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Title

Black Head

Artist

Horst Antes

Artist Life Dates

b. 1936

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1968?

Accession Number

1983/1.263

Medium and Support

three-color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 4.22561

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

biological components

components

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concepts in the arts

forms of expression

genres

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

people and culture

planographic prints

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

the human body

upper body

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Ctric News Topi

Artist

Ronald Kitaj

Physical Description

Various sized, colorful rectangles lay atop a black background. Some of these shapes contain a variety of images: printed lettering, hand written documents, black and white photographs, and labeling tape. Each individual component has a label-like white box with a red border. Some of the rectangles also have a black or red tape that seems to censor the work's words and objects.

Artist Life Dates

born 1932

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1932-1983

Accession Number

1983/1.194

Medium and Support

color screenprint on wove paper

relevance

rank 4.22274

Secondary Keywords

color

buildings and the land

commercial buildings

components

components and systems

components by specific context

document genres

document genres by conditions of production

gathered matter components

information form components

information forms

mercantile buildings

objects we use

pages

photographs

photographs by form

publications

serials

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

stands (mercantile structures)

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Loft Windows

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

A color lithograph depicting rows of opened windows.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1987

Accession Number

2011/2.84

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 4.21958

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

architectural elements

components

components and systems

components by specific context

lithographs

objects we use

openings (architectural elements)

openings and opening components

openings by form

planographic prints

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Chest (in three pieces)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

A chest in three pieces, all stacked on top of on another. The two chest pieces feature small center doors with decorative iron fittings around the handles and the hinges. Decorative iron fittings are added at each wood inlay location.

Object Creation Date

1875-1925

Accession Number

2009/2.25A-C

Medium and Support

wood and iron fittings

relevance

rank 4.21958

Secondary Keywords

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

inorganic material

iron and iron alloy

materials

materials by composition

materials by origin

metal

metal and metal products

metal by composition or origin

plant material

the human body

torsos

wood and wood products

Title

Monument to the Lycée Chases

Artist

Christian Boltanski

Physical Description

Three black and white photographs of young people's faces are vertically arranged. Above each and below the center image are smaller versions of similar portrait photographs. Four of these smaller photos are also arranged in the line of the large photographs, one on each end, and two separating the larger pictues. All the photos are surrounded by an arrangement of light bulbs, which are connected by a network of electrical cables that snake along the walls and over the photos.

Artist Life Dates

Born 1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1989

Accession Number

2006/1.154

Medium and Support

gelatin silver prints, biscuit tins, electric cables, and sixty-eight lightbulbs

relevance

rank 4.21864

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

austria (nation)

biological concepts

components

components and systems

components by specific context

constructions (sculpture)

europe (continent)

events

furnishings components

geographic and political locations

lighting device components

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by age group

personal life events

photographic prints

photographic prints by process

photographs

photographs by form

positives

psychological concepts

scientific concepts

sculpture

sculpture by technique

social science concepts

vienna state (state)

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Head

Artist

Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi

Physical Description

Abstract sculpture vaguely representational of a bust-length head, the face of which appears to be constructed from strips of metal and parts from machines.

Artist Life Dates

1924 - 2005

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1957

Accession Number

1979/2.10

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.21525

Secondary Keywords

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

figures (representations)

international post-1945 styles and movements

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the human body

upper body

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

The Rookery Building

Artist

Stanford Lipsey

Physical Description

A photograph of the light court of the Rookery Building in Chicago, Illinois.

Artist Life Dates

American, born 1927

Object Creation Date

2007

Accession Number

2011/1.79

Medium and Support

digital print on paper

relevance

rank 4.21517

Secondary Keywords

additive and joining processes and techniques

architectural elements

assembling

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

glass and glassmaking mixtures

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

objects we use

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

surface elements

surface elements and surface element components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Leopard Box Lid

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Benin

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1875

Accession Number

1985/2.12

Medium and Support

wood and copper

relevance

rank 4.21502

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

closures

components

components and systems

components by specific context

container components

containers

containers by form

copper and copper alloy

covers (closures)

descriptors

inorganic material

mammals

materials

materials by composition

metal

metal and metal products

metal by composition or origin

nonferrous metal

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

Title

Ritual Conch with Stand

Artist

Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)

Physical Description

A ritual object for use in royal and religious cermonies, this bronze is cast by the lost wax process in the shape of a conch, with an intricately decorated surface. The tripod stand, which may not be of the same date, is has three coiling serpentine legs that end in stylized naga (serpent) heads with cobra-like fans.

Century

12th-13th century

Object Creation Date

12th century - 13th century

Accession Number

2003/1.387A&B

Medium and Support

bronze with malachite patina

relevance

rank 4.20946

Secondary Keywords

aerophones

architectural elements

components

components and systems

components by specific context

events

lip-vibrated aerophones

lip-vibrated aerophones with cylindrical bore

masts

objects we use

people and culture

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

sound devices by function

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

Title

Chimineas

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

A woodblock print on toned paper of an abstract rendition of a skyline of chimneys. There is perspective in the use of tall chimneys attached to their base structures, while chimenys in the distance remain shorter and thinner.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1956

Accession Number

2011/2.94

Medium and Support

woodblock print on on paper

relevance

rank 4.20879

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

architectural elements

chimneys and chimney components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

drawings

drawings by method of projection

drawings by method of representation

heating and cooking elements

objects we use

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

relief prints

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

I-S Va 4 (Six Variants)

Artist

Josef Albers

Physical Description

Geometric abstract rectangular arches in shades of red and orange

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Object Creation Date

1969

Accession Number

2011/1.116

Medium and Support

screenprint on Arches

relevance

rank 4.20541

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

arches and arch components

architectural elements

artistic concepts

associated concepts

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

people and culture

spanning and projecting structural elements

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Negative print I from "Six Negatives"

Artist

Mel Ramsden and Ian Burn

Physical Description

This is a black image with white lettering and white marked out areas. There are six vertical columns of words organized by Roman numerals and numbers. Two columns have their words marked out.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1968-1969

Accession Number

2002/2.118.8

Medium and Support

photo-mechanical reproduction on paper

relevance

rank 4.19673

Secondary Keywords

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

information form components

layout features

objects we use

photographs

photographs by form

printing and printing processes and techniques

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Ball Figures I

Artist

Jonathan Lasker

Physical Description

This is a horizontal print with black, pink and green colors on a white background. There are pink and green rings covering the lower portion of the work. Over these are black lines that connect some of these rings and a group of five black circles filled with squiggly lines.

Artist Life Dates

American, born 1948

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2010/2.43

Medium and Support

lithograph on Rives BFK Paper

relevance

rank 4.19673

Secondary Keywords

layout features

transfer method

components

components and systems

components by specific context

illustrations

illustrations by form

images and ornament

information form components

layout features

objects we use

planographic prints

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By

Artist

Ben Shahn

Physical Description

A colored print of a white hand holding onto a brown hand. Above their grasp is both Hebrew block and English lettering that translates/reads: "'Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By...". The painting illustrates the need for diversity during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's.

Artist Life Dates

1898-1969

Object Creation Date

1965

Accession Number

2011/1.102

Medium and Support

photo-offset reproduction on paper

relevance

rank 4.19512

Secondary Keywords

arms

associated concepts

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

object genres

object genres by location, context or origin

people and culture

political concepts

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

social science concepts

sociological concepts

the human body

upper body

writing (processes)

Title

Summer Retreat

Artist

Xie Shichen (Hsieh Shih-ch'en)

Physical Description

This is a very dense landscape painting. There are waterfalls, clouds, trees and cliffs present in the painting. The colors consist of muted greens and browns. Towards the lower half of the painting, there is a view of an interior with four figures present, three of which are sitting at a low table. There is a staircase on the lower right, with a man standing on it, looking upwards. There is also a house on a cliff towards the upper right of the painting. There is calligraphy in the upper right hand corner, with a red seal. There is another red seal, although a bit faded, in the lower left corner of the image.

Artist Life Dates

1478- after 1567

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

mid 16th century

Accession Number

1961/1.161

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and light color on silk

relevance

rank 4.18885

Secondary Keywords

upward

architecture

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

buildings and the land

components of bodies of water

dwellings

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

plants

residential structures

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Hartwig House

Artist

Joel Meyerowitz

Physical Description

Interior view of a room. On the right side is a wicker dresser with folded clothing on top and a full length wooden oval mirror standing next to the far wall. The window on the right has a floral long curtain.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1938

Object Creation Date

1977

Accession Number

2013/2.298

Medium and Support

dye-transfer print on paper

relevance

rank 4.18747

Secondary Keywords

building divisions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

objects we use

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by function

sleeping spaces

Title

Conversing Midway up the Mountain in Late Autumn

Artist

Zha Jizuo (Cha Chi-tso)

Physical Description

A small gathering of buildings is nestled at the bottom of a tall, rounded mountain range. Slightly above the settlement, two travelers make their way along the mountain path. A few trees crow up out of the mountains. The mountain range near the small village cuts diagonally across the picture plane, from bottom left to middle right. The top left of the image also contains mountains, taller still. Across from these on the top right is calligraphic text and two seals.

Artist Life Dates

1604-1676

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

late 17th century

Accession Number

1974/1.94

Medium and Support

ink and light color on silk

relevance

rank 4.18181

Secondary Keywords

upward

architecture

associated concepts

atmospheric effects

buildings and the land

earth sciences concepts

geography

landform components

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

plants

scientific concepts

seasons

settlements and landscapes

the natural world

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

A Murder

Artist

George Grosz

Physical Description

Pen and ink drawing of nude woman, presumably dead or in the act of dying, stretched between floor and chair, with a man bending over her head and torso. In interior domestic space.

Artist Life Dates

1893-1959

Object Creation Date

1912-1913

Accession Number

2007/2.110

Medium and Support

pen and ink with watercolor on wove paper

relevance

rank 4.17959

Secondary Keywords

building divisions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

germany (nation)

man

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people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by activity

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by location or context

women

Title

Seraph, half of a medallion from the west rose window of Reims Cathedral

Artist

Artist Unknown, Reims, France

Physical Description

A lunette-shaped panel composed of red, blue, white, brownish purple and yellowish brown stained glass joined together by lead cames depicting a seraph. Four leafy fronds, taken from another medieval window, have been inserted here between the seraph's head and shoulders. The panel is the upper half of a roundel originally installed in the west rose window of Reims Cathedral.

Century

late 13th-early 14th century

Object Creation Date

1280-1310

Accession Number

1979/1.161

Medium and Support

colored and painted glass and lead

relevance

rank 4.17936

Secondary Keywords

angels

animals and creatures

architectural elements

associated concepts

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

doctrinal concepts

europe (continent)

france (nation)

geographic and political locations

glass

glass and glassmaking mixtures

glass by technique

inorganic material

legendary creatures

materials

materials by composition

object genres

object genres by form

openings (architectural elements)

openings and opening components

openings by form

people and culture

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

windows

windows and window components

windows by form

Title

West Broadway Liquor Store Bar, from "Tribeca, 10013"

Artist

Donna Ferrato

Physical Description

This is a black and white photograph that shows a city street scene at night. There is a wide sidewalk and a storefront with a neon sign that says "Liquor Store". It is raining and streams of water cascade onto the sidewalk. In the background, there is a goup of people and one figure is silhouetted against the storefront window.

Artist Life Dates

American, born 1949

Object Creation Date

2006

Accession Number

2010/2.51.3

Medium and Support

pigment print on fiber paper

relevance

rank 4.17912

Secondary Keywords

scale

architectural elements

associated concepts

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

cultural landscapes

cultural landscapes by location or context

earth sciences concepts

enclosing structural elements

exterior walls

facades

facades and facade components

landscapes (environments)

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

precipitation

scientific concepts

settlements

settlements and landscapes

settlements by form

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

walls

walls and wall components

walls by location or context

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

Two Statues' Shadows

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

Square photograph with brown/amber/white color tones. Two glass objects sit in an abstract shape of a human figure. They are placed in the foreground with the heads tilted toward each other. On the right side there is a partial view of a table that is shown out of focus. Light is reflected on the rounded forms of the figures and their shadows are projected on a blank wall behind them. There is a large shadow profile of a man also projected onto the wall.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1985

Object Creation Date

1979

Accession Number

2009/2.13

Medium and Support

Polaroid SX-70-Cibachrome on paper

relevance

rank 4.17461

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

energy and related concepts

energy-related concepts

glass and glassmaking mixtures

inorganic material

light-related concepts

materials

materials by composition

objects we use

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

physics concepts

scientific concepts

sculpture

sculpture by subject type

the human body

upper body

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Untitled

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

Three people in a kitchen, the man and girl are holding hands.

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.166

Medium and Support

black and white photograph on Kodak paper

relevance

rank 4.16659

Secondary Keywords

building divisions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

objects we use

people and culture

photographs

photographs by form

positives

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by function

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

work and instructional spaces

Title

In the Studio (Erna and Guest)

Artist

Ernst Kirchner

Physical Description

Three figures with canted tabletop set with teapot, carafe, and dishes. A nude figure stands on the right side of the image, representing the ethnographic statue that the artist admired and kept in his studio. Artist's sketch from life; Kirchner developed a rapid, stroke-oriented (as opposed to detail-oriented) sketch style.

Artist Life Dates

1880-1938

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1912-1913

Accession Number

2007/2.81

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 4.16457

Secondary Keywords

building divisions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

geographic and political locations

objects

objects we use

people and occupations

portraits

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by function

visual works

visual works by subject type

work and instructional spaces

Title

Head

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Ashanti

Century

18th - 19th century

Object Creation Date

18th century - 19th century

Accession Number

2000/2.117

Medium and Support

terracotta

relevance

rank 4.15663

Secondary Keywords

african

african styles by region

akan

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

objects we use

people and culture

sculpture

sculpture by material

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the human body

upper body

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

west african styles

western guinea coast styles

Title

Death of the Virgin (reverse copy after Schongauer)

Artist

Israhel Meckenem

Physical Description

A four-poster bed with curtains drawn back within an interior is angled towards the viewer, showing a woman reclined on the bed and attended by numerous figures. A lighted taper is placed in her hands, with assistance of a young man on the left side of the bed. Others of the figures stand or kneel with figures hands clasped in prayer; at the lower left corner are two men kneeling at the foot of the bead looking at a book of prayers. The overall effect is concern and movement around the still figure of the woman.

Artist Life Dates

d. 1503

Century

Late 15th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1490-1500

Accession Number

1960/2.46

Medium and Support

engraving on fine off-white laid paper

relevance

rank 4.15282

Secondary Keywords

layout features

animals and creatures

candles and candleholders

components

components and systems

components by specific context

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

illustrations

illustrations by form

images and ornament

information form components

layout features

legendary creatures

lighting devices

lighting devices by form

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

Title

Illuminated Manuscript

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

One column of text with gold leaf, red and blue lettering. Picture and figures on the right.

Object Creation Date

1462

Accession Number

2015/2.6A&B

Medium and Support

ink and gold leaf on paper

relevance

rank 4.15282

Secondary Keywords

ceremonial objects

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

document genres

document genres by conditions of production

european

european styles and periods

information form components

information forms

layout features

medieval styles and periods

object genres

object genres by function

objects we use

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Landscape—Evening

Artist

Charles-François Daubigny

Physical Description

This painting depicts a quiet rural scene. A river runs back into space from the foreground into the distance, flanked on either side by green trees along the banks. A twilight sky dominates with salmon and blue hues. Ducks or geese fly just above the trees at right.

Artist Life Dates

1817-1878

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1870

Accession Number

1954/1.77

Medium and Support

oil on panel

relevance

rank 4.14387

Secondary Keywords

animals

birds

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

components of bodies of water

evening

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

plants

riverine bodies

settlements and landscapes

the natural world

time

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Piazza di Spagna

Artist

Pompeo Molins

Artist Life Dates

1827 - c. 1893

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1860

Accession Number

1982/1.235

Medium and Support

albumen print on paper

relevance

rank 4.13748

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

architecture

buildings and the land

circulation elements

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

measuring devices

measuring devices for extent

objects

objects we use

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

open spaces by form

people and occupations

photographic prints

photographic prints by process

photographs

photographs by form

positives

rock

rock by form

squares (open spaces)

stair components

stairs and stair components

steps and step components

timepieces

timepieces by form

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Freedom Lights on Greenwich Street, from "Tribeca, 10013"

Artist

Donna Ferrato

Physical Description

A black and white photo of a multi-story building. Two spotlights shine straight up into the clouds just to the right of the building.

Artist Life Dates

American, born 1949

Object Creation Date

2006

Accession Number

2010/2.51.2

Medium and Support

pigment print on fiber paper

relevance

rank 4.13655

Secondary Keywords

scale

architectural elements

associated concepts

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

cultural landscapes

cultural landscapes by location or context

earth sciences concepts

landscapes (environments)

openings (architectural elements)

openings and opening components

openings by form

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

scientific concepts

settlements

settlements and landscapes

settlements by form

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

windows and window components

Title

Portion of a lighting fixture, possibly from the entrance hall, H.O. Havemeyer house, New York

Artist

Louis Comfort Tiffany

Physical Description

Slivered metal roundel shape with a center opening for a glass globe (suggested). Along the outer perimeter of the roundel are opalescant convex glass shapes evocative of peacock tail feathers.

Artist Life Dates

1848-1933

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1890-1891

Accession Number

1986.146.5

Medium and Support

silver, gilt bronze and opalescent favrile glass

relevance

rank 4.13607

Secondary Keywords

components

components and systems

components by specific context

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

lighting devices

lighting devices by form

objects we use

Title

Chandelier, from the library of the Henry O. Havemeyer house, New York

Artist

Louis Comfort Tiffany

Physical Description

Chandelier consists of a bronze post with eight arms (inset with colored glass) from which hangs two rings of yellow translucent glass half-dome glass surrounding a single, large yellow glass half-dome globe in the center.

Artist Life Dates

1848-1933

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1890-1891

Accession Number

1986.146.4

Medium and Support

favrile glass and bronze

relevance

rank 4.13607

Secondary Keywords

components

components and systems

components by specific context

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

lighting devices

lighting devices by form

objects we use

Title

Oriya manuscript (unidentified), leaf: A Meeting in the Forest (pair with 1997/2.40)

Artist

India, Orissa

Physical Description

The inherently small scale of a manuscript page requires a simplified style with figures and plant forms against a plain background. This scene represents the meeting of a man and a woman (accompanied by attendants) in the forest.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1985/2.144

Medium and Support

charcoal dust and washes of color on incised palm leaf

relevance

rank 4.13109

Secondary Keywords

components

components and systems

components by general context

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

leaves

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

text-based art

writing (processes)

Title

Landscape with Bamboo Grove and Building Perched at Summit

Artist

Yamamoto Baiitsu

Physical Description

Green cloth background with mountain landscape. Mountain top protrudes to the left with a forest in the foreground.

Artist Life Dates

1783-1856

Object Creation Date

1842

Accession Number

2014/2.246

Medium and Support

ink on paper, silk backing

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rank 4.12901

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Title

Landscape

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Physical Description

The print features a mountain, the edge of which creates a diagonal. A few plants are shown at the base of the mountain, and behind the mountain the sky is depicted with the colors of blue and white. The artist inscribed several calligraphic characters on the upper right-hand corner, which says "a scenery of the mountain and the water in the evening. (?)"

Artist Life Dates

1760 - 1849

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1st half of the 19th century

Accession Number

1954/1.469

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 4.12901

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Title

Landscape

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Physical Description

The print features a mountain, the edge of which creates a diagonal. A few plants are shown at the base of the mountain, and behind the mountain the sky is depicted with the colors of blue and white. The artist inscribed several calligraphic characters on the upper right-hand corner, which says "a scenery of the mountain and the water in the evening. (?)"

Artist Life Dates

1760 - 1849

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1st half of the 19th century

Accession Number

1954/1.470

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 4.12901

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Landscape with Mountains and Bridge

Artist

Okada Beisanjin

Physical Description

Brown and gold colored cloth background with an image of a landscape of a mountain and trees.

Object Creation Date

late 19th century - early 20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.255

Medium and Support

ink on paper, silk and paper backing

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rank 4.12901

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Title

Censer with Maltese crosses, birds, and columns

Artist

Artist Unknown, Coptic, Egypt

Physical Description

The body of this cylindrical censer is decorated with eight columns spaced at regular intervals. The lid of the censer consists of an openwork dome divided into sections by eight vertical ribs that converge at its apex. An arched horizontal band intersects the midpoint of the ribs, and these eight junctures are marked with a projecting bird that holds a small bronze ball dangling from its beak. Two segments of the dome are decorated with Maltese crosses while another two feature curved plant forms. The apex is surmounted by a finial comprised of a globe topped by a Maltese cross on which a bird holding a piece of fruit perches.

Century

6th-7th century

Object Creation Date

500-699

Accession Number

1960/2.4

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.12621

Secondary Keywords

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religions

religions and religious concepts

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

Title

La Villa Madama

Artist

Jean-François Janinet

Physical Description

This etching, in a pale blue, brown and gray color scheme, depicts an outdoor scene with a large Roman style building and several human figures in the foreground. One giant wall, with two large arches, with semi-circular apses behind, crosses the middle section of the composition from left to right. It intersects a massive building that has a series of vaulted chambers. Both structures have crumbling stonework and overgrown vegetation. There are several groups of women in the foreground on both sides of a river. Some are in the water washing laundry and some are standing with wash hanging on lines. There is a small dog on the shore.

Artist Life Dates

(active 1752 - 1814, )

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1778

Accession Number

1973/1.737

Medium and Support

etching and lavis-manner engraving printed in color on paper

relevance

rank 4.12320

Secondary Keywords

animals

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laundry

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transportation structures by form

vegetation and vegetation components

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

Effigy Head

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Idoma

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1940

Accession Number

1982/2.61

Medium and Support

carved wood with paint

relevance

rank 4.12258

Secondary Keywords

african

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igbo region

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visual works

visual works by subject type

west african styles

Title

Kentucky

Artist

William Gedney

Physical Description

A boy and girl seated on wooden chairs on a porch The boy is shirtless and hunched over, the girl is barefoot.

Artist Life Dates

1932-1989

Object Creation Date

1972; printed 1973

Accession Number

2013/2.142

Medium and Support

toned gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 4.12241

Secondary Keywords

building divisions

components

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Title

The Butcher's Dog

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Physical Description

A partial view of a butcher's shop is seen frontally from across the road. To the left is an arched doorway within a pedimented entryway; a woman holding a baby stands silhouetted against the doorway while a little girl sits on the stoop. To the right is an arched shopfront that comprises both the doorway and the window in which hangs two large cuts of meat. The window of the shop is partially screened by an awning the extends before the facade of the building. A dog is seen sitting in front of the shop window.

Artist Life Dates

1834-1903

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1896

Accession Number

1954/1.464

Medium and Support

transfer lithograph on wove paper

relevance

rank 4.11708

Secondary Keywords

animals

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components

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descriptors

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openings and opening components

openings by form

people and culture

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physical activities

physical activities by general context

roads

roads by form

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transportation spaces

windows and window components

Title

Self-Portrait

Artist

Käthe Kollwitz

Physical Description

This etching depicts a three-quarter profile portrait of a woman’s face. The woman looks contemplatively toward the right with a solemn expression as her head rests against her right hand. The edge of her left shoulder is loosely sketched in the lower right of the composition.

Artist Life Dates

1867-1945

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

2012/2.212

Medium and Support

etching with burnishing on heavy wove paper

relevance

rank 4.11667

Secondary Keywords

arms

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Title

Brick Walls

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

A black and white photo of brick buildings. A window and door of one building are captured. The background of the photo is composed with a sketch-like quality.

Artist Life Dates

b. Hungary, 1894-1985

Object Creation Date

October 23, 1961; printed 1973

Accession Number

2011/2.8

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 4.11648

Secondary Keywords

color

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Title

Aqueduct of Nerone, Tivoli

Artist

Joseph Antoine David de Marseille

Physical Description

This drawing depicts a landscape with two figures against a tree in dark wash in the lower left foreground and a faintly washed mid-ground scene of a relief of a crowd of figures on an architectural element. An arch of an aqueduct and a faint castle tower somewhat in ruins appear in the background surrounded by lush foliage.

Artist Life Dates

1725-1789

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

2012/2.191

Medium and Support

pen and ink, black chalk and grey wash over graphite on laid paper, laid down

relevance

rank 4.11020

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Untitled (Head)

Artist

Michael Lucero

Physical Description

White earthenware “sleeping” head lying on its right cheek (right ear omitted to lay flat) with a geometric section of crown removed. The cut at the head is painted terra cotta, the cut at the neck painted with a landscape of a tree at the edge of a cliff. A forest scene set against pink mountains covers the face, and desert rock formations in silhouette cover the back of the head.

Artist Life Dates

(1953 - )

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1985

Accession Number

2008/2.245

Medium and Support

glazes on white earthenware

relevance

rank 4.10834

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european

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heads

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Title

Edo Meisho: Yushima Shrine in the Snow (Yushima tenmangu, Yukihare no zu)

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

A snow scene of people walking up the stairs leading to the snow-covered shrine and temple complex.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1853

Accession Number

1948/1.144

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 4.10654

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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single built works

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

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woodcuts

Title

The Bremen Town Musicians (Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten), preparatory drawing for print, "Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten," in Alfred Kubin, Abenteuer einer Zeichenfeder (Münich: R. Piper & Co., 1941) #13

Artist

Alfred Kubin

Physical Description

To the right, four animals - a donkey, goat, cat, and rooster - appear stacked upon one another in a barely sketched-in window. On the left side, four figures sit at what appears to be a meal in a dinning room, with a soup tureen and various dishes. The image is hastily sketched and few details are absolutely readable, other than basic shapes.

Artist Life Dates

1877-1959

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1940

Accession Number

2007/2.118

Medium and Support

graphite on wove paper

relevance

rank 4.10289

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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rooms and spaces by function

the natural world

Title

Kim on our Back Porch, Boalsburg, PA

Artist

Steve Williams

Physical Description

Girl leaning over while seated on top of a rolled-out sleeping bag. It is on a wooden deck and there is hat on the boards.

Object Creation Date

2003; printed 2006

Accession Number

2013/2.190

Medium and Support

toned gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 4.09809

Secondary Keywords

building divisions

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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 4.09793

Secondary Keywords

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Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kyoka Edition): #8 Hiratsuka

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

Two Barges on Open Water in front of a Peninsula, with mountains in the distance.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

late 1830s

Accession Number

2008/2.327

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 4.09625

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