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Sky over Mountains; Brett Weston

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Title: Sky over Mountains
Artist: Brett Weston
Physical Description: A vast open sky image with dark mountains below.
Artist Life Dates: 1911-1993
Object Creation Date: 1947; printed 1960s
Accession Number: 2013/1.282
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on Crescent mount
relevance: rank 15.15158
Secondary Keywords: upward; associated concepts; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Tôto Meisho Series: Flower-viewing at Asukayama; Andô Hiroshige

Title: Tôto Meisho Series: Flower-viewing at Asukayama
Artist: Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description: Landscape with water and mount Fuji in the background. People are wandering on the green grassland, having picnics, and enjoying the pleasant weather and the beauty of cherry blossoms.
Artist Life Dates: 1797-1858
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1833-1843
Accession Number: 1948/1.141
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 15.15158
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buildings and the land; deciduous trees; earth sciences concepts; herbaceous plants; natural landscapes; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; plants; scientific concepts; seasons; settlements and landscapes; trees by leaf life; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; woody plants

Moonlight on Water, from "Nature Series, California"; Louis Stettner

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Title: Moonlight on Water, from "Nature Series, California"
Artist: Louis Stettner
Physical Description: Water with sun shining on it, creating a vertical pattern, mountains and sky above, dark mountains below.
Artist Life Dates: born 1922
Object Creation Date: printed 1981
Accession Number: 2013/2.291
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 15.09571
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; earth sciences concepts; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; riverine bodies; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes

Whaleback II, Lake Michigan, Leland, MI; Gregory D. Seman

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Title: Whaleback II, Lake Michigan, Leland, MI
Artist: Gregory D. Seman
Physical Description: Dark beach area with expansive sky moving. The lake is calm and motionless.
Artist Life Dates: b. 1959
Object Creation Date: 2004; printed 2005
Accession Number: 2013/2.300
Medium and Support: selenium toned gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 15.09571
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; earth sciences concepts; landscapes (environments); marine bodies; natural landscapes; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes

Blue-and-white bowl, Wanli Era (1573-1620), w. I Ching symbols & stylized clouds; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Blue-and-white bowl, Wanli Era (1573-1620), w. I Ching symbols & stylized clouds
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 16th-17th century
Object Creation Date: 1573-1620
Accession Number: 1971/2.112
Medium and Support: porcelain with blue underglaze painting
relevance: rank 15.05552
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; containers; containers by form; descriptors; earth sciences concepts; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; vessels; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Road of the Butterflies - Spring; Nakayama Tadashi

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Title: Road of the Butterflies - Spring
Artist: Nakayama Tadashi
Physical Description: The girl in the middle of the printing is surrounded by lots of butterflies, and the butterflies have similar color and pattern with the background. The background consists of a variation of colors and shapes.
Artist Life Dates: born 1927
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1991
Accession Number: 2011/2.50
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 15.01935
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; arthropods; associated concepts; buildings and the land; descriptors; design elements; earth sciences concepts; insects; open spaces; open spaces and site elements; open spaces by function; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; seasons; transportation spaces

Atlanta; Joel Meyerowitz

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Title: Atlanta
Artist: Joel Meyerowitz
Physical Description: Night scene of two buildings with florescent lights. Taken from the perspective of looking up the buildings from the ground.
Artist Life Dates: born 1938
Object Creation Date: 1988
Accession Number: 2012/2.126
Medium and Support: vintage chromogenic contact print on paper
relevance: rank 14.97841
Secondary Keywords: height; associated concepts; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; high-rise buildings; multistory buildings; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; single built works; single built works by form; single built works by specific type

Assumption of the Virgin [L'Assomption]; Jacques Callot

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Title: Assumption of the Virgin [L'Assomption]
Artist: Jacques Callot
Physical Description: Saints below surrounding a stone pedestal with the inscription "Non est hic. Mat 28", with the Virgin Mary above in the clouds with arms spread out surrounded by smaller angels. At the bottom edge of the print is engraved (left) "Callot fecit" and (center right) "Israel ex. cum priuil. Reg.".
Artist Life Dates: 1592-1635
Century: 17th century
Accession Number: 2013/2.543
Medium and Support: etching on laid paper
relevance: rank 14.97262
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; components; components and systems; components by general context; doctrinal concepts; earth sciences concepts; events; hardware; keys and key components; legendary creatures; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; physical sciences concepts; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; scientific concepts; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Stereoscope Image, Christmas Set: Untitled (girl in snow); Stereo Classics Studio

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Title: Stereoscope Image, Christmas Set: Untitled (girl in snow)
Artist: Stereo Classics Studio
Physical Description: This black and white stereoscopic card features two images of a little girl lying in the snow next to a basket. It is surrounded by the text: Christmas Set; Photo by Gurney; J. H. Goldsmid, Union Square, cor. 15th Street, New York.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: printed 1978
Accession Number: 2010/1.169.1
Medium and Support: photograph on cardboard
relevance: rank 14.86960
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; earth sciences concepts; events; holidays; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; physical sciences concepts; precipitation; religious holidays; scientific concepts; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Umagome no tsuki (Moon at Umagome), from the series Tôkyô nijûkei (Twenty Views of Tokyo); Kawase Hasui

Title: Umagome no tsuki (Moon at Umagome), from the series Tôkyô nijûkei (Twenty Views of Tokyo)
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Physical Description: A large, dark tree looms over a field with neat rows of crops. A full moon hangs low in the sky, peeking from behind tree branches and thin gray clouds.
Artist Life Dates: 1883-1957
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1930
Accession Number: 1993/2.29
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 14.80649
Secondary Keywords: agricultural complexes; associated concepts; buildings and the land; built complexes and districts; complexes; complexes by function; descriptors; design elements; earth sciences concepts; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; ornament areas; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; plants; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; woody plants

Nocturne, from the "Twelve Etchings" or the "First Venice Set"; James McNeill Whistler

Title: Nocturne, from the "Twelve Etchings" or the "First Venice Set"
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: This is a nighttime view of a city on water. Along the horizon can be seen numerous buildings and ships. At center left is a three-masted ship at anchor; along the right side are buildings, incuding domes and a tall tower. Throughout the image, there is an importance given to reflections and the nocturnal setting.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1879-1880
Accession Number: 1954/1.372
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint, printed in warm black ink on laid paper
relevance: rank 14.79912
Secondary Keywords: scale; architecture; associated concepts; buildings; buildings and the land; churches; earth sciences concepts; energy and related concepts; energy-related concepts; europe (continent); geographic and political locations; italy (nation); light-related concepts; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; physics concepts; places of worship; scientific concepts; settlements; settlements and landscapes; settlements by form; study; transportation vehicles; vehicles; veneto (region); venezia (province); visual works; visual works by subject type; watercraft; watercraft by general type

L'Englise d'Aulnay-sous-Bois; Maurice Utrillo

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Title: L'Englise d'Aulnay-sous-Bois
Artist: Maurice Utrillo
Physical Description: A winter scene with a steepled church (with a bird on top of the steeple) in the center surounded by other buildings and a three-story building on the right hand side. There is snow on the ground and bare trees. Pinks, whites, browns and blues are the colors throughout.
Artist Life Dates: 1883-1955
Object Creation Date: circa 1938
Accession Number: 2014/1.615
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
relevance: rank 14.76711
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; geographic and political locations; massachusetts (state); north and central america (continent); people and culture; physical sciences concepts; religious buildings; religious structures; scientific concepts; seasons; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type; suffolk (county); united states (nation)

Untitled [Two children with a snow shovel]; Saitô Kiyoshi

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Title: Untitled [Two children with a snow shovel]
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi
Physical Description: This print depicts two children in the snow with a snow shovel.
Artist Life Dates: (active 1907 - 1997)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: mid 20th century
Accession Number: 1998/2.32
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 14.76237
Secondary Keywords: asia (continent); associated concepts; construction equipment; earth sciences concepts; earthmoving equipment; economic concepts; equipment; equipment by process; geographic and political locations; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by age group; physical sciences concepts; precipitation; scientific concepts; seasons; shovels; social science concepts; tools and equipment; visual works; visual works by subject type; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena; youth

Skunk-cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), from "Woodland Portraits"; Jeannette Klute

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Title: Skunk-cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), from "Woodland Portraits"
Artist: Jeannette Klute
Physical Description: A close-up of skunk cabbage beginning to grow from a reddish tear-drop shaped pod. It is sprouting from a wet, mossy area where snow, still visible in the background, has melted.
Artist Life Dates: (1917 - 2009)
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 2012/2.14.7
Medium and Support: vintage dye transfer print on paper
relevance: rank 14.70966
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; precipitation; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena; wetlands

Early Morning; James McNeill Whistler

Title: Early Morning
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: Two men sit on a bench at the lower right. Behind them is a large expanse of water; barges ply the water while smokestacks and buildings are visible on the opposite shore. The overall impression is one of foggy weather and features are generally indistinct.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1878
Accession Number: 1954/1.415
Medium and Support: lithotint with scraping on a prepared half-tint ground on wove paper
relevance: rank 14.69356
Secondary Keywords: architecture; associated concepts; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; objects; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; the natural world; transportation vehicles; vehicles; watercraft; watercraft by general type; waterscapes

Springtime; John Costigan

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Title: Springtime
Artist: John Costigan
Physical Description: In the middle of a wooded setting is a woman carrying a child on her back. A few sheep surround her, with a lamb in the center left foreground. A boy stands at the right side of the composition. The trees and the clothing of the figures are mostly in shadow.
Artist Life Dates: 1888-1972
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1930
Accession Number: 1980/2.175
Medium and Support: drypoint and etching on cream-colored paper
relevance: rank 14.67107
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; landscapes (environments); mammals; modern and contemporary art; natural landscapes; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by age group; people by gender; physical sciences concepts; plants; scientific concepts; seasons; settlements and landscapes; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; woody plants; youth

Silvery white hitoe obi for summer with appliquéd patches of Saga brocade with rhododendrum blossom (shakunage) design; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Silvery white hitoe obi for summer with appliquéd patches of Saga brocade with rhododendrum blossom (shakunage) design
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: Single layer (hitoe) white silk weft with silver-coated threads for warp; appliqued patches in kinran brocade (paper, coated with gold in several tones) featuring rhododendrum blossoms.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1960s-1970s
Accession Number: 2005/1.338
Medium and Support: silk thread weft with silver-coated threads for warp, appliquéd patches
relevance: rank 14.64502
Secondary Keywords: accessories worn at the waist or below; associated concepts; costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; costume by form; descriptors; design elements; earth sciences concepts; main garments; objects we use; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; seasons

Wooded Landscape with a Distant Sunset; John Varley I

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Title: Wooded Landscape with a Distant Sunset
Artist: John Varley I
Physical Description: A watercolor painting of a wide path leading down to a waterfront. The path is flanked by small hills and shaded with large trees. In the distance across the water are faint outlines of buildings, possibly a city on the shore, and a sunset indicated by the orange tint in the clear sky.
Artist Life Dates: 1778-1842
Object Creation Date: 1800-1842
Accession Number: 2009/1.518
Medium and Support: watercolor on paper
relevance: rank 14.64023
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; open spaces; open spaces and site elements; open spaces by location or context; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; plant communities; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; waterfronts and waterfront spaces

Beaumont/Oise from George Duchamel's "Maurice De Vlamnick"; Maurice de Vlaminck

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Title: Beaumont/Oise from George Duchamel's "Maurice De Vlamnick"
Artist: Maurice de Vlaminck
Physical Description: A row of houses on the right hand side, all with side gables facing the street. There are swirled clouds above and a road leading off into the distance.
Artist Life Dates: 1876-1958
Century: 20th century
Accession Number: 2013/2.551
Medium and Support: etching, drypoint on light brown wove paper
relevance: rank 14.61462
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buildings and the land; dwellings; earth sciences concepts; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; residential structures; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Tsuba (Sword guard) with design of dragon among clouds; Okada Masatoyo

Title: Tsuba (Sword guard) with design of dragon among clouds
Artist: Okada Masatoyo
Physical Description: The flat iron plate with quatrefoil shape and the design of a dragon in midst of clouds. It has three holes: one for blade (middle) flanked by two deformed oval-shape holes (for kougai and kozuka). Around the blade hole, there is the carver’s signature. The design of a dragon, among stylized clouds, is intricately carved in high relief; the dragon has almost three-dimensional quality. On the back, the dragon tail, some parts of the body, one claw are peeking from clouds. The dragon coils around the center holes. The rims of the three circles are wavy, as if they are the part of the cloud design. The stoppers on the blade hole edges are made of gold. Some silver inlays are applied on the dragon’s eye blow and some nails.
Artist Life Dates: act. 1789
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.6
Medium and Support: iron with gold and silver inlays
relevance: rank 14.58857
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; components; components and systems; components by specific context; earth sciences concepts; edged weapon components; legendary creatures; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; weapon components; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Molded porcelain snuff bottle with openwork design of dragon among clouds; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Molded porcelain snuff bottle with openwork design of dragon among clouds
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1790-1850
Accession Number: 1980/2.131
Medium and Support: porcelain with copper red glaze, silver and sapphire stopper
relevance: rank 14.56598
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; containers; containers by function or context; containers for personal use; containers for smoking and tobacco use; descriptors; earth sciences concepts; forming; legendary creatures; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; scientific concepts; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Covered fang hu (square-shaped wine vessel) with painted cloud scroll designs; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Covered fang hu (square-shaped wine vessel) with painted cloud scroll designs
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 1st century BCE
Object Creation Date: 1st century BCE
Accession Number: 1993/1.57.1-2
Medium and Support: earthenware with polychrome decoration
relevance: rank 14.55353
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; closures; components; components and systems; components by specific context; container components; containers; containers by form; descriptors; earth sciences concepts; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; vessels; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Balzac - The Open Sky, Meudon, from "Camera Work - A Photographic Quarterly, Issue No. 34/35, April-July, 1911"; Edward Jean Steichen

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Title: Balzac - The Open Sky, Meudon, from "Camera Work - A Photographic Quarterly, Issue No. 34/35, April-July, 1911"
Artist: Edward Jean Steichen
Physical Description: An albumen print black and white image of a statue of the French novelist Balzac against an open sky. The statue is off-center in the photo and angled so it is facing to the right of the image. A faint light illuminates the backside of the statue and the empty space behind it.
Artist Life Dates: (Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: July 1911
Accession Number: 2012/1.214
Medium and Support: photogravure on paper
relevance: rank 14.55353
Secondary Keywords: color; associated concepts; earth sciences concepts; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; photographic prints; photographic prints by process; photographs; photographs by form; physical sciences concepts; positives; scientific concepts; sculpture; sculpture by subject type; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Paysage d'Eure et Loir; Maurice de Vlaminck

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Title: Paysage d'Eure et Loir
Artist: Maurice de Vlaminck
Physical Description: A street scene with a darkened sky and long buildings. There is snow and dust on the roads, telephone poles leading into the far distance and a low horizon line.
Artist Life Dates: 1876-1958
Object Creation Date: late 19th century - mid 20th century
Accession Number: 2014/1.608
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
relevance: rank 14.54626
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; precipitation; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Crescent Moon (Matsue in Izumo); Kawase Hasui

Title: Crescent Moon (Matsue in Izumo)
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Physical Description: A man ferries a passenger along a river at sunset. The buildings and stone walls along the river are reflected along with the colorful sky above.
Artist Life Dates: 1883-1957
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1924
Accession Number: 1987/1.268
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 14.54437
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buildings and the land; descriptors; design elements; dwellings; earth sciences concepts; energy and related concepts; energy-related concepts; inorganic material; light-related concepts; materials; materials by composition; motifs; natural element motifs; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; physics concepts; residential structures; scientific concepts; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type; transportation vehicles; vehicles; watercraft; watercraft by general type

Massive covered hu (wine storage jar) with molded taotie masks and painted with stylized cloud pattern; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Massive covered hu (wine storage jar) with molded taotie masks and painted with stylized cloud pattern
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 2nd-1st century BCE
Object Creation Date: 2nd century BCE - 1st century BCE
Accession Number: 1993/1.55.1
Medium and Support: earthenware with painted decoration
relevance: rank 14.53354
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; bottles; bottles by function; closures; components; components and systems; components by specific context; container components; containers; containers by form; covers (closures); earth sciences concepts; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; vessels; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Hills, Bitterwater Valley, Gabilar Rouge, California; Steve Crouch

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Title: Hills, Bitterwater Valley, Gabilar Rouge, California
Artist: Steve Crouch
Physical Description: In the foreground there is a horizontal white fence. Behind that are two mountains that overlap eachother in the center of the image and a larger mountain in the back that is in between the two. The mountain in the back is darker because of the cloud cover above.
Artist Life Dates: (1915 - 1983)
Accession Number: 2012/1.238
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 14.51514
Secondary Keywords: upward; associated concepts; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; open spaces and site elements; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; site elements; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Snow Landscape; Okuhara Seiko

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Title: Snow Landscape
Artist: Okuhara Seiko
Physical Description: A mountain scene with men riding up winding roads on horseback. There are only two colors used, black and red.
Artist Life Dates: (Koga, Ibaraki prefecture, 1837 - 1913, Edo)
Object Creation Date: October 1879
Accession Number: 2012/2.107
Medium and Support: hanging scroll
relevance: rank 14.51160
Secondary Keywords: upward; associated concepts; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by activity; physical sciences concepts; precipitation; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Evening Scene in Tokyo: Strolling Musicians; Takahashi Hiroaki

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 14.51160
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; people in the arts; 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

Untitled; Alan Zinn

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Title: Untitled
Artist: Alan Zinn
Physical Description: Wide angle view of the body of a silver plane and cloudy sky above.
Accession Number: 2013/1.277
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 14.49953
Secondary Keywords: air and space transportation vehicles; aircraft; aircraft by form; associated concepts; descriptors; earth sciences concepts; fixed-wing aircraft; heavier than air aircraft; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; metal; metal and metal products; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; transportation vehicles; vehicles

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Hoeido Edition) #16 Kambara, Night Snow; Andô Hiroshige

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Title: The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Hoeido Edition) #16 Kambara, Night Snow
Artist: Andô Hiroshige
Artist Life Dates: 1797-1858
Object Creation Date: 1831-1834
Accession Number: 2008/2.194
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 14.48758
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; components and systems; earth sciences concepts; object groupings; object groupings and systems; object groupings by specific context; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; precipitation; scientific concepts; visual works groupings; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Auburndale Site, Highland Park, MI, #4; Object Orange

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Title: Auburndale Site, Highland Park, MI, #4
Artist: Object Orange
Century: 21st century
Object Creation Date: 2007
Accession Number: 2007/2.3
Medium and Support: iris print on paper
relevance: rank 14.42816
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buildings and the land; dwellings; earth sciences concepts; geographic and political locations; north and central america (continent); people and culture; physical sciences concepts; precipitation; residential structures; scientific concepts; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type; united states (nation); wayne (county); weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Auburndale Site, Highland Park, MI, #3; Object Orange

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Title: Auburndale Site, Highland Park, MI, #3
Artist: Object Orange
Century: 21st century
Object Creation Date: 2007
Accession Number: 2007/2.2
Medium and Support: iris print on paper
relevance: rank 14.42816
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buildings and the land; dwellings; earth sciences concepts; geographic and political locations; north and central america (continent); people and culture; physical sciences concepts; precipitation; residential structures; scientific concepts; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type; united states (nation); wayne (county); weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Auburndale Site, Highland Park, MI, #5; Object Orange

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Title: Auburndale Site, Highland Park, MI, #5
Artist: Object Orange
Century: 21st century
Object Creation Date: 2007
Accession Number: 2007/2.4
Medium and Support: iris print on paper
relevance: rank 14.42816
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buildings and the land; dwellings; earth sciences concepts; geographic and political locations; north and central america (continent); people and culture; physical sciences concepts; precipitation; residential structures; scientific concepts; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type; united states (nation); wayne (county); weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Conversion of St. Paul [La Conversione de St. Paul]; Jacques Callot

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Title: Conversion of St. Paul [La Conversione de St. Paul]
Artist: Jacques Callot
Physical Description: A battle scene with the sun's rays shining down through the clouds. At the center, a man has fallen from his horse and lays on the ground. From the clouds above, a voice comes down, inscribed "SAVLE SAVLE QVID ME PERSEQVERIS." At base of print is written "Totus lesus in Paulo consumptus est. Chrysost. Iesus-Christ s'est enployé tout entier en ce mystere."
Artist Life Dates: 1592-1635
Century: 17th century
Accession Number: 2013/2.544
Medium and Support: etching on laid paper
relevance: rank 14.41978
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; armed conflicts; associated concepts; earth sciences concepts; events; identifying artifacts; information artifacts; information artifacts by function; information forms; mammals; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in military occupations; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

The Goddess of the Night; Hendrick Goltzius

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Title: The Goddess of the Night
Artist: Hendrick Goltzius
Physical Description: Paper trimed to print frame. Previously print had been folded in half and damaged; repair visible on verso. Paper size: h 34 1/2cm x w 26 1/2cm.
Artist Life Dates: 1558 - 1617
Accession Number: 2008/2.399
Medium and Support: chiaroscuro woodcut on brown laid paper
relevance: rank 14.40329
Secondary Keywords: transfer method; associated concepts; earth sciences concepts; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; physical sciences concepts; prints; prints by process; prints by process or technique; relief prints; scientific concepts; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Evening Scene in Tokyo: Bon Dance; Takahashi Hiroaki

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 14.40067
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

Kahitzna Glacier, Alaska; Marilyn Bridges

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Title: Kahitzna Glacier, Alaska
Artist: Marilyn Bridges
Physical Description: Snow capped mountains and sky with a snow covered valley below in an "S" shape.
Artist Life Dates: b. 1957
Object Creation Date: 1990
Accession Number: 2013/2.282
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 14.39243
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buildings and the land; descriptors; earth sciences concepts; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; open spaces; open spaces and site elements; open spaces by function; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; precipitation; scientific concepts; transportation spaces; water; water by form; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Snow Scene; Chang Ku-nien

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Title: Snow Scene
Artist: Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description: The painting depicts mountains and bold branches covered by snow, presenting a cristal clear landscape of cold splendor.
Artist Life Dates: (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1968
Accession Number: 2006/1.105
Medium and Support: ink on paper
relevance: rank 14.38449
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buildings and the land; coating (material); coating by form; descriptors; earth sciences concepts; image-making processes and techniques; materials; materials by function; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; precipitation; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena; writing (processes)

Nueva York; Emilio Sanchez

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Title: Nueva York
Artist: Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description: A sunset cityscape view with the sun right above the high-rise buiildings in New York City.
Artist Life Dates: b. 1921
Object Creation Date: circa 1977
Accession Number: 2011/2.81
Medium and Support: color lithograph on paper
relevance: rank 14.37614
Secondary Keywords: height; associated concepts; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; geographic and political locations; multistory buildings; north and central america (continent); objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; single built works; single built works by form; single built works by specific type; united states (nation); visual works; visual works by subject type

Untitled; Tom Franks

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Title: Untitled
Artist: Tom Franks
Physical Description: Mountain, lake and cloud scene with water in the foreground.
Accession Number: 2013/1.247
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 14.37353
Secondary Keywords: upward; associated concepts; bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; lacustrine bodies; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes

Multicolored kimono embroidered with autumn flowers; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Multicolored kimono embroidered with autumn flowers
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: Light gray tango chirimen (silk crepe) damask with woven lozenge pattern; over this, paste-resist dyed "splotches" in blue, green and brown. Finally, embroidered autumn flowers: ominaeshi, hagi, chrysanthemums. Lining is plain weave silk, white above and butterscotch color below.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1977
Accession Number: 2005/1.385
Medium and Support: silk crepe with woven designs
relevance: rank 14.33780
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; costume; costume by form; descriptors; earth sciences concepts; main garments; needleworking; needleworking and needleworking techniques; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by material; processes and techniques by specific type; scientific concepts; seasons; textile processes and techniques; textile working processes and techniques

Moon over Lausanne; Joseph Mallord William Turner

Title: Moon over Lausanne
Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner
Physical Description: Three figures stand in the bottom left corner. The image is mostly tan and light blue except very dark in the center. The blue horizon line is in the top third of the image stretching from a cityscape on the left side to a sweeping hill on the right side. There is a small moon in the middle at the very top of the image.
Artist Life Dates: 1775-1851
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1836
Accession Number: 1991/2.72
Medium and Support: watercolor and graphite on paper
relevance: rank 14.32600
Secondary Keywords: downward; associated concepts; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; europe (continent); geographic and political locations; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; objects we use; paintings; paintings by material or technique; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; visual works by subject type

Crosstown Traffic; Emilio Sanchez

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Title: Crosstown Traffic
Artist: Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description: A night city traffic view with cars headingn to the same direction, having all the car headlights on.
Artist Life Dates: b. 1921
Object Creation Date: 1987
Accession Number: 2011/2.78
Medium and Support: color lithograph on paper
relevance: rank 14.30172
Secondary Keywords: scale; associated concepts; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; electromagnetic radiation; energy; energy and related concepts; freewheeled vehicles; freewheeled vehicles by form or function; land vehicles; land vehicles by form; objects we use; passenger vehicles; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; physics concepts; scientific concepts; settlements; settlements and landscapes; settlements by form; transportation vehicles; vehicles; visual works; visual works by subject type

Nocturne; James McNeill Whistler

Title: Nocturne
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: Set at night, a man in a lighter or small boat is seen in the foreground; in the distance stands the silhouettes of various buildings, including smokestacks, a clock tower, and a church spire, all of which are reflected in the water's surface, as well as reflections of lights and smoke.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1878
Accession Number: 1954/1.413
Medium and Support: lithotint with scraping on a prepared half-tint ground on blue-grey laid paper,
relevance: rank 14.29595
Secondary Keywords: architecture; associated concepts; bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; geography; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; objects; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; riverine bodies; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; streams; time; transportation vehicles; vehicles; watercraft; watercraft by general type

Untitled; Stephen Lathrop

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Title: Untitled
Artist: Stephen Lathrop
Physical Description: Splashes of waves in the ocean with accents of pink, purple and orange skies.
Object Creation Date: 2nd half of 20th century
Accession Number: 2013/1.253
Medium and Support: digital print on paper
relevance: rank 14.26988
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; descriptors; design elements; earth sciences concepts; landscapes (environments); marine bodies; natural landscapes; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes

The Deva Idaten; Yamawaki Tôki

Title: The Deva Idaten
Artist: Yamawaki Tôki
Physical Description: Idaten is depicted here, fierce, standing on clouds. His garments blow in the breeze, and a halo showing his power and godliness encircles his head.
Artist Life Dates: 1777-1839
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1800-1839
Accession Number: 2003/1.391
Medium and Support: ink, color and gold on silk
relevance: rank 14.25796
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; earth sciences concepts; objects we use; paintings; paintings by form; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; scroll paintings; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Le Nuit; Artist Unknown; After Vernet

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Title: Le Nuit
Artist: Artist Unknown
Physical Description: A dock scene at night, lit by a fire on the right side. There are people around doing various tasks, ships in the background.
Accession Number: 2015/1.374
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
relevance: rank 14.24122
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buildings and the land; built complexes and districts; complexes; complexes by function; earth sciences concepts; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; transportation complexes; transportation vehicles; vehicles; water transportation complexes; watercraft; watercraft by general type; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Rade de Bordeaux; Maxime Lalanne; Printed by Auguste Delatre

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Title: Rade de Bordeaux
Artist: Maxime Lalanne
Physical Description: This black and white etching depicts a winter scene along a harbor. A line of many boats with high masts separates the water from the land at a diagonal from the lower right corner up to the center of the horizon line. On the left side of the horizon line there is a row of tall buildings. On the left and center in the mid-ground are crowds of figures and horse-drawn carriages along the snowy shore. The upper two-thirds of the composition are devoted to the lightly crosshatched sky.
Artist Life Dates: 1827-1886
Object Creation Date: 1868
Accession Number: 2012/2.194
Medium and Support: etching on laid paper
relevance: rank 14.22913
Secondary Keywords: aquitaine (region); 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; earth sciences concepts; europe (continent); france (nation); geographic and political locations; gironde (department); landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; seasons; settlements and landscapes; transportation vehicles; vehicles; watercraft; watercraft by general type

A Sunset in Ireland; Sir Francis Seymour Haden

Title: A Sunset in Ireland
Artist: Sir Francis Seymour Haden
Physical Description: A river starts at the bottom of the composition, taking up the foreground, and then winds back into the middle of the composition. A tree on the left bank of the river hangs down over the edge, its leaves almost touching the water. Reflections of the trees and banks can be seen along the edges of the river. In the background is a more heavily wooded area, and some birds can be seen in the sky. One bird is located in the middle of the sky, while a cluster of faintly depicted birds can be seen on the right. The edges of the composition mostly fade into simple hatching and line work, especially along the banks of the river in the bottom corners of the page, and where the trees meet the edges of the page on the left and right.
Artist Life Dates: 1818-1910
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1863
Accession Number: 1955/1.114
Medium and Support: drypoint on paper
relevance: rank 14.22775
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; earth sciences concepts; energy and related concepts; energy-related concepts; europe (continent); geographic and political locations; landscapes (environments); light-related concepts; open spaces and site elements; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; physics concepts; plants; riverine bodies; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; site elements; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; woody plants

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