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- Title
- Cubes and Cylinders
- Artist
- Judy Chicago
- Physical Description
- Twelve identical cubes and twelve identical cylinders of gold-plated steel. They are rearrangeable.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1939
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.121A-X
- Medium and Support
- milled steel, gold-plating
- relevance
- rank 0.22381
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- components and systems
- concepts in the arts
- culture and related concepts
- culture-related concepts
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- mathematical concepts
- metalwork
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- object genres
- object genres by material
- object groupings
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- objects we use
- people and culture
- recreation
- scientific concepts
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- styles and periods by region
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- Title
- Regent Duck, Dutch Galliot
- Artist
- Edward William Cooke
- Physical Description
- Sketches of a ship, seamen and their distinct Dutch clogs, and of masts.
- Artist Life Dates
- British, 1811 - 1880
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- December 13, 1827
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.553
- Medium and Support
- graphite on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.22358
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the legs or feet
- architectural elements
- buildings and the land
- built complexes and districts
- complexes
- complexes by function
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- footwear
- footwear by function
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by location or context
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- supporting and resisting elements
- transportation complexes
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- water transportation complexes
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- waterfront spaces
- waterfronts and waterfront spaces
- Title
- The Three Abundant Blessings
- Artist
- Wang Yingxiang (Wang Ying-hsiang)
- Physical Description
- Throngs of people appear active in this landscape. Some gather in the house, while others play in the garden. This scene is set among rocks, trees, and mountains.
- Artist Life Dates
- act. late 18th to early 19th century
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1818
- Accession Number
- 1965/1.181
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 0.22357
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- biological concepts
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- descriptors
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- houses
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- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
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- objects we use
- official residences
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- open spaces and site elements
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- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- residential structures
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
- Title
- Beggars Receiving Alms at Door of House
- Artist
- Rembrandt van Rijn
- Physical Description
- Paper trimmed to image frame. Paper size: lh 16 9/10cm & rh 17cm x w 13 1/10cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1606-1669
- Object Creation Date
- 1648
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.392
- Medium and Support
- etching, burin and drypoint on beige laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.22340
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- architectural elements
- components
- components and systems
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- descriptors
- doors and door components
- doorway components
- doorways and doorway components
- groups of people
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- intaglio prints
- kinship groups
- objects we use
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- social groups
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- 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
- 1983/1.336.24
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.22334
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- aegean
- aegean periods
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- early western world
- european
- european styles and periods
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- greek
- image-making processes and techniques
- mathematical concepts
- mediterranean
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
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- printing and printing processes and techniques
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- quadrilaterals
- rectangles
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- One of a pair of six-fold screens
- Artist
- Attributed Kanô Tan'yû
- Physical Description
- This six-fold screen, a half of a pair, is meant to represent six of the twelve months of the year, with keen attention paid to the birds and flowers associated with each. Although this screen bears Kano Tan’yu’s signature, it was probably created by his studio or by followers working in this famous artist’s style.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Kyoto, 1604 - 1674, Edo)
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1965/1.178
- Medium and Support
- one of a pair of 6-fold screens, ink and light color on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.22324
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- upward
- animals and creatures
- asia (continent)
- associated concepts
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- geographic and political locations
- herbaceous plants
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plant material
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- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- riverine bodies
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
- Title
- Napoleon Standing Next to Chair
- Artist
- Larry Rivers
- Physical Description
- Sketch of a standing male figure outlined in dark blue spray paint to the left of a color rendering of the same male figure outlined in light blue standing next to a chair. The name “DAVID” stenciled at bottom left of center. Composed of various materials, including patent leather, felt, plastic, wool and spray paint on canvas.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1923 - 2002
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1970
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.135
- Medium and Support
- patent leather, felt, plastic, wool and spray paint on canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.22308
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- emperor
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- historical, theoretical and critical concepts
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- modern and contemporary art
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Avenue du Bois
- Artist
- Pierre Bonnard
- Physical Description
- Colors: beige, dark blue, rose, yellow, light blue. (R-M: Lithographie en cinq couleurs: ocre-rouge, beige, jaune, brun-violet, noir doux.) Paper size: h 40 1/2cm x tw 53 3/10cm & bw 52 7/10cm. Image size: h 31cm x w 46 1/2cm.
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.429
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 0.22277
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- image-making processes and techniques
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- lithographs
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- passenger vehicles
- planographic prints
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- roads
- roads by form
- transportation spaces
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Man in Motion (Uomo in movimento)
- Artist
- Mino Rosso
- Physical Description
- A bronze sculpture of an abstracted male figure in motion. His knees are bent as he leans into his movement. His arms are tucked along his torso, and he appears to be propelling his movement with great force. The surface is a bright bronze color but with some patina.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1904 - 1963
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1934
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.100
- Medium and Support
- bronze with wood base
- relevance
- rank 0.22263
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- dynamics
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- mechanics concepts
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european regional styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- modern italian styles and movements
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION: Tôto Meisho Series: White Rain on Nihon Bridge (Nihonbashi no shirazame)
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- Vertical lines stream downward across the print indicate torrents of rain. Several travelers with umbrallas and straw hats are walking across the bridge over the river. A village alongside the river and mountains are shown in the background.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 20th century?
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920 - circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.140
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.22259
- Secondary Keywords
- scale
- transfer method
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- dwellings
- earth sciences concepts
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- physical sciences concepts
- precipitation
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- residential structures
- scientific concepts
- settlements
- settlements and landscapes
- settlements by form
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: #107 Fukagawa, Susaki and the Jumantsubo Plain
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- This vertical print frames a view of a landscape with an up close view of a bird in the upper right corner that takes up about thirty percent of the image.
- The viewer is positioned alongside the bird, circling the sky above the twin peaks of a mountain. A crate floats in the water below while smaller birds flocking around it. Snow covers the ground.
- The signature and title markings are in the upper right corner, and in the middle along the left side above the landscape.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1856-1857
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.143
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.22228
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- level
- upward
- animals and creatures
- asian
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- east asian
- inorganic material
- japanese
- japanese printmaking styles
- japanese styles
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- noncompetitive play equipment
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- precipitation
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- views
- views by vantage point or orientation
- visual works
- visual works by form
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Musiciens Chez le Bistro
- Artist
- Jacques Villon
- Physical Description
- Paper size: h 38 1/2cm x w 32 7/10cm. Plate size: h 26 4/5cm x tw 23 3/10cm & bw 23 1/5cm. Image size: h 26cm x tw 22 2/5cm & bw 22 1/2cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1875-1963
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.414
- Medium and Support
- etching and aquatint on beige laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.22216
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- buildings and the land
- commercial buildings
- descriptors
- eating and drinking buildings
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- intaglio prints
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- restaurants
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Cactus
- Artist
- Graham Sutherland
- Physical Description
- Three forms that are simulatenously organic and sculptural stand in a line. At their base they appear sculptural or vessel-like, but further up they become more organic and cactus-like in their form. The table and background are yellow. The forms are executed mostly with white, off-white, and gray.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1903 - 1980
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1950
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.39
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.22215
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- biological concepts
- buildings and the land
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- image-making processes and techniques
- landscapes (environments)
- life
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- movement
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- painting and painting techniques
- painting techniques
- painting techniques by medium
- people and culture
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Gazing at Snow on Matsuchi Hill (center sheet from triptych, Fûryû Genji Awase)
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- The snow scene of a village under the mountain. The house roofs, the bridge over the river, the mountain and trees are all covered by the snow. Three birds fly above the riverbank, lingering around the snow-covered pine branches.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1853
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.145
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.22215
- Secondary Keywords
- scale
- transfer method
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- dwellings
- earth sciences concepts
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- precipitation
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- residential structures
- scientific concepts
- settlements
- settlements and landscapes
- settlements by form
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woodcuts
- woody plants
- Title
- Night Rain on the Xiao and Xiang Rivers
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- In this landscape a misty, meandering river is depicted with two boathouses along its banks. Reeds and other foliage grow lush along the banks, partially obscuring the boathouse in the foreground. Accompanying text is in the upper register.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- last quarter of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.127
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.22193
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- garden structures
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- precipitation
- riverine bodies
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by location or context
- single built works by specific type
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Unidentified Kabuki Actor as Sword-face
- Artist
- Ueno Tadamasa
- Physical Description
- Color woodblock print of a kabuki actor on gray mica ground. Actor appears to be playing the role of a samurai, with his hair in a top-knot, a family crest on the arm of his kimono, and a sword complete with scabbard ornament. His head tilts downward seriously as his hand reaches to unsheath his sword.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1904-1970
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.18
- Medium and Support
- ink and gray mica on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.22176
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- asian
- buildings and the land
- east asian
- edged weapons
- entertainment events
- events
- japanese
- japanese printmaking styles
- japanese styles
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performances
- performing artists
- performing arts buildings
- performing arts structures
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Sous la Teete, Sur la Plage
- Artist
- Jacques Villon
- Physical Description
- Colors: pink, orange, blue, red, green, yellow. Small tear at plate line on upper left. Upper right corner previously folded under. Rip on upper right edge of paper, with corresponding tear on left edge. Paper size: lh 55 2/5cm & rh 55 3/5cm x w 75 4/5cm. Plate size: lh 46 1/2cm & rh 46 3/5cm x tw 57 4/5cm & bw 58cm. Image size: lh 44 1/5cm & rh 45 4/5cm x tw 57cm & bw 56 4/5cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1875-1963
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.397
- Medium and Support
- color aquatint on heavy beige wove paper
- relevance
- rank 0.22160
- Secondary Keywords
- relation to water
- transfer method
- aquatint
- beachwear
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume by function
- descriptors
- europe (continent)
- france (nation)
- geographic and political locations
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- intaglio prints
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by position
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- shores (landforms)
- sports clothing
- ville de paris, dèpartement de (department)
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- œle-de-france (region)
- Title
- Abstract Composition (Abstrakte Komposition)
- Artist
- László Moholy-Nagy
- Physical Description
- A spare and restrained abstract composition, built up out of layers of mostly translucent basic geometric forms. The grey tones of the background are created with large rectangle shapes. In the upper part of the piece is a light colored circle, with a brighter circle inside it. Both are crossed by an axis of bright, thin orange lines. On the left, the point of a triangle protrudes from the edge. It is covered by a faint gray trapezoidal shape. Three small black semi-circles are also visible: one along the lines inside the circles; the other two along the trapezoidal shape and just beneath the triangle.
- Artist Life Dates
- Hungary, 1895-1946
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1953/2.9
- Medium and Support
- watercolor, India ink, and collage on off-white wove paper
- relevance
- rank 0.22154
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- materials
- materials by function
- mathematical concepts
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european regional styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- modern german styles and movements
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by material or technique
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- A Han Dynasty Envoy Navigating on a Tree-Raft
- Artist
- Yu Zhiding (Yü Chih-ting)
- Physical Description
- This is a dense but muted landscape painting. The lines are very well defined. The colors consit of muted greens and browns, with a bid of red in some places. There is a river flowing through the center of the painting, running down the landscape and toward the viewer. There is a figure sitting on a gnarled tree-raft towards the bottom left of the painting, with another figure looking upon the scene from the opposite bank of the river. There are ornate buildings present toward the top of the panting. The viewer can see a lone figure in an interior covered by stylized clouds.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1647 - circa 1705
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1696
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.30
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and light color on silk
- relevance
- rank 0.22144
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- animals and creatures
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- displacement vessels
- dwellings
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- plants
- residential structures
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- surface craft
- transportation vehicles
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- watercraft
- watercraft by displacement
- watercraft by operating environment
- watercraft by specific type
- woody plants
- Title
- Landscape in Ni Tsan Style
- Artist
- Hine Taizan
- Physical Description
- A lone pavilion sits among trees in the foreground. Birds flock nearby, and in the background are more trees and rocky formations. Calligraphic texts in in the upper right corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1813-1869
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1867
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.247
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on silk
- relevance
- rank 0.22137
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- animals
- animals and creatures
- architecture
- asia
- asian
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- forms
- garden structures
- geography
- image-making processes and techniques
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- locality
- making art
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by location or context
- single built works by specific type
- text-based art
- the natural world
- transportation vehicles
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- waterscapes
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Title
- twilight
- Artist
- Dwight William Tryon
- Physical Description
- Landscape painting featuring a row of trees in the middle distance, separating a glowing sky above and a meadow in the foreground.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1849 - 1925
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1905
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.87
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel
- relevance
- rank 0.22126
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- branches
- buildings and the land
- earth sciences concepts
- european
- european styles and periods
- evening
- modern american styles and periods
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- modern north american fine arts styles and movements
- modern north american styles and movements
- movement
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- the natural world
- time
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- Title
- Landscape with a Church beside a Lake
- Artist
- Crescenzio Onofrij
- Physical Description
- This drawing depicts a serene landscape. A road running alongside a stream appears in the foreground among rocky outcrops, thick vegetation and bushy trees. The vista opens out in the middle ground and includes a lake at the right with a church standing on its shores at the left. A town is visible on the far shore of the lake and low mountains rise in the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- ca 1632 - ca 1698
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1675-1689
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.53
- Medium and Support
- pen and ink on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.22096
- Secondary Keywords
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- drawing and drawing techniques
- image-making processes and techniques
- lacustrine bodies
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religious buildings
- religious structures
- riverine bodies
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation spaces
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Sea Shells on a Table
- Artist
- Hamaguchi Yôzô
- Physical Description
- The upper two-thirds of the brint are dominated by black, while the lower area depicts a variety of seashells on a checkerboard black and white cloth.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1909-2000
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.31
- Medium and Support
- black and white litho print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.22081
- Secondary Keywords
- british renaissance-baroque architecture styles
- british renaissance-baroque styles
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- design elements
- european
- european styles and periods
- geometric patterns
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by color
- photographs
- photographs by form
- positives
- renaissance-baroque regional styles
- renaissance-baroque styles
- renaissance-baroque styles and periods
- shell and shell material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Crucifixion
- Artist
- Bartolommeo da Brescia
- Physical Description
- From the height of a cross, a crucified man, wearing a crown of thorns and a loincloth, looms over a dramatic landscape. Three heads with wings appear near the top of the cross, and a skull and crossed bones lay at its base. A vast prospect of distant mountains and a bustling port unfolds through the background.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1506 - 1576 or 1578
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1565-1576
- Accession Number
- 1970/1.177
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.22070
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- associated concepts
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by location
- buildings and the land
- coastline bodies of water
- descriptors
- design elements
- europe (continent)
- events
- executions
- figure- and animal-derived motifs
- geographic and political locations
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- italy (nation)
- landscapes (environments)
- lombardy (region)
- materials
- materials by origin
- motifs
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- skeleton and skeleton components
- skeleton components
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Untitled, Still Life
- Artist
- Ralph Gibson
- Physical Description
- A black and white photograph of sea shells and a feather on a wooden table.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1939
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2010
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.143
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.22050
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- british renaissance-baroque architecture styles
- british renaissance-baroque styles
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- keratinous material
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- people and culture
- renaissance-baroque regional styles
- renaissance-baroque styles
- renaissance-baroque styles and periods
- shell and shell material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- support furniture
- Title
- Crossbow fibula with vegetal ornament on the catchplate
- Artist
- Anonymous Gallo-Roman
- Physical Description
- This fibula, a type of brooch used to pin outer garments, features a crossbar that ends in three onion-shaped terminals, which give the fibula a shape reminiscent of a crossbow. An arched bow connects the crossbar to the longer catchplate, which is ornamented with vegetal motifs.
- Century
- 5th century
- Object Creation Date
- 450-500
- Accession Number
- 1966/2.17
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.22045
- Secondary Keywords
- additive and joining processes and techniques
- associated concepts
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- culture and related concepts
- culture-related concepts
- descriptors
- europe (continent)
- european
- european styles and periods
- geographic and political locations
- inorganic material
- jewelry
- jewelry by location
- jewelry worn on costume
- materials
- materials by composition
- medieval
- medieval styles and periods
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- metallizing
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- people and culture
- pins (jewelry)
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- surface covering processes and techniques
- Title
- Christ and the Woman of Samaria Among Ruins
- Artist
- Rembrandt van Rijn
- Physical Description
- Trimmed to frame. Paper size: h 10 7/10cm x tw 9 3/5cm & bw 9 2/5cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1606-1669
- Object Creation Date
- 1634
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.408
- Medium and Support
- etching on beige laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.22040
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- intaglio prints
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in religion
- people in religion and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- single built works
- single built works by condition
- single built works by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Architectural Cadences
- Artist
- Charles Sheeler
- Physical Description
- Multiple color screenprint of an abstracted industrial landscape. In the foreground is a small strip of land, and in the middle ground are buildings of various geometric shapes and sizes. In the background, the rooflines of the buildings start to blend in and emerge from the cloudy sky.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1883-1965
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1954
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.216
- Medium and Support
- six-color screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.22028
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- american regions
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- industrial structures
- modern and contemporary art
- north american
- object genres
- objects we use
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- scientific concepts
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- windows and window components
- Title
- Edo Meisho: Ochanomizu
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- A snow scene of the canal. Snow covers the house roofs, the boat shelters, and the trees. Three travelers in blue robes are walking in the snow, two of them are carrying umbrellas.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1853
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.142
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.22007
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- dwellings
- earth sciences concepts
- events
- hydraulic structures
- hydraulic structures by form
- natural events
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- precipitation
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- residential structures
- scientific concepts
- seasons
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- The Resurrection
- Artist
- Marten van Heemskerck
- Physical Description
- A muscular figure surrounded by an aureole of light steps down from a plain rectangular tomb. Six soldiers, depicted in a variety of complex postures, recoil from the figure in shock.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1498-1574
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1548-1574
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.249
- Medium and Support
- etching on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.21947
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume by function
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- figures (representations)
- funerary structures
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- protective wear
- renaissance-baroque styles
- renaissance-baroque styles and periods
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Marilyn
- Artist
- Andy Warhol
- Physical Description
- Portrait of Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1928 - 1987
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 1969/1.85
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.21936
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- associated concepts
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- deaths
- events
- historical, theoretical and critical concepts
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- 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
- personal life events
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- social science concepts
- social status
- sociological concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- women
- Title
- Marilyn
- Artist
- Andy Warhol
- Physical Description
- Portrait of Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1928 - 1987
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 1969/1.86
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.21936
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- associated concepts
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- deaths
- events
- historical, theoretical and critical concepts
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- 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
- personal life events
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- social science concepts
- social status
- sociological concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- women
- Title
- Tao Yüan-ming
- Artist
- Nakabayashi Chikkei
- Physical Description
- In the lower third of the hanging scroll are three figures. Tao Yuanming is the larger figure on the right with his two attendants on the left. They are divided by a table. In the background is a screen which separates the figures from the landscape.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1816-1867
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1840 - 1867
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.197
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 0.21918
- Secondary Keywords
- layout features
- asia (continent)
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- geographic and political locations
- grass (plant material)
- illustrations
- illustrations by form
- images and ornament
- information form components
- inorganic material
- layout features
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by form
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- plant material
- scroll paintings
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- youth
- Title
- Edo Meisho: View of the Kameido Temple in Snow, Tokyo
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- Night scene of bridges over the lake leading to the temple complex. The snow falls down from the sky and covers the bridges, roofs, and trees. There are several travelers walking with parasols.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1853
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.17
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.21898
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- precipitation
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- religious buildings
- religious structures
- scientific concepts
- seasons
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woodcuts
- woody plants
- 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 0.21874
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- atmospheric effects
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- european
- european styles and periods
- faces
- figures
- genres
- groups
- hands
- human body
- light-related concepts
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- movement
- objects
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performance and backstage spaces
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by building type
- scientific concepts
- stages and stage components
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the natural world
- theater spaces
- Title
- Bamboo and Rock
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong
- Physical Description
- A rock rises above the earth, and branches of bamboo mimic the gentle curve of its shape. Grasses grow below. Two lines of calligraphic text are written verticalley on the left side of the painting.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960-1975
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.134
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.21850
- Secondary Keywords
- artists
- asian
- chinese
- chinese painting styles
- chinese styles
- chinese styles and periods
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- east asian
- grass (plant material)
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- painters (artists)
- painters by subject of work
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- plant material
- scroll paintings
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #3 Kawasaki
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- A group of figures with parasols and hats wait on shore for two approaching boats filled with passengers. Trees and a village are seen on the opposite shore. Writing in the upper left corner. Title in red box in upper right corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.314
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.21847
- Secondary Keywords
- layout features
- scale
- accessories worn on the head
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- dwellings
- headgear
- illustrations
- illustrations by form
- images and ornament
- information form components
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- layout features
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- residential structures
- settlements
- settlements and landscapes
- settlements by form
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation vehicles
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- woody plants
- Title
- Plum Blossoms, after Jin Nong
- Artist
- Li Jishou (Li Chi-shou)
- Physical Description
- The branches of a plum tree stretch skyward, skillfully utilizing the vertical space of this hanging scroll. Black dots are used as accents along the branches, making them look knotted and full of texture. These heavy features are offset by the delicate depiction of plum blossoms. Calligraphic text is in the upper right corner, with two seals.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 19th century
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.28
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.21798
- Secondary Keywords
- artists
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- deciduous trees
- descriptors
- herbaceous plants
- image-making processes and techniques
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- painters (artists)
- painters by subject of work
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Commemorative Head of an Oba of the Benin kingdom
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Benin
- Physical Description
- Cast brass head of a human. An opening at the top would have supported a carved elephant tusk. The heads wears elaborate "winged" headgear.
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.260
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.21775
- Secondary Keywords
- aristocracy
- biological components
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- figures
- figures (representations)
- groups of people
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nobility
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- political figures
- religious structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- social classes
- social classes by specific type
- social groups
- the human body
- upper body
- upper class
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Janus Bird (Oiseau Janus)
- Artist
- Max Ernst
- Physical Description
- Standing bronze figure with recto/verso. The silhouette of the body is rectangular in shape. The heads on both side are simply rendered with rounded eyes and a pursed -lip mouth on one, a button nose on the other; bodies are supported by short legs; sides loosely suggest representations of male and female anatomy with side-by-side scallop shells suggesting a breasted chest on one side, an upward facing frog/toad in the phallus area on the reverse side.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1891-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1973
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.160
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.21773
- Secondary Keywords
- amphibians
- animals
- animals and creatures
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- movement
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- people and culture
- reptiles
- reptiles and amphibians
- shell and shell material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- The Coronation of the Virgin [ Le Couronnement de la Vierge] from a Book of Hours
- Artist
- Simon Vostre
- Physical Description
- A woman in the center being crowned. There are angels surrounding her. Christ on a thrown is blessing her.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1508
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.558
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.21759
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- ceremonial chairs
- chairs
- chairs by function
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- headgear
- legendary creatures
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- pottery forming techniques
- pottery techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- scientific concepts
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- The Sculptor
- Artist
- Peter Grippe
- Physical Description
- On the left the sculptor is shown working on a model of the woman on the right. There is an angel at the feet of the woman/muse.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1912-2002
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1957
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.531
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.21758
- Secondary Keywords
- abstract expressionist
- animals and creatures
- architectural elements
- artists
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- european
- european styles and periods
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- legendary creatures
- masts
- modern european revival styles
- modern european styles and movements
- 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 visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- 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
- The Seven Sages Passing Through a Gate
- Artist
- Sheng Maojun (Sheng Mao-chün)
- Physical Description
- A temple lies in the not-so-distant background of tree and mountains. Travellors weave their way along the path, some on horseback. They have their heads covered--some with cloth and some with hats.
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1600-1645
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1990/2.1
- Medium and Support
- fan mounted as an album leaf, ink and light color on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.21745
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- animals and creatures
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- descriptors
- form attributes
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- plants
- religious buildings
- religious structures
- settlements and landscapes
- shape
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- The Square House, Amsterdam
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A street facing onto a canal is seen at a very slight angle. The three buildings each have balconies (some enclosed), banks of windows, and doors at the water's edge. A dense network of hatching lines describe the brick facades, balconies and windows, and reflecions.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1889
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.404
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint, printed in brown ink on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.21744
- Secondary Keywords
- height
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- building divisions
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- dwellings
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- hydraulic structures
- hydraulic structures by form
- light-related concepts
- netherlands (nation)
- north holland (province)
- objects we use
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- residential structures
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by form
- scientific concepts
- single built works
- single built works by form
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- windows and window components
- Title
- Untitled [Child with straw leggings]
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Physical Description
- A child ventures out into the deep snow, holding up his broad leggings which are insulated with straw. Behind him, the house wall is plastered with two messages: "Careful with fire!" and "Felecitations for the Spring Equinox".
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/2.31
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.21732
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume by form
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- image-making processes and techniques
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- main garments
- main garments for the lower body
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- open spaces and site elements
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- physical sciences concepts
- precipitation
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientific concepts
- site elements
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- writing (processes)
- youth
- Title
- Pope Sixtus IV (obverse), and the Ponte Sisto (reverse)
- Artist
- Lysippus
- Physical Description
- The front (obverse) of this medal depicts the profile portrait of a man with a tonsure, wearing a cope adorned with acorns and oak leaves and a large clasp. An inscription runs around the border. The reverse represents a bridge spanning a river enclosed within a border of oak leaves. An inscription appears above the balustrade of the bridge.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1471-1484
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1473
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.285
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.21720
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- buildings and the land
- christian clergy
- clergy
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- forming
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- medals
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in religion
- people in religion and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- prelates
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- views
- views by vantage point or orientation
- visual works
- visual works by form
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Sandwich and Soda, from "Ten Works + Ten Painters"
- Artist
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Physical Description
- This work shows a plate on which is placed a sandwich, a glass and drinking straws. These items are shown as white forms against a band of red in the upper area and a band of blue in the lower portion of the work that serve as a background. The image looks like a comic book page with the items created in outline form against contrasting colors.
- Artist Life Dates
- 10/28/1923 - 9/29/1997
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1964
- Accession Number
- 1986/1.194.7
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on mylar
- relevance
- rank 0.21714
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- culinary equipment
- culinary equipment by function
- culinary equipment for serving and consuming food
- descriptors
- dishes
- drinking vessels
- equipment
- equipment by context
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- support furniture
- tools and equipment
- utensils for consuming food
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- The Lord's Prayer, sheet 1 (Das Vaterunser)
- Artist
- Max Pechstein
- Physical Description
- This title sheet from Pechstein's "The Lord's Prayer" portfolio has the title of the series in large letters and an attribution to Pechstein at the bottom. Beneath the word "Vater," a man leans over a table, his hands folded in prayer. Two other praying men in profile bracket the word "Unser" near the bottom. All three wear plain, long-sleeved blue shirts.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1881 - 1955
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1921
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.423
- Medium and Support
- woodcut with hand-coloring on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.21703
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- associated concepts
- components and systems
- document genres
- document genres by form
- document genres for literary works
- european
- european styles and periods
- information forms
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- movement
- object groupings
- object groupings and systems
- object groupings by specific context
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works groupings
- Title
- , sheet 3 - Hallowed Be Thy Name (Das Vaterunser - Geheiligt werde Dein Name)
- Artist
- Max Pechstein
- Physical Description
- Three dark female figures are suspended in purgatory, with clasped hands in front of a triangular shaft of light that projects down from the top.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1881 - 1955
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1921
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.425
- Medium and Support
- woodcut with hand-coloring on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.21701
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- associated concepts
- components and systems
- document genres
- document genres by form
- document genres for literary works
- european
- european styles and periods
- information forms
- mental activities
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- movement
- object groupings
- object groupings and systems
- object groupings by specific context
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- rays
- relief prints
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works groupings
- Title
- The Lord's Prayer, sheet 2 - Our Father Who Art in Heaven (Das Vaterunser - Vater Unser Der Du bist im Himmel)
- Artist
- Max Pechstein
- Physical Description
- A large central figure represents God towers seen in the radiating rays of light and clouds that surround him.. On the forehead of his blocky, totemic head is a third eye. His left arm crosses over his middle and holds fire. His right hand extends down to the lower right corner as reaching down. The words "Vater Unser" are at the very top; "Der Du Bist" across God's waistline; "im Himmel" along the bottom.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1881 - 1955
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1921
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.424
- Medium and Support
- woodcut with hand-coloring on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.21655
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- associated concepts
- components and systems
- document genres
- document genres by form
- document genres for literary works
- european
- european styles and periods
- human body
- information forms
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- movement
- object groupings
- object groupings and systems
- object groupings by specific context
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- rays
- relief prints
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works groupings