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- Title
- Florecitas
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A color print of flowers in a silver vase. The flowers are bright shades of purple, red, orange, and gold.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1997
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.107
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28111
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by form
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- Title
- Snowflake
- Artist
- Albert G. Richards
- Physical Description
- A large white snowflake on a speckled black background.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1917-2008
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1998
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.599
- Medium and Support
- radiograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28111
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- design elements
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- motifs
- natural element motifs
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by form
- woody plants
- Title
- Jina and devotees from a Digambara Jain manuscript
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- Nude Jina sitting on altar-like structure in center of image. The "altar" is sitting on a lotus flower. There are devotees on all four sides of Jina, a total of five persons. The devotee at the left is also nude. There are red and yellow flags, and various flowers scattered all over the image. There is a red and green border. The colors present are vivid reds, greens, yellows and deep blues.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.175
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28104
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by form
- figures
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by state or condition
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- woody plants
- Title
- Fanny Leyland
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- An adolescent girl sits in a chair facing to the left, her hands resting in her lap. Her hair is loose around her shoulders and pulled back from her face. Her skirt consists of tiers of ruffles or other fabic. She has a pensive expression and her face is seen in profile.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1874
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.355
- Medium and Support
- drypoint on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28099
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- figures
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- views
- views by vantage point or orientation
- visual works
- visual works by form
- Title
- Palm Wine Cup with Figure of a Head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1983
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.163
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 0.28099
- Secondary Keywords
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- drinking vessels
- objects we use
- the human body
- upper body
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Sylvester (Douglas) Lord Glenbervie
- Artist
- Jean Ingres
- Artist Life Dates
- 1780-1867
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1820
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.297
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28099
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- figures
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- views
- views by vantage point or orientation
- visual works
- visual works by form
- Title
- Pot with Lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Ashanti
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.123A
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.28088
- Secondary Keywords
- closures
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- container components
- containers
- containers by form
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- covers (closures)
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- vessels
- Title
- The Dancing Girl
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A woman, nude but for a diaphanous elbow-length drapery and a cap over her hair, stands facing the viewer with her head turned towards the right. The figure's right arm is extended gracefully from the side of her body, hand facing downward. Her left hand is extened at nearly a right angle, holding her drapery out, which further devines the curves of her body. Her weight is on her right leg as the left leg points forward.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1890
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.430
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28088
- Secondary Keywords
- child
- dances
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performing artists
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Wand (oshe Shango)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Shango
- Physical Description
- Carved wooden wand. A discoid grip at one end of the shaft, and a double-headed projection at the other.
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.22
- Medium and Support
- wood with leather
- relevance
- rank 0.28088
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by function
- objects
- people and culture
- southern nigerian styles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the human body
- upper body
- west african styles
- Title
- Buddha bust, sheltered by Mucalinda (Khmer-Lopburi style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.38
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- relevance
- rank 0.28086
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- devotional images
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious visual works
- reptiles
- visual works
- visual works by function
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- General Pedro Altamirano
- Artist
- Armando Morales
- Physical Description
- Four armed men stand in front of a building. One man is kneeling with a machine gun on a tripod. Two dogs and a horse are with them.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1927
- Object Creation Date
- 1993
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.96.4
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28086
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- firearms
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with explosive propellant
- small arms
- small arms by form
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Location Plan
- Artist
- Terry Winters
- Physical Description
- A collection squares arranged in six rows of five columns. The squares are in black and white and are of abstract designs.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1949
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.83
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on Clearprint fade-out cotton, vellum graph paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28086
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- mathematical concepts
- objects we use
- people and culture
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by color
- photographs
- photographs by form
- plane figures
- polygons
- positives
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- quadrilaterals
- rectangles
- scientific concepts
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- 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 0.28086
- 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
- Title
- Seated Woman
- Artist
- Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
- Physical Description
- A woman in kimono sits with her sleeve to her mouth. The kimono is decorated with fall leaves, and she sits behind lacquwe tea ware. Above her are crest-like decorations in blue, backgrounding the open pages of a book.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1786-1864
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1852
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.49
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28079
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- coating (material)
- coating by composition or origin
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- document genres
- information forms
- main garments
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Couple that Dr. Mead Studied (Achatoluhun)
- Artist
- Ken Heyman
- Physical Description
- A man and woman sitting in wooden chairs in a kitchen with a white stove and stacked Corona boxes. He is barefoot and she is wearing sandasls. There are pots hanging on the walls.
- Object Creation Date
- 1974
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.359
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28078
- Secondary Keywords
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- cooling, heating and humidifying equipment
- equipment
- equipment by process
- groups of people
- heating equipment
- kinship groups
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by function
- social groups
- tools and equipment
- work and instructional spaces
- Title
- Angry Neptune
- Artist
- Michele Oka Doner
- Physical Description
- Large bronze sculpture resembling a headless human figure. The surface texture is very rough with deep voids and coarse patches of metal. The brown patina has a whitish tinge.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1945
- Object Creation Date
- 2008
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.466
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.28078
- Secondary Keywords
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- figures
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- sculpture
- sculpture by location or context
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Sketch of a Woman
- Artist
- Dudley Hardy
- Physical Description
- A woman in motion walking towards the left. She is wearing a very full skirt that is flowing behind her. Her right arm is raised up while the left arm is on her thigh holding her dress. She is wearing an elaborate hat.
- Artist Life Dates
- circa 1867 -1922
- Century
- 19th-early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1910
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.537
- Medium and Support
- ink and wash on beige wove paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28075
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- arts and related disciplines
- arts-related disciplines
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- design (discipline)
- disciplines
- headgear
- humanities
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- Title
- Ha-ak, Blythe Site #1, Blythe, California
- Artist
- Marilyn Bridges
- Physical Description
- A black and white aerial landscape photograph. Image of a human figure encased in a pentagon shape carved into the land. Around this figure are swirl shapes also imprinted into the land.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born 1957
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.10
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on ppaer
- relevance
- rank 0.28075
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- photographic techniques
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- picture-taking techniques
- picture-taking techniques by location or context
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Obi
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Gray obi with light blue wavy design that looks like a river with dark blue ripples. White flower petals float alongside the river, and so do five designs that appear to be hooded cloaks or pieces of cloth.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.543
- Medium and Support
- silk
- relevance
- rank 0.28066
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn at the waist or below
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- costume by form
- landscapes (environments)
- main garments
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- riverine bodies
- settlements and landscapes
- Title
- Ma Petite Me Donne Bien Du Mal
- Artist
- Honoré Victorin Daumier
- Physical Description
- Second print on verso; entitled "Les Baigneuses: En Pleine eau." Paper size: lh 26 3/10cm & rh 26 1/5cm x tw 34 7/10cm & bw 34 1/5cm. Image Size: h 18 4/5cm x w 24cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1808-1879
- Object Creation Date
- 1834
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.384.1
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28066
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- transfer method
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- people by gender
- planographic prints
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- visual works
- visual works by form
- visual works by medium or technique
- youth
- Title
- Ex-membres de l'ex-société
- Artist
- Honoré Victorin Daumier
- Physical Description
- Two men seated at a table, both appear to be very sad.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1808-1879
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.208
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28064
- Secondary Keywords
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- support furniture
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Ernest Ulrich Schafer
- Physical Description
- An overview of four deck chairs leaning against a deck table, high contrast.
- Object Creation Date
- 1994
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.170
- Medium and Support
- black and white photograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28064
- Secondary Keywords
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- support furniture
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Pool, One of the 'Sixteen Etchings,' or the 'Thames Set'
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A man in a cap sits in a rowboat in the foreground, his chin on his hand looking at the viewer. A number of other boats, all unoccupied, create a barrier between the man and the open expanse of the river that curves towards the left in the distance. The water's edge is congested with wooden buildings and ships, some in dry dock.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1859
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.337
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in dark brown ink on laid Japan tissue
- relevance
- rank 0.28056
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- figures
- human-powered watercraft
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by location or context
- people and occupations
- rowed watercraft
- ships
- single level rowed watercraft
- the natural world
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- watercraft by method of propulsion
- watercraft by specific type
- waterfront spaces
- waterfronts and waterfront spaces
- waterscapes
- Title
- Scholar with Roosters
- Artist
- Ren Yi (Jen I)
- Physical Description
- This large painting of a scholar and two roosters. The scholar site with books piled behind him, while the roosters below crane their necks to look back at him. The calligraphy on the top right reads:
- Would Your Excellency, my dear friend Xiaoting, kindly point out the inadequacies of this work? Ren Yi [a.k.a.] Bonian
- There are also two seals of the artist and one collectors seal.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1840-1896
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1860-1896
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.67
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28051
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by degree of qualification
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Bowl with incised floral patterns
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Physical Description
- A deep bowl with incised floral patterns.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1957/1.69
- Medium and Support
- fritware (ground quartz and white clay) with blue-green glaze
- relevance
- rank 0.28051
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- middle east (general region)
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- surface marking processes and techniques
- vessels
- 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 0.28044
- 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
- Title
- La Casa Vivienda
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- The white curtains on the two story big white house with a white roof are blown up by the wind.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1981
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.86
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28037
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- buildings and the land
- colors
- dwellings
- lithographs
- objects we use
- planographic prints
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- residential structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Motherless, Fatherless, Starving - How Much To Save These Little Lives? War Fund Week - One Hundred Million Dollars - May 20th-27th
- Artist
- Arthur Crisp
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1881
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1917-1919
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.26
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28036
- Secondary Keywords
- armed conflicts
- crosses
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- europe
- events
- figures
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- locality
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by occupation
- people in health and medicine
- people in science-related occupations
- scientists and people in science-related occupations
- smoke
- text-based art
- world wars
- Title
- I Summon You to the Comradeship - Woodrow Wilson - Answer the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call for Universal Membership
- Artist
- Leo Mielziner
- Artist Life Dates
- 1869-1935
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1918
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.65
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28036
- Secondary Keywords
- armed conflicts
- crosses
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- events
- figures
- how we live
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by occupation
- people in health and medicine
- people in science-related occupations
- scientists and people in science-related occupations
- sketches
- text-based art
- war
- world wars
- Title
- Man's Garment
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Fulani
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.195
- Medium and Support
- cotton
- relevance
- rank 0.28035
- Secondary Keywords
- costume by form
- descriptors
- fiber and fiber products
- fiber products
- materials
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- textile materials
- textile materials by composition or origin
- Title
- De que sirve una taza (What is the use of a cup?)
- Artist
- Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
- Physical Description
- This etching with aquatint contains a tight group of three women and two obscured figures. The woman to the far right kneels and holds a cup, the woman in the middle lies down with her eyes closed, and the woman to the far left looks up at the cup.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1746-1828
- Object Creation Date
- plate 1810-1820; printed 1863
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.479
- Medium and Support
- etching and aquatint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28027
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- armed conflicts
- european
- european regions
- events
- intaglio prints
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Heddle Pulley with Hornbill Motif
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1971
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.40
- Medium and Support
- carved wood and patination
- relevance
- rank 0.28027
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- design elements
- equipment
- equipment by process
- moving and transporting equipment
- moving and transporting machinery
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- the natural world
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Buddha, seated in the ardha padmasana pose, in bhumisparsa mudra (Sukhothai style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- 14th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.43
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.28027
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- devotional images
- figures (representations)
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious visual works
- visual works
- visual works by function
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Leaf from a Bible with decorated initial and vegetal ornament
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Armenia
- Physical Description
- This page from a manuscript features two columns of text written in Armenian. An animal-shaped initial, composed of two stylized birds pecking one another, appears in the lower right column. The lower left margin is decorated with a sidebar that elegantly combines geometric and plant motifs. The decorative elements are painted in pink and blue with touches of reddish orange.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1958/1.162
- Medium and Support
- ink on glazed paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28022
- Secondary Keywords
- layout features
- asia (continent)
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- document genres
- document genres by conditions of production
- document genres by function
- geographic and political locations
- images and ornament
- information form components
- information forms
- layout features
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious texts
- Title
- Ogboni staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Brass female figure, kneeling with buttocks on the heels, atop an iron staff. The protruding eyes, nose, and mouth convey a serene, dignified and somewhat withdrawn look. The figure has a beard around the face; she wears ornamentation in small holes atop the ears, cone-shaped headgear, and an elaborate necklace; there is a small spiral motif on the forehead, and two larger spiral motifs on the sides of the body. The hands are held in closed fists in front of the body, the left hand on top of the right.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.39
- Medium and Support
- brass, iron
- relevance
- rank 0.28022
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- ceremonial weapons
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- iron and iron alloy
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- objects we use
- people and culture
- political concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- social science concepts
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Pablo Picasso
- Physical Description
- Lithograph on cream wove paper using ink and charcoal. Strong attention to lines and atmosphere, using charcoal to place subject in space.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1881 - 1973
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1948
- Accession Number
- 1996/1.64
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28021
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Rectangular bottle with drip glaze design
- Artist
- Hamada Shôji
- Physical Description
- This rectangular clay bottle has a speckled white glaze that seems to highlight the texture of the stoneware underneath. Three dripped, irregular lines of black glaze create a design on the top, spout, and widest two faces of the bottle.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1894 - 1978)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1967
- Accession Number
- 1967/2.10
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with iron drip glaze over white glaze
- relevance
- rank 0.28021
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- image-making processes and techniques
- mathematical concepts
- objects we use
- painting and painting techniques
- painting techniques
- painting techniques by application method
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- quadrilaterals
- scientific concepts
- vessels
- 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 0.28021
- 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
- Title
- Calligraphy, One of a Pair
- Artist
- Chen Shu-chen
- Physical Description
- Vertical hanging scroll of calligraphic text consisting of five Chinese characters in black ink. One of a pair.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1908-2000
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- last quarter of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.130.1
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28021
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- forms
- genres
- image-making processes and techniques
- making art
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Asura head, style of Angkor Thom
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
- Century
- 12th-13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1175-1240
- Accession Number
- 1999/2.20
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- relevance
- rank 0.28021
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- ear ornaments
- jewelry
- jewelry by location
- jewelry worn on the head
- legendary creatures
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- the human body
- upper body
- Title
- Untitled (School Girl in Street, Color Version)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A girl on the street in a red plaid uniform holding a silver teapot.
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.133
- Medium and Support
- color photograph on Kodak Pro paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28007
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- people by gender
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- vessels for serving drinks
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- youth
- Title
- Untitled (School Girl in Street, Black and White Version)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A girl on the street in a red plaid uniform holding a silver teapot.
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.135
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on Kodak paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28007
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- people by gender
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- vessels for serving drinks
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- youth
- Title
- Petits Mobil Station, New Jersey
- Artist
- George A. Tice
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1938
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1974
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.13
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.28007
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- hydraulic structures
- hydraulic structures by function
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
- reservoirs (water distribution structures)
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation
- vehicles
- water distribution structures
- Title
- Geese Landing on Sandbars
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- A scene of geese in pond and on sandbars. The geese are congregated in the lower left hand side of the painting, as are most of the reeds growing from the sand bars. Some geese can also be seen flying in the middle of the painting, though they are not as prominent. Five lines of calligraphy are lcoated in the upper right of the painting.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1906-1987
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- last quarter of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.142
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27989
- Secondary Keywords
- relation to water
- animals and creatures
- birds
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by position
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Beauty under Cherry Blossoms
- Artist
- Hosoda Eishi
- Physical Description
- This is a portrait of a courtesan and her two attendants. The courtesan wears a red cloak with a peacock flying over peonies and a pale green color kimono with “shippô” (seven treasures) pattern. Her green obi, tied in the front, has design of red and blue clouds with gold plants. She is turning away from a viewer to show the gorgeous cloak. Her hair is sculpted in a butterfly shape on the top and has wings to the side. Tortoise-shell combs and multiple hairpins adorn the hair. Her two attendants flank the courtesan; they wear matching, dark green kimono with chrysanthemum flower design and red underkimono. Their kimono have especially long sleeves (furisode), whose openings are tied with ribbons. Their obi are in brocade and tied on their backs. Their hair is sculpted in round shape on their tops and has side wings like the courtesan. They wear silver hair accessories of cherry blossoms and tassels, long hairpins and red silk ribbons. The attendant on the left holds a battledore pad and the right attendant holds a ball. All the women wear black platform sandals. There is a cherry tree in full blossom on the right, from which some petals fall on the women and the ground. There are the artist’s signature and seal on the lower right corner. It has mounting of beige silk and two strips of floral pattern brocade on the top and bottom of the painting.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1756-1829
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1810
- Accession Number
- 1977/1.180
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 0.27986
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume by form
- deciduous trees
- landscapes (environments)
- main garments
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- people by occupation
- people in service occupations
- plants
- prostitutes
- recreational artifacts
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- youth
- Title
- L'Innocent, from "Portfolio of 11 Photographs"
- Artist
- Robert Doisneau
- Artist Life Dates
- 1912-1994
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1949; printed 1979
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.167.9
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.27986
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- architecture
- biological components
- buildings and the land
- calves
- clothing
- commercial buildings
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- figures
- how we live
- mammals
- mercantile buildings
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
- people and occupations
- rites of passage
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- streets
- the human body
- the natural world
- upper body
- Title
- Pipe holder in the form of Ashinaga and crab-shaped tobacco pouch
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1810-1849
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.42
- Medium and Support
- bone and stag antler
- relevance
- rank 0.27979
- Secondary Keywords
- smoking and tobacco use
- animal material
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- crustaceans
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- keratinous material
- leaf (plant material)
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- tools and equipment
- Title
- Leaf from a psalter or book of hours (Psalm 26)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, England or France
- Physical Description
- This manuscript leaf contains a single column of text in Latin surrounded by generous margins on three sides. Pen-flourished initials elaborated with delicate penwork, colored red and blue alternating with gold and purple, mark the beginning of each verse along the left edge of the text column. Five line-fillers, long linear elements colored blue and gold, complete the closing line of each verse and preserve the regular shape of the text block.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1400-1450
- Accession Number
- 1965/2.81
- Medium and Support
- ink, tempera and gold on parchment
- relevance
- rank 0.27979
- Secondary Keywords
- layout features
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- document genres
- document genres by conditions of production
- document genres by function
- images and ornament
- information form components
- information forms
- layout features
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious texts
- Title
- Dish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Italy
- Physical Description
- This maiolica dish is covered by a radial pattern consisting of abstract leaves and curling tendrils punctuated with flowers all centered around a yellow disk in the center of the well. The harmony of the design stems from radial symmetry of the pattern as well as the restricted palette of blue and a soft brass-yellow.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1500-1525
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.38
- Medium and Support
- tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) with underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 0.27962
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- design elements
- earthenware
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- italy (nation)
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- perugia (province)
- pottery (object genre)
- scrollwork
- umbria (region)
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Portable Tea Ceremony Set - Wooden Tray
- Artist
- Eiraku Wazen
- Physical Description
- Oval wooden tray with one inch lip and rounded edge. There is a two inch hole to allow room for the whisk.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1823-1896
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.82C
- Medium and Support
- wood, lacquer
- relevance
- rank 0.27961
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonies
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- cultural ceremonies
- descriptors
- events
- food
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- vessels for serving drinks