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- Title
- Half-figure Fetish
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Tabwa
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900-1920
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.263
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.27829
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- figures
- figures (representations)
- object genres
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- objects we use
- people and culture
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- physical activities
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- sculpture
- sculpture by function
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Blue-and-white saucer with fishnet design, Tianqi era (1621–27)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1621-1627
- Accession Number
- 1970/1.196
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 0.27829
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- equipment
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- object genres
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- objects we use
- plates (dishes)
- pottery (object genre)
- stoneware
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- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Spoon
- Artist
- Tiffany & Company
- Physical Description
- Gold spoon with thin handle that widens at the end with a decorative element at the tip
- Artist Life Dates
- established 1837
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1906-1956
- Accession Number
- 1967/2.18
- Medium and Support
- 14K gold
- relevance
- rank 0.27825
- Secondary Keywords
- culinary equipment
- culinary equipment by function
- culinary equipment for serving and consuming food
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- gold and gold alloy
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- modern and contemporary art
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- tools and equipment
- utensils for serving food
- Title
- Spoon
- Artist
- Tiffany & Company
- Physical Description
- Gold spoon with thin handle that widens at the end with egg-and-dart-like motif along edges
- Artist Life Dates
- established 1837
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1967
- Accession Number
- 1967/2.17
- Medium and Support
- 18K gold
- relevance
- rank 0.27825
- Secondary Keywords
- culinary equipment
- culinary equipment by function
- culinary equipment for serving and consuming food
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- gold and gold alloy
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- modern and contemporary art
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- tools and equipment
- utensils for serving food
- Title
- Casita Blanca
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A black and white print of a shed in front of a field. Three people are standing around it.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.109
- Medium and Support
- black and white lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27820
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- design elements
- dwellings
- houses
- houses by form
- objects we use
- ornament areas
- people and culture
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by color
- photographs
- photographs by form
- positives
- residential structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Overview, Morey, Peru
- Artist
- Marilyn Bridges
- Physical Description
- A settlement and farmland from an elevated view in Peru.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born 1957
- Object Creation Date
- 1989
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.49
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27814
- Secondary Keywords
- scale
- agricultural land
- buildings and the land
- cultural landscapes
- cultural landscapes by function
- geographic and political locations
- landscapes (environments)
- objects we use
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by process
- photographs
- photographs by form
- positives
- settlements
- settlements and landscapes
- settlements by form
- south america (continent)
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Chinoiserie plate with four figures in a landscape
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Netherlands
- Physical Description
- Four men sit under a canopied arch in a Chinese-style landscape with pine trees and a river in the well of this blue-and-white plate. The figure seated under the center of the arch holds an object on his lap, which the leftmost figure leans forward to inspect more closely. The old man who sits at the right of the group looks off to his right. The paneled border of the rim is decorated with four reserves featuring the figure of a seated Chinese man. The reserves are separated by a pair of narrow panels flanking a larger central panel. The narrow panels contain a stylized flower motif, while the larger panels are decorated with more elaborate floral designs.
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1660
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.93
- Medium and Support
- tin-glazed earthenware (delftware)
- relevance
- rank 0.27814
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- earthenware
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by degree of qualification
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Death in the Family
- Artist
- Eli Levin
- Physical Description
- Scene of three nude people (two women, one man) and a skeleton in a room next to a bathroom that is sketched on the left hand side of the scene. The skeleton is wrapping itself around the younger woman while the older woman, in darker and more opaque colors tries to free her. The man in the back is depicted as much smaller and week, lagging behind.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Chicago, IL, 1938 - )
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.228
- Medium and Support
- graphite and watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27814
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- bath, dressing and sanitary spaces
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- figures (representations)
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by function
- skeleton and skeleton components
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Presenting Lichee Fruit on a Carved Ice Platter, in the style of Tang Yin
- Artist
- Gai Qi (Kai Ch'i)
- Physical Description
- Vertically long image. Ink on silk. Multiple figures gathered near a table. Vegetation in the lower left.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1774 - 1829)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.51
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 0.27813
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- forms
- making art
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- plant material
- serving dishes
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- What are YOU doing? The Kaiser is canned - Can Food - Can Vegetables, fruit, and the Kaiser too - National War Garden Commission
- Artist
- J. Paul Verrees
- Physical Description
- Text: What are YOU doing? The Kaiser is canned - Can Food - Can Vegetables, Fruit and the Kaiser too - Write for Free Book to National War Garden Commission - Washington, D.C. - Charles Lathrop Pack, President - P.S.Ridsdale, Secretary - (jars labeled) Tomatoes, Kaiser Brand Unsweetened, Peas
- Artist Life Dates
- Belgium, 1889-1942
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1918
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.102
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27809
- Secondary Keywords
- armed conflicts
- biological components
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- descriptors
- events
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by form
- people and culture
- the human body
- upper body
- world wars
- Title
- Black Nagoya-style obi in sateen weave (shusu) with embroidered plum blossom designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black silk damask with interwoven paulownia pattern; plum blossoms embroidered in solver, gold, and gunmetal gray metallic threads, and persimmon, brown, and black silk threads.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1930s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.331
- Medium and Support
- silk damask with woven pattern and metallic thread embroidery
- relevance
- rank 0.27806
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn at the waist or below
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- costume by form
- deciduous trees
- landscapes (environments)
- main garments
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Buddha's Footprint at Zhutang Temple, from the album, Twelve Views of Jinling (Nanjing) (one of pair of albums)
- Artist
- Gao Cen (Kao Ts'en)
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1643-1679
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.159.9
- Medium and Support
- album leaf, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27806
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- document genres
- document genres by form
- information forms
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious buildings
- religious structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the natural world
- Title
- Kalpasutra manuscript page: Monks and Devotees
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
- Physical Description
- The horizontal folio from a Kalpasutra manuscript consists of seven lines of text to the left and center broken by a squarish gold symbol framed in a red line and cusped blue lines. Gold diamond shapes framed in red are at the sides, with a vertical red line between the one on the left and the text. Between the text and the right diamond shape there is a painting consisting of three registers of figures against a red ground. The top row depicts three laymen wearing crowns, the middle two monks and a nun and the bottom row three nuns.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1400-1450
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.116
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27806
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- document genres
- document genres by conditions of production
- information forms
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by occupation
- people in religion
- people in religion and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious (people)
- religious figures
- text-based art
- Title
- Rock crystal snuff bottle with Chinese text and deity on lotus blossum
- Artist
- Yeh Chungsan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1917
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.148
- Medium and Support
- rock crystal, coral, ivory
- relevance
- rank 0.27800
- Secondary Keywords
- bone
- bone by form
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- dentin
- descriptors
- design elements
- materials
- materials by composition
- motifs
- objects we use
- plant-derived motifs
- tooth and tooth components
- tooth components
- Title
- Netsuke of monkey head as Sambasô dancer with moveable tongue
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/2.18
- Medium and Support
- lacquered wood with red and gold
- relevance
- rank 0.27798
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- 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
- performing artists
- sculpture
- sculpture by function
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- 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 0.27782
- 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
- Title
- Tea bowl with handpainted floral design
- Artist
- Kawai Kanjirô
- Physical Description
- Tea bowl with underglaze floral design.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1890 - 1966)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1929
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.13
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with blue, copper and lead underglaze painting and milky glaze
- relevance
- rank 0.27779
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- drinking vessels
- food
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Mashiko Ware Teacup (style of Hamada Shôji)
- Artist
- Old Mashiko Ware
- Physical Description
- Stoneware tea bowl with short foot that flares out into the base of the tea bowl, and bends gently back inwards, until flaring slightly at the lip of the piece. Underglaze design of a circle and stylized design or plant decorates the side of the bowl.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950-1960
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.18
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with underglaze iron painting and translucent glaze
- relevance
- rank 0.27779
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- drinking vessels
- food
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Shore/Coast (Varigotti, Italy)
- Artist
- Jill Mathis
- Physical Description
- A black and white photo of a beach. The words "shore" appears over the water, while "coast" appears on the sand.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born 1964
- Century
- 21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 2004
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.169
- Medium and Support
- digital image, chromogenic print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27777
- Secondary Keywords
- color
- relation to water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by position
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- photographs
- photographs by form
- settlements and landscapes
- shores (landforms)
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Cavalier #2, from "Scrap Yard Series"
- Artist
- Greg Gallagher
- Physical Description
- Abstract image, textured surface with three separate cracks.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1959
- Object Creation Date
- 2005
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.249
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27772
- Secondary Keywords
- color
- automobiles
- descriptors
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- inorganic material
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- objects we use
- passenger vehicles
- photographs
- photographs by form
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Cavalier #1, from "Scrap Yard Series"
- Artist
- Greg Gallagher
- Physical Description
- Abstact shape with a lightly textured surface. Two sections where it appears cracked.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1959
- Object Creation Date
- 2005
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.250
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27772
- Secondary Keywords
- color
- automobiles
- descriptors
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- inorganic material
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- objects we use
- passenger vehicles
- photographs
- photographs by form
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Dish (Tondino) with portrait of a young woman and grotesque decoration
- Artist
- Nicola da Urbino
- Physical Description
- The profile bust of a young woman is depicted in the well of this dish. The rim features a variety of grotesque ornament, including two winged, serpent-like creatures with human heads, whose tails interlace at the top of the plate. Cornucopias full of fruit appear beneath these creatures, followed by weapons and shields, one of which bears the date 1526. At the bottom appears the head of a cherub supporting a vase of fruit.
- Artist Life Dates
- c. 1480-1537/1538
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1526
- Accession Number
- 1965/2.79
- Medium and Support
- tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
- relevance
- rank 0.27772
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- design elements
- dishes
- earthenware
- motifs
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- The Lamentation
- Artist
- Hans Baldung Grien
- Physical Description
- Three grief-striken figures lament over the body of a dead man lying on the ground before them. One of these figures, a robed woman who clasps her hands in agony, leans forward to peer into the face of the dead man, who is rendered with dramatic foreshortening. To the left of this woman sits a long-haired man wiping his eyes while another woman with wild unkempt hair seated next to him raises her arms in abject sorrow. Three nails and a pair of vessels sit in the immediate foreground next to the artist's initials "HGB."
- Artist Life Dates
- 1484/85-1545
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1515-1517
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.168
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27769
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- associated concepts
- emotion
- equipment
- equipment by process
- events
- executions
- objects we use
- people and culture
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- psychological concepts
- relief prints
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- social science concepts
- supporting equipment
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Untitled (One of Four), from "Portfolio of Four Lithographs"
- Artist
- Henry Moore
- Physical Description
- A black and white lithograph of two faces.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898 - 1986
- Object Creation Date
- 1973
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.123
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27769
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- heads
- objects we use
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by color
- photographs
- photographs by form
- planographic prints
- positives
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Descent from the Cross
- Artist
- Ugo da Carpi
- Physical Description
- This print depicts the body of a man being lowered from a cross. Two men lean over the top of the cross to remove the nails from the dead man's hands and pass his body down to two other men standing on ladders. Three women and a man lay on the ground in mourning at the foot of the cross.
- Artist Life Dates
- ca. 1440 - after 1525
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1440-1535
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.176
- Medium and Support
- chiaroscuro woodcut on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27769
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by process
- events
- executions
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- personal life events
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- supporting equipment
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woodcuts
- Title
- Figure of standing pilgrim with a monkey on his back and a dog
- Artist
- Ichiryûsai Sôshun
- Artist Life Dates
- 20th century
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.46
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 0.27769
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Portrait of Chang Ku-nien
- Artist
- Shouxuan Wang
- Physical Description
- The artist uses soft, almost nostalgic, tones to portray her sick teacher, Chang Ku-nien. Chang is depicted in a blue shirt and wearing glasses. On either side of the portrait is calligraphic text added to the image by Liu Yantao.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1924
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1989
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.115
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27769
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- east asian
- image-making processes and techniques
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Domed boss surrounded by raised band and dots, field of two phoenixes among flowers and vines, raised border with floral motif and five-lobed edges on both sides.
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- This mirror features designs of two birds, coupled with floral motifs, positioned symmetrically on the left and right sides. Eight-foiled barbed bronze mirror is general. This type is a modified form of that.
- Century
- 10th–14th century
- Object Creation Date
- 918-1392
- Accession Number
- 1965/2.61
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.27762
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- inorganic material
- legendary creatures
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- mirrors
- mirrors by form
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- Title
- Untitled, Bronx Storefront, Auto
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- Oil painting depicting a street view of a shop in yellow and red color around the street corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1985-1990
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.77
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.27754
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- objects we use
- passenger vehicles
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- views
- views by vantage point or orientation
- visual works
- visual works by form
- Title
- Leaf from a Gradual with St. Lawrence
- Artist
- Ludovico de Gaci
- Physical Description
- This leaf from a manuscript contains seven lines of Latin text with musical notation. The initial letter, "C," of the opening word "Confessio" is made from a curved vegetal form. The text is preceded by a painted miniature in a circular frame that is, in turn, enclosed by a golden square. The miniature depicts a man with a tonsure and a golden halo standing in a verdant landscape. He holds a palm leaf in his left hand and rests his right hand on a grill. The left and upper margins of the page are decorated with green and pink leaves and flowers and small gold circles.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1489
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.85
- Medium and Support
- ink, tempera and gold on parchment
- relevance
- rank 0.27751
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- barrier elements
- barriers and barrier elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- document genres
- document genres by conditions of production
- document genres by function
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- information forms
- italy (nation)
- liturgical texts
- lombardy (region)
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious texts
- Title
- Alexander Dumas (père)
- Artist
- Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
- Artist Life Dates
- 1820-1910
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1855
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.12
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on carte-de-viste mount
- relevance
- rank 0.27742
- Secondary Keywords
- document genres
- figures
- information forms
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by occupation
- people in literature
- people in literature and related occupations
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
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- people in the performing arts
- performing artists
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Landscape
- Artist
- Alice Hunt
- Physical Description
- A stream with trees on either side. Rocks in and around the stream and a fence in the grass on the left side of the image.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1848-1930
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1848-1930
- Accession Number
- 1944.11
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on white paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27742
- Secondary Keywords
- biological components
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plant components
- riverine bodies
- settlements and landscapes
- trees (components)
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Almost (Ya Mero), from "Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo"
- Artist
- Manuel Alvarez Bravo
- Artist Life Dates
- 1902-2002
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1977
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.101.12
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27728
- Secondary Keywords
- relation to water
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- geography
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by position
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern and contemporary art
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- settlements and landscapes
- shores (landforms)
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Oban Triptych (Right Side) Sawamura Ujûrô II as Toneri Matsuômaru (???) in the play Sugawara denju tenarai kagami
- Artist
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi
- Physical Description
- One of a set of three Japanese woodblock prints. Depicts a samurai in preparation to fight, includeds captions in Japanese.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1861
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1849-1853
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.199.3
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27728
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- asian
- east asian
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Lamp
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Syria
- Century
- 12th-13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century - 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/1.191
- Medium and Support
- glass with enameled decoration
- relevance
- rank 0.27728
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- drinking vessels
- furnishings components
- lighting device components
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Oban Triptych (Center) Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Fujiwara Shihei (???? ?) and Matsumoto Koshirô VI as Matsuômaru (???) in the play Sugawara denju tenarai kagami
- Artist
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi
- Physical Description
- A color woodblock print depicting a fight between two samurais. Included are captions in Japanese.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1849-1853
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.199.2
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27728
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- asian
- east asian
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Power Figure (nkisi nduda)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yombe Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Small wooden figure with naturalistic human face engulfed in layers of multi-media attachments including animal hides, medicine packs, and a turban bound in feathers. Figure holds the tip of a curved piece of wood in its mouth, the other end of which terminates in its clutched right hand. A round mirrior is embdedded in the figure's "belly." The hides and fibers creating the “skirt” are intact, making it unique.
- Century
- Late 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd half of 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.191
- Medium and Support
- wood, mirror, glass, hide, fiber, feathers, resin, pigment
- relevance
- rank 0.27719
- Secondary Keywords
- analytical functions
- associated concepts
- disciplines
- fetish figures
- functions
- functions (activities)
- functions by general context
- health sciences
- objects we use
- occult sciences
- people and culture
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- science
- science and related disciplines
- sculpture
- sculpture by function
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Netsuke of man tossing demon-repelling beans, while a demon hides behind a screen
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.39
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 0.27719
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- legendary creatures
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- sculpture by function
- sculpture by material
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Boaz and the Elders. from the Story from Ruth in Gerard de Jode's "Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris et Novi Testamenti"
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A group of men in an outdoor setting of a stone structure all seated having a conversation. Towards the one side you can see two houses in the distance. The men are all wearing cloaks.
- Century
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.534
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27716
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the legs or feet
- associated concepts
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- footwear
- footwear by form
- 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
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- Title
- Young Farmers
- Artist
- August Sander
- Physical Description
- Three men posing for a camera outdoors. They all have top hats, canes and are wearing suits.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1876-1964
- Object Creation Date
- 1914; printed circa 1960
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.104
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver/ferrotype print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27716
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- headgear
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by process
- photographs
- photographs by form
- positives
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Tres Banistas
- Artist
- Armando Morales
- Physical Description
- Two nude women are washing in a body of water while another woman is drying her feet. All three women are facing either away from the viewer or their face is covered.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1927
- Object Creation Date
- 1979
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.93
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27716
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- figures (representations)
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- painting and painting techniques
- painting techniques
- painting techniques by application method
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Headpiece
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Bwa
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.28
- Medium and Support
- wood with white pigment
- relevance
- rank 0.27716
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- african
- african styles by region
- costume
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- manding
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- voltaic styles
- west african styles
- western sudanese styles
- 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 0.27708
- 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
- Title
- The Long Balcony
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A group of people are seen on the balcony of a building; a number of the women hold parasols against the bright light. On the floor above are two windows with balconies; people can also be observed looking downward. Above these windows are indications of the roofline and chimneys. Below the balcony are pilasters or brackets indicating architectural detail of the ground floor.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1894
- Accession Number
- 1964/1.109
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on cream wove proofing paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27708
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- architecture
- building divisions
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- objects we use
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by form
- windows and window components
- Title
- Female Fertility Doll
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, South Africa, Shambala
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1983
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.194
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.27708
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- figures
- figures (representations)
- figurines
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- toys
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Three Apostles: St. John the Evangelist, St. Thomas, and St. James the Less with the Apostles' Creed
- Artist
- Jan Joest
- Physical Description
- Three apostles, each holding an identifying attribute, stand in a row as full-length figures on this painted panel. On the left stands the youthful beardless St. John holding a chalice with a snake coiled in the cup. Next to him appears the bald and bearded St. Thomas, holding an architect's square. The bearded figure of St. James the Less appears on the left with an open book in his left hand and a long fuller's club in his right. Scrolls above each apostle's head contain a line from the Apostles' Creed in Latin.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1455-1460 - 1519
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1500-1519
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.77
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel, mounted on panel
- relevance
- rank 0.27708
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- disciples
- equipment
- equipment by process
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- measuring devices
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- percussive weapons
- religious visual works
- reptiles
- shaping and guiding equipment
- shaping and guiding tools
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by function
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Carved Hairpin
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Carved jade one point hairpin. Carving is at the head of the pin and extends half-way down the body in the shape of what might be a dragon.
- Object Creation Date
- 1368-1644
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.111
- Medium and Support
- jade
- relevance
- rank 0.27705
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- animal material
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- hair and hair components
- keratinous material
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Charger with lion and peony design, one of pair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- early to mid 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1800-1850
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.1
- Medium and Support
- porcelain, blue underglaze and enamel overglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 0.27701
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- dishes
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- platters
- serving dishes
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- woody plants
- Title
- Charger with lion and peony design, one of pair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- early to mid 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1800-1850
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.2
- Medium and Support
- porcelain, blue underglaze and enamel overglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 0.27701
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- dishes
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
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- objects we use
- plants
- platters
- serving dishes
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- woody plants
- Title
- Gogo no shojo (Girl in the Afternoon)
- Artist
- Nakayama Tadashi
- Physical Description
- A color print of a girl and a dog looking to the left. Sunflowers grown in the background.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1970
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.18
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27701
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
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- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- plants
- prints
- prints by process or technique
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- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants