figures

scientific concepts

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

I-S Va 5 (Six Variants)

Artist

Josef Albers

Physical Description

An abstract print of six rectangular shapes in neutral shades

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Object Creation Date

1969

Accession Number

2011/1.118

Medium and Support

screenprint on Arches

relevance

rank 11.11061

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

geometric concepts

geometric figures

mathematical concepts

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

people and culture

plane figures

polygons

quadrilaterals

scientific concepts

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Untitled [Zebra] or horse

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

The sweeping stripes of black and white that arch across the body of this galloping creature give the appearance of a zebra, yet the long, flowing mane is characteristic of a horse. A series of circles and crescents over and underlay the horse, and the background uses gold leaf.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

1998/2.22

Medium and Support

color woodblock print with gold on paper

relevance

rank 11.10732

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

animal

animals and creatures

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

design elements

forms of expression

geometric concepts

geometric figures

geometric patterns

mammals

mathematical concepts

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

people and culture

plane figures

scientific concepts

Title

Evening Scene in Tokyo: Strolling Musicians

Artist

Takahashi Hiroaki

Physical Description

A man and a woman amble down the street under a crescent moon. The woman plays a stringed instrument, and a woman on a balcony above leans out to listen. Two small dogs in the street appear to howl up at the moon, perhaps joining in the chorus.

Artist Life Dates

1871-1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1900-1921

Accession Number

1991/2.111

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 10.96114

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

costume

costume by form

earth sciences concepts

main garments

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

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people in the arts and related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the performing arts

physical activities

physical activities by general context

physical sciences concepts

scientific concepts

Title

Evening Scene in Tokyo: Bon Dance

Artist

Takahashi Hiroaki

Physical Description

A circle of festival-goers dances under a full moon. They only appear in silhouette, but the shapes of their kimono and fans in hand can be seen.

Artist Life Dates

1871-1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1900-1921

Accession Number

1991/2.113

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 10.87735

Secondary Keywords

arts

arts and related disciplines

asian

associated concepts

celebrations

disciplines

earth sciences concepts

east asian

events

humanities

japanese

japanese printmaking styles

japanese styles

people and culture

performing arts

physical sciences concepts

scientific concepts

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Buddhist Nara

Artist

Saitô Kiyoshi

Artist Life Dates

(active 1907 - 1997)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1955

Accession Number

1959/2.17

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 10.81363

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Sundancer

Artist

Stanley William Hayter

Physical Description

Paper folded under approximately 1 cm at bottom. Colors: black, aqua-green, yellow, rose, blue, yellow-green. Plate size: h 39 1/2cm x w 23 9/10cm.

Artist Life Dates

1901-1988

Accession Number

2008/2.375

Medium and Support

color engraving and soft-ground with scorper on beige Arches wove paper

relevance

rank 10.79143

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

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descriptors

earth sciences concepts

etchings

forms of expression

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

intaglio prints

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

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people in the humanities

people in the performing arts

performing artists

physical sciences concepts

printing and printing processes and techniques

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prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

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processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Celestial Musician (Japanese, Hiten; Sanskrit, Apsara)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

The figure is kneeling musician on lotus seat, made of separately carved petals. Below the seat, there is a base, which consists of two lotus-shaped half-sphere, connected up-side-down. The head has two buns, elongated ears, simplified facial parts; the figure wears a pink robe with wide sleeves, holding a sort of instrument with hands.

Century

7th century

Object Creation Date

circa 670-700

Accession Number

1999/2.14

Medium and Support

polychromed camphor wood on lacquered wood base

relevance

rank 10.77613

Secondary Keywords

arts

arts and related disciplines

associated concepts

descriptors

design elements

disciplines

humanities

motifs

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people by state or condition

people in the arts

people in the arts and related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the performing arts

performing arts

plant-derived motifs

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Daedalus

Artist

Charles Ginnever

Physical Description

Cor-Ten steel abstract sculpture

Artist Life Dates

born 1931

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1975

Accession Number

1977/2.9

Medium and Support

Cor-Ten steel

relevance

rank 10.75433

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

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genres

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

people and culture

sculpture by form

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Untitled [Four cranes and a person]

Artist

Kawano Kaoru

Physical Description

This work is an abstrated depiction of four cranes and a person.

Artist Life Dates

1916 - 1965

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

mid 20th century

Accession Number

1998/2.27

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 10.73141

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

animals and creatures

artistic concepts

asia (continent)

associated concepts

birds

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

geographic and political locations

objects we use

people and culture

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Articulation: Formulation, from the portfolio "Formulation: Articulation"

Artist

Josef Albers

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1972

Accession Number

1983/1.336.1

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 10.67567

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

aegean

aegean periods

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early western world

european

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forms of expression

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geometric figures

greek

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people and culture

plane figures

polygons

quadrilaterals

rectangles

scientific concepts

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual and tactile

Title

Black Boomerang and Polygons

Artist

Alexander Calder

Physical Description

A base composed of a red section that lies on the floor and a black section that rises to narrow point. On the point rests the moving part of the "mobile"--one arm extends out and ends in a black boomerang; the other extends out then attaches to a vertical arm that has yellow polygons on either end.

Artist Life Dates

1898 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1963

Accession Number

1986/2.21

Medium and Support

aluminum, steel, brass, and paint

relevance

rank 10.66163

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

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international post-1945 styles and movements

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plane figures

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

scientific concepts

sculpture

sculpture by form

styles and periods

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visual and tactile

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Design for a Mount (Experiment of Colors)

Artist

Theodore Roussel

Artist Life Dates

1847-1926

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1900

Accession Number

1990/2.63

Medium and Support

etching, aquatint and soft-ground on paper

relevance

rank 10.65086

Secondary Keywords

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

concepts relating to the creative process

modern and contemporary art

people and culture

Title

White Front

Artist

Josef Albers

Physical Description

A white rectangle stretches from near the left edge to the right edge. It has two small verticle ochre rectangles close to either end. Around the white rectangle are sections of yellow and ochre.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

1958/2.72

Medium and Support

oil on masonite

relevance

rank 10.64429

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

genres

geometric concepts

geometric figures

geometric shapes

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mathematical concepts

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

people and culture

plane figures

polygons

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

quadrilaterals

scientific concepts

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual and tactile

Title

Two Designs for Jewelry

Artist

Étienne Delaune

Artist Life Dates

1518/9-1583

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

1963/2.6B

Medium and Support

graphite, pen, brown ink and yellow watercolor on white paper

relevance

rank 10.62063

Secondary Keywords

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

concepts relating to the creative process

objects

people and culture

plants

study

the natural world

Title

Design for a Colossal Clothespin Compared to Brancusi's 'Kiss'

Artist

Claes Oldenburg

Artist Life Dates

American, born Sweden, 1929

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1972

Accession Number

1981/2.116

Medium and Support

Screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 10.62063

Secondary Keywords

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

concepts relating to the creative process

genres

modern and contemporary art

movement

people and culture

Title

Bone

Artist

Michele Oka Doner

Physical Description

Realistic bone that looks like a femur. The texture and the glazing give it an aged look. The stoneware is porous like a bone.

Artist Life Dates

Born 1945

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1978

Accession Number

1981/2.97

Medium and Support

stoneware

relevance

rank 10.61444

Secondary Keywords

artistic concepts

associated concepts

biological concepts

ceramics

concepts in the arts

descriptors

forms of expression

modern and contemporary art

object genres

object genres by form

object genres by material

people and culture

philosophical concepts

physical sciences concepts

physics concepts

pottery (object genre)

scientific concepts

Title

Snipe, Design for a Decorative Panel for the Drawing Room Ceiling at Pownall Hall, Cheshire (formerly Design for a Tapestry: A Pelican Against Rusticated Branches)

Artist

Herbert Pearce Horne

Artist Life Dates

1864-1916

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1886-1887

Accession Number

1962/2.30

Medium and Support

charcoal on brown paper

relevance

rank 10.58831

Secondary Keywords

animals

artistic concepts

associated concepts

birds

branches

concepts in the arts

concepts relating to the creative process

people and culture

plants

the natural world

Title

Mirror, Baoxiang-hua type (with designs of floral medallions)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Object Creation Date

618-907

Accession Number

1974/1.191

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 10.58831

Secondary Keywords

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

concepts relating to the creative process

household objects

locality

people and culture

plants

the natural world

Title

Untitled

Artist

Karel Appel

Artist Life Dates

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1921 - 2006, Zurich, Switzerland

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1969

Accession Number

1986/2.47

Medium and Support

lithograph on off-white paper

relevance

rank 10.58562

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

genres

heads

modern and contemporary art

people and culture

the human body

upper body

Title

Untitled, from 'Spectral Cadmiums'

Artist

Richard Anuszkiewicz

Artist Life Dates

born 1930

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

1969/1.120

Medium and Support

serigraph on paper

relevance

rank 10.57670

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

aegean

aegean periods

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

early western world

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

genres

geometric concepts

geometric figures

geometric shapes

greek

mathematical concepts

mediterranean

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

people and culture

plane figures

polygons

quadrilaterals

rectangles

scientific concepts

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual and tactile

Title

Broadway Melody

Artist

Mark Tobey

Physical Description

abstract painting, tempera on board

Artist Life Dates

1890-1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1945

Accession Number

1949/1.152

Medium and Support

tempera on board

relevance

rank 10.57347

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

americas

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

genres

locality

modern and contemporary art

new york

north & central america

objects we use

people and culture

united states

visual works

visual works by subject type

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 10.56490

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

Rome / San Lorenzo

Artist

Albert Kahn

Artist Life Dates

(1869 - 1942)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

December 30, 1911

Accession Number

1972/2.695

Medium and Support

graphite on paper

relevance

rank 10.54781

Secondary Keywords

architecture

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

concepts relating to the creative process

europe

italy

locality

modern and contemporary art

people and culture

Title

Three Designs for Mirror Frames

Artist

Butler Clowes

Artist Life Dates

Died 1782

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1761

Accession Number

1960/1.116

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 10.54479

Secondary Keywords

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

concepts relating to the creative process

people and culture

Title

Dancer #36, Los Angeles, 1979

Artist

Lynn Davis

Physical Description

A nude in a dance pose. The female dancer is posed with an arched back and her arms extended, one knee is brought up as if in an exaggerated step motion. Her head is tilted back with her face covered and hair hanging down. A light source to her right casts a shadow of her body onto a white background.

Artist Life Dates

American, born 1944

Object Creation Date

1997

Accession Number

2012/2.100

Medium and Support

selenium-toned gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 10.52837

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

descriptors

energy and related concepts

energy-related concepts

figures (representations)

image-making processes and techniques

light-related concepts

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

people by occupation

people in the arts

people in the arts and related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the performing arts

performing artists

photographic processes

photography and photographic processes and techniques

physical sciences concepts

physics concepts

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Clay Image (Q) (highly abstracted haniwa female figure and pot)

Artist

Saitô Kiyoshi

Physical Description

This work is a depiction of haniwa, clay figures used as tomb burial objects during the Kôfun Period (250–338 CE) that have come to be emblematic of Japanese art and cultural traditions.

Artist Life Dates

(active 1907 - 1997)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1954

Accession Number

1958/2.25

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 10.50225

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

containers

containers by form

forms of expression

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

vessels

Title

L'Arondelle

Artist

Marc Chagall

Physical Description

Colors: brown-gray. Pink, magenta, red, lt. blue, blue, lt. aqua, lt. green, green, lt. yellow, yello, lt. beige, burt-orange. Paper size: h 42 3/10cm x tw 31 7/10cm & bw 32 1/10cm.

Artist Life Dates

Russia, 1889-1985

Accession Number

2008/2.422

Medium and Support

color lithograph on beige wove paper

relevance

rank 10.46273

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

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design elements

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mammals

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people and culture

Title

Lord Jaganatha with his brother Balarama and sister Subhadra

Artist

India, Orissa

Physical Description

This image has three large figures sitting in a row. The two slightly larger figures (one with a white face; left and the other with a black face; right) flank a smaller yellow faced figure. Painted in a distinct blue-background strip beneath these large figures are several smaller figures. Next to three of these figures are trays holding food.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1969

Accession Number

2002/2.192

Medium and Support

ink and opaque watercolor on cotton

relevance

rank 10.45768

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

asia (continent)

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Yellow Critter

Artist

Minnie Black

Artist Life Dates

(1899 - 1996)

Century

late 20th century

Object Creation Date

1960-1996

Accession Number

2002/1.217

Medium and Support

painted and embellished gourd

relevance

rank 10.44888

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

artistic concepts

associated concepts

colors

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creativity

imagination

people and culture

the natural world

visual and tactile

Title

L'Alliance de la Poésie et de la Musique (The Alliance of Poetry and Music)

Artist

Charles Joseph Natoire

Physical Description

Two women clad in flowing robes sit beneath a curved colonnade at the center of this delicately painted scene. The woman on the left, wearing a blue mantle, holds a lyre in her right hand and leans toward her companion, who holds open a musical score on her lap to which she points with her right hand. Books are piled on the steps next to the woman on the left and a putto sits next to her with a scroll unrolled across his lap. A second putto stands next to the other seated woman and plays a viol. A winged putto hovers over the heads of the two women, holding a small trumpet in his left hand and a laurel crown in his right, which he is about to place on the head of the woman with the lyre. Two bust-length portraits of men in oval frames wreathed with laurel hang from the columns in the background.

Artist Life Dates

1700-1777

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1746

Accession Number

1994/1.81

Medium and Support

oil on panel

relevance

rank 10.42536

Secondary Keywords

bowed

artistic concepts

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arts

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chordophones

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fiddles

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symbolism

violin family instruments

visual works

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Title

Hydra Study

Artist

Brice Marden

Physical Description

At the outer edge a long black rectangle composed of graphite and wax extends upward. Within this border is a white rectangular stripe, following the same arc as the outer black rectangle, which is exposed Arches heavy white paper. An inner black stripe sits at the composition's center composed of the same wax and graphite.

Artist Life Dates

born, Bronxville, New York, 1938

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1975

Accession Number

1976/1.231

Medium and Support

graphite and wax on Arches heavy white paper

relevance

rank 10.37203

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

animals and creatures

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associated concepts

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european

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modern european fine arts styles and movements

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plane figures

polygons

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quadrilaterals

scientific concepts

styles and periods

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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 10.37120

Secondary Keywords

arts

arts and related disciplines

associated concepts

disciplines

hindu

humanities

named gods and goddesses

people

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religion

religions

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subject matter

vishnu

youth

Title

Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), from "Woodland Portraits"

Artist

Jeannette Klute

Physical Description

An abstracted image of a milkweed plant. Two blossoms in the center, facing opposite directions, create white halo-like shapes around their dark, oblong centers. The bottom of the image has a white streak, while the rest of the print is composed of dark, ink-like background speckled with yellow and reddish out of focus shapes.

Artist Life Dates

1917-2009

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

2012/2.14.18

Medium and Support

vintage dye transfer print on paper

relevance

rank 10.16982

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

buildings and the land

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forms of expression

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

people and culture

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

Title

Untitled, from 'Quantum Suite'

Artist

Garo Zareh Antreasian

Artist Life Dates

born 1922

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1966

Accession Number

1967/2.46

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 10.13291

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

aegean

aegean periods

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associated concepts

concepts in the arts

early western world

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genres

greek

mediterranean

modern and contemporary art

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styles and periods

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visual and tactile

Title

Handstand

Artist

Erich Heckel

Physical Description

Print featuring a stage with a figure of a man with his feet touching his head while doing a handstand on a small table flanked by two chairs. His large shadow is cast on the wall behind him. The head and hands of a conductor are visible in the lower right.

Artist Life Dates

1883-1970

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1916

Accession Number

1956/1.20

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 10.12668

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

atmospheric effects

building divisions

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european

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rooms and spaces

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styles and periods

styles and periods by region

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Title

Funerary Post

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Mahafaly, Madagascar

Physical Description

A wooden post of stacked geometric forms and a small seated figure on top, seated at a table.

Object Creation Date

19th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.72

Medium and Support

wood

relevance

rank 10.12521

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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visual works

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Title

Human Figure

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Namji

Physical Description

Carved wooden figure of a human form. String atatched to the head to represent hair.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1997/1.351

Medium and Support

carved wood, string and human hair

relevance

rank 10.12521

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

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figurines

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statues

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