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- Title
- Kadampa Stupa
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A miniature stupa, cast of bronze in several parts, consisting of a bell-shaped base; an inverted cone-shaped tower, capped by an "umbrella" with pendant, fringe-like decoration, inlaid with semi-percious stone, surmounted by a lotus bud. Atop the whole structure is a half-moon and sun disk motif, supported by intertwined ribbons and culminating in another lotus bud.
- Century
- 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.386
- Medium and Support
- bronze with inlaid turquoise and coral
- relevance
- rank 0.39157
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- ceremonial containers
- containers
- containers by function or context
- liturgical containers
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Sugar Caster (one of a pair)
- Artist
- Monogrammist CO
- Physical Description
- This sugar caster consists of an octagonal body topped by a domed lid. The body stands on a molded, octagonal base with alternating concave sides, a design carried through the rest of the body and the lid. The lid is pierced with geometric and floral patterns that alternate on each facet, and is surmounted by a rounded finial. The tall, slender proportions of the caster are counterbalanced by the horizontal moldings that decorate the base, body and lid. An unidentified coat of arms appears on the body of the caster.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1739-1742
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1739
- Accession Number
- 1966/2.5
- Medium and Support
- silver
- relevance
- rank 0.39136
- Secondary Keywords
- casters (vessels)
- condiment vessels
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- design elements
- europe (continent)
- european
- european styles and periods
- geographic and political locations
- metalwork
- netherlands (nation)
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- renaissance-baroque styles and periods
- south holland (province)
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Sugar Caster (one of a pair)
- Artist
- Monogrammist CO
- Physical Description
- This sugar caster consists of an octagonal body topped by a domed lid. The body stands on a molded, octagonal base with alternating concave sides, a design carried through the rest of the body and the lid. The lid is pierced with geometric and floral patterns that alternate on each facet, and is surmounted by a rounded finial. The tall, slender proportions of the caster are counterbalanced by the horizontal moldings that decorate the base, body and lid. An unidentified coat of arms appears on the body of the caster.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1739-1742
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1739
- Accession Number
- 1966/2.6
- Medium and Support
- silver
- relevance
- rank 0.39136
- Secondary Keywords
- casters (vessels)
- condiment vessels
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- design elements
- europe (continent)
- european
- european styles and periods
- geographic and political locations
- metalwork
- netherlands (nation)
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- renaissance-baroque styles and periods
- south holland (province)
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in bhumisparsa mudra, on a double lotus dais
- Artist
- Nepal
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.154
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.39108
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- design elements
- figures (representations)
- form attributes
- motifs
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- The Mourning Virgin and holy women (fragment of a Crucifixion from a portable altarpiece)
- Artist
- Embriachi Workshop, Venice, Italy
- Physical Description
- This carved bone sculpture depicts the Virgin Mary raising her right hand in a gesture of grief while her head is bent in mourning. A similar female figure, holding her hands clasped before her, appears in profile behind the Virgin, and another female figure stands to the left. Behind the mourning women the pointed helmets worn by two soldiers may be discerned.
- Century
- 14th-15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1400
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.102
- Medium and Support
- bone
- relevance
- rank 0.39107
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- europe (continent)
- events
- executions
- geographic and political locations
- italy (nation)
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious visual works
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- veneto (region)
- venezia (province)
- visual works
- visual works by function
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Drawing RIII 7 (Interlacing Triangles)
- Artist
- Bridget Riley
- Physical Description
- pencil drawing and gouache on paper
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1931
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.170
- Medium and Support
- gouache and pencil on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.39103
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- abstraction
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by material or technique
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- rectangles
- study
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- watercolors
- Title
- Polycandelon for six oil lamps
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Coptic, Egypt
- Physical Description
- This bronze light fixture consists of a central circular celestial motif from which extend twelve arms in a radial pattern. Six of these arms, embellished with maltese crosses, end in omega-shaped terminals. These decorated arms alternate with six unadorned arms that terminate in rings designed to hold glass oil lamps. The entire disk is suspended from three bronze chains joined to a large hook.
- Century
- 6th century
- Object Creation Date
- 500-599
- Accession Number
- 1965/2.54
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.39103
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- christianity
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- crosses (motifs)
- descriptors
- design elements
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- geographic and political locations
- inorganic material
- lighting devices
- lighting devices by form
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- middle east (general region)
- motifs
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- Title
- Hiroshima Series
- Artist
- Jacob Lawrence
- Artist Life Dates
- 1917 - 2000
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1983
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.533.5
- Medium and Support
- screenprint, printed in eleven colors on Somerset soft-white paper
- relevance
- rank 0.39100
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- materials
- materials by origin
- multiple-seating furniture
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- plants
- seating furniture
- skeleton and skeleton components
- skeleton components
- the natural world
- Title
- Prestige Axe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Bambara
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.100
- Medium and Support
- metal blade with wood handle with metal studs
- relevance
- rank 0.39097
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- ceremonial weapons
- cutting equipment
- cutting tools
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by process
- manding
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- tools and equipment
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- west african styles
- western sudanese styles
- Title
- Untitled (Girl and Water Fountain)
- Artist
- Manuel Carrillo
- Artist Life Dates
- (1906 - 1989)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960-1980
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.220
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.39091
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- buildings and the land
- child
- circulation elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- family
- how we live
- hydraulic structures
- hydraulic structures by function
- modern and contemporary art
- people and occupations
- relationships
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- stair components
- stairs and stair components
- steps and step components
- the natural world
- water distribution structures
- waterscapes
- Title
- Clearing After Snow
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- In this scene mountains and a pavillion are covered by snow and dormant trees bear no leaves. Calligraphic text is in the upper right corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1906 - 1987
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1981
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.110
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.39083
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- evergreens
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- precipitation
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
- Title
- Bamboo in Snow
- Artist
- Obaku Seikon (Taiho)
- Physical Description
- Gold and tan colored cloth with a scene of two bamboo shoots.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1691-1774
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1760-1774
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.252
- Medium and Support
- ink on silk, silk and paper backing
- relevance
- rank 0.39062
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- grass (plant material)
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plant material
- plants
- precipitation
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
- Title
- Pear-shaped ivory snuff bottle with depiction of people
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.64
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 0.39062
- Secondary Keywords
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- 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
- form attributes
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- people and culture
- shape
- tooth and tooth components
- tooth components
- Title
- Solitary Leisure in a Quiet Pavilion
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- This L-shaped composition uses soft yet bright colors to depict a curving road through rolling green mountains covered with the varing red tones of autumn trees. A solitary figure sits in a pavillion, and the scene is obscured by wisps of white clouds.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1906-1987
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1974
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.108
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.39058
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- garden structures
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- seasons
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by location or context
- single built works by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Untitled (I feel most colored...), from Four Etchings
- Artist
- Glenn Ligon
- Physical Description
- Stencilled black capital letters on white background.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1960
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1992
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.13.1
- Medium and Support
- softground etching, aquatint, spitbite, and sugarlift aquatint on white Rives BF
- relevance
- rank 0.39035
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- document genres
- historical, theoretical and critical concepts
- information form components
- information forms
- layout features
- modern american styles and periods
- modern and contemporary art
- modern north american styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- text-based art
- the americas
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- words
- Title
- Buddha, seated, with mandorla and dais; inscription
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 6th century
- Object Creation Date
- 515
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.96
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.39008
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- design elements
- document genres
- document genres by form
- form attributes
- information forms
- motifs
- natural element motifs
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Embroidered Raffia Cloth Panel with Geometric Design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.56
- Medium and Support
- Raffia
- relevance
- rank 0.39001
- Secondary Keywords
- aegean
- aegean periods
- descriptors
- early western world
- greek
- mediterranean
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- object genres
- object genres by material
- panels
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- visual and tactile
- Title
- Human Puppet Head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Bamana Peoples, Mali
- Physical Description
- A stylized rendering of a human face with long narrow nose, round eyes set close to bridge of nose, and open, ellipitical mouth. The head is carved in shape of a coiffure that resembles a helmet which extends down the sides of the head. The head is topped with a high arched sagital crest. Patina is dark brown in color with traces of red and blue pigment. Sheet metal cut in circles and long strips embellish the top of the head.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.21
- Medium and Support
- wood, sheet metal, cloth and pigment
- relevance
- rank 0.38989
- Secondary Keywords
- artistic concepts
- artistic devices
- associated concepts
- biological components
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- events
- objects we use
- people and culture
- performing arts structures
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the human body
- upper body
- Title
- Number 3, from "Numbers"
- Artist
- Robert Indiana
- Physical Description
- The number "3" in orange in a blue circle with a green background; the word "THREE" written bottom center.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1928
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.144
- Medium and Support
- silkscreen on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.38973
- Secondary Keywords
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- european
- european styles and periods
- information form components
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- layout features
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european styles and movements
- numbers
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- script and type forms
- script and type signs
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra; probably part of a larger altarpiece
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 5th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 5th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.93
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.38971
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- figures (representations)
- form attributes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious visual works
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by function
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Buddha, seated in the pralambapadasana pose (with legs pendant), in abhaya mudra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th-8th century
- Object Creation Date
- 7th century - 8th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.92
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.38971
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- figures (representations)
- form attributes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious visual works
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by function
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Fourberies de Femme, en matiere de Sentiment, pl. 9: A un monsieur Anatole qui attend dans un cabinet de la Poissonnerie.
- Artist
- Paul Gavarni
- Artist Life Dates
- 1804-1866
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1841
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.51
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on wove paper
- relevance
- rank 0.38959
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- dishes
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- The Edge
- Artist
- Richard Tuttle
- Physical Description
- A print of ten blue and green lines being refracted off of an unknown surface.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1941
- Object Creation Date
- 1998
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.80.A-M
- Medium and Support
- suite of 13 color engravings in various colors a la poupee on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.38953
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- asian
- chinese
- chinese painting styles
- chinese styles
- chinese styles and periods
- east asian
- intaglio prints
- objects we use
- people and culture
- 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
- Annunciation
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Antwerp School, Belgium
- Physical Description
- An angel, holding a scepter in his left hand and making a gesture of speech with his right, interrupts the Virgin at her reading. She kneels on the floor and rests her left hand on an open book placed atop a lectern. A vase with a flowering lily sits on the floor between the angel and the Virgin and a small white dove encircled by a halo hovers between them. The scene unfolds within an elaborate and richly decorated interior that includes a chair and canopied bed in the background.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1520
- Accession Number
- 1992/1.135
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel
- relevance
- rank 0.38938
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- antwerpen (province)
- associated concepts
- belgium (nation)
- birds
- descriptors
- europe (continent)
- flanders (region)
- geographic and political locations
- image-making processes and techniques
- legendary creatures
- objects we use
- painting (image-making)
- painting and painting techniques
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious visual works
- visual works
- visual works by function
- Title
- Untitled (bird cage, re-lynching)
- Artist
- Tyree Guyton
- Physical Description
- A splatter painted bird cage stand with a rounded top cage on top in red, green, orange, white and blue. There is mesh on one side of the bottom of the cage that is also splatter painted. Inside the cage hanging from the top is a small bell, part of an American flag and a replica of a human penis, painted black, hanging upside down.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1955
- Object Creation Date
- 1980-2010
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.312
- Medium and Support
- metal bird cage stand, American flag, rubber elements, metal bell and rectangular-shaped screen
- relevance
- rank 0.38938
- Secondary Keywords
- hollow-bodied
- american regions
- animal husbandry containers
- bells and sets of bells
- chordophones
- containers
- containers by function or context
- directly struck idiophones
- identifying artifacts
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- north american
- objects we use
- people and culture
- percussion idiophones
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- struck idiophones
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- Title
- Tu Walpi, Arizona
- Artist
- Carl Hoerman
- Physical Description
- Two figures in the foreground stand with their backs to the viewer, looking toward buildings in the middleground. The buildings are built in the pueblo style, with some arched windows and beams jutting out from the roof. A ladder leans against a building in the far left of the composition. The scene is heavily shadowed, by both the buildings and the figures.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1885-1955
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1885-1954
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.117
- Medium and Support
- drypoint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.38934
- Secondary Keywords
- height
- buildings and the land
- equipment
- equipment by process
- geographic and political locations
- modern and contemporary art
- native american
- native north american styles
- north and central america (continent)
- objects we use
- people and culture
- single built works
- single built works by form
- single built works by specific type
- southwestern native american styles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- supporting equipment
- the americas
- tools and equipment
- united states (nation)
- Title
- Untitled 1 of 4
- Artist
- Terry Winters
- Physical Description
- This is an oil painting in a vertical format painted in tones of brown, white and black. It shows four circular forms and areas with thick paint applied in broad brushstokes.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1949
- Century
- late 20th - early 21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 1983
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.544
- Medium and Support
- oil on linen
- relevance
- rank 0.38898
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- european
- european styles and periods
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- mathematical concepts
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- plane figures
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Sediment
- Artist
- Dan Walters
- Physical Description
- This black and white print depicts geometric forms arranged to suggest some kind of mechanical contraption. Two larger circular forms are arranged side-by-side in the center of the composition. A line rest diagonally atop these forms and above the line an assortment of circular and less definite shapes and textures (depicted with cross-hatching and other techniques) are described. The print is imbued with a smoke-like atmosphere as a result of the spitbite and aquatint.
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.184
- Medium and Support
- etching, drypoint, aquatint and spitbite on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.38898
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- european
- european styles and periods
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- mathematical concepts
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- plane figures
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Articulation: Formulation, from the portfolio "Formulation: Articulation"
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.336.10
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.38898
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- aegean
- aegean periods
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- early western world
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- greek
- mediterranean
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- Title
- In the Fog
- Artist
- Warren Lombard
- Physical Description
- The bottom half of this print's composition shows a rocky outcropping, with a triangular shadow in the center right. On the bottom left is some foliage. The top half of the composition shows three trees in the center right. The left-most tree is darker than the other two. The trees are set against a flat background.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1855-1939
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1923
- Accession Number
- 1940.21
- Medium and Support
- drypoint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.38893
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern and contemporary art
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
- Title
- The Palace
- Artist
- Frederick Griggs
- Artist Life Dates
- 1876-1938
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1916
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.110
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.38892
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings
- castles and palaces
- european
- european styles and periods
- modern and contemporary art
- modern british styles and movements
- modern british styles by reign
- modern european regional styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- palaces
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Chess Set (Legs to Base of Chess Board)
- Artist
- Victor Vasarely
- Physical Description
- Acrylic chess set. The playing pieces are of various geometric shapes. The board and the space that surrounds it are covered with a colorful grid pattern, which each square filled with a circle.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1908 - 1997
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1980
- Accession Number
- 2004/2.86FF&GG
- Medium and Support
- acrylic sculpture
- relevance
- rank 0.38869
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- abstraction
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- card, table and board game elements
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- forming
- forms of expression
- game pieces
- gameboards
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for competitive activities
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Famous Views of Snow, Moon and Flowers: Trout Fishing by Moonlight on the Tamagawa River
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- The dark color pallette and the moon indicate that the image is set at night. There are people standing in the water, bending over in search of fish. Others stand on the bank, helping with the fishing process. Also shown are the silhouettes of a bridge over the water and the mountains in the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1846
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.137
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.38824
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- associated concepts
- earth sciences concepts
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by location
- physical activities by specific context
- physical sciences concepts
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- scientific concepts
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- water activities
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Republic of the Congo, Kongo, Solongo
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.53
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.38824
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- central and equatorial african styles
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- southwestern democratic republic of congo styles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- tools and equipment
- walking sticks
- western democratic republic of congo styles
- Title
- Sharing a Boat in the Wind and Rain
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- Three figures in a boat withstand wind and rain as they navigate river waters. Trees along the banks seem to bend under the force of the wind. Water saturdated ink and washes blur distinctions and imply the extremity of the weather.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1983
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.125
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.38820
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- precipitation
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Now the Dove and the Leopard Wrestle
- Artist
- Romare Bearden
- Physical Description
- This painting features animal part shapes in abstract forms in blues, ochres, green and red colors. It is expressive in the different movements of the animals.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1911 - 1988
- Object Creation Date
- 1946
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.225
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.38764
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- image-making processes and techniques
- mammals
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- painting and painting techniques
- painting techniques
- painting techniques by medium
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Round Inkwell with Apple Blossoms, poreclain, round marked "CFM/CDM FRANCE", limoges
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A purple color inkwell made with porcelain has drawings of apple blossom all around the outside of the inkwell. And there is a lid cover on the top of the inkwell.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.294
- Medium and Support
- porcelain
- relevance
- rank 0.38764
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- european
- european styles and periods
- flowers
- modern british ceramics styles
- modern british decorative arts styles and movements
- modern british styles and movements
- modern european regional styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plants
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the natural world
- Title
- I-S Va 5 (Six Variants)
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Physical Description
- An abstract print of six rectangular shapes in neutral shades
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Object Creation Date
- 1969
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.118
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on Arches
- relevance
- rank 0.38764
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- abstraction
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- mathematical concepts
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
- quadrilaterals
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Homage
- Artist
- Chuang Che
- Physical Description
- The background of this print is covered with whitish paint or gesso that reveals the texture of the canvas, brush, and its application. Where material has been applied to the canvas there are small wrinkles. Dashes of black paint appear on the lower two thirds of the collage. What looks like a signature is in the bottom left.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1933
- Century
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.32
- Medium and Support
- oil and acrylic paint on canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.38760
- Secondary Keywords
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- european
- european styles and periods
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- painting components
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works components
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- André Masson
- Physical Description
- This abstracted drawing in black ink contains a series of lines and shapes that evoke a sense of motion from the upper right to the lower left of the composition. Long parallel lines on a diagonal from the top right to bottom left reinforce this sense of movement. Swirling abstracted forms surround these lines and the composition is speckled with very fine splatterings of ink throughout.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1896-1987
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.175
- Medium and Support
- pen and ink on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.38741
- Secondary Keywords
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- drawings
- drawings by technique
- european
- european styles and periods
- materials
- materials by function
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Bowl with figure holding goblet and flask
- Artist
- Iraq
- Century
- 9th-10th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 9th century - 10th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/1.187
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with opaque white glaze with white luster
- relevance
- rank 0.38741
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- bottles
- bottles by form
- containers
- containers by form
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- drinking glasses
- drinking vessels
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- vessels
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Gio Ponti's Mirror
- Artist
- Lucio Pozzi
- Physical Description
- A small, squat rectangle divided into two halves is centered on a large sheet of paper. The left half is a blue wash with black marks; the right half is a light gray wash with blue marks.
- Artist Life Dates
- born Italy, 1935
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1993
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.254
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.38741
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- european
- european styles and periods
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- mathematical concepts
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- La Cardeuse (The Wool Carder)
- Artist
- Jean-François Millet
- Physical Description
- A woman is shown seated in a simple interior. She is holding carding combs and is seated next to a pile of uncarded wool on one side and skeins of yarn on the other. Behind her is the wheel of a spinning wheel.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1814-1875
- Century
- 19th Century
- Object Creation Date
- 1855-1856
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.120
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.38741
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- fabric
- figures
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- genres
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- objects
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- printing
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- textiles
- Title
- Rain (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Physical Description
- This work portrays a dynamic, umbrella-studded view of the University of Michigan Diag, based on sketches Saitô made during his trip to Ann Arbor in the fifties.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1956
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.28
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.38703
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- costume by form
- earth sciences concepts
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- outerwear
- overcoats
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- precipitation
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
- Title
- Box
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.24
- Medium and Support
- wood,, plant fibers and tkoola powder
- relevance
- rank 0.38700
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- central and equatorial african styles
- central democratic republic of congo styles
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- western democratic republic of congo styles
- Title
- Interior of Kabuki Theatre During Enactment of a Play
- Artist
- Torii Kiyotsune
- Physical Description
- A woodblock print of the inside of a Kabuke theatre and the audience.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Edo, c. 1757 - 1780, Edo)
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1760
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.200
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.38681
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- buildings and the land
- entertainment events
- events
- objects we use
- people and culture
- performances
- performing arts buildings
- performing arts structures
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Tematsu no ike (Tematsu Pond)
- Artist
- Takahashi Hiroaki
- Physical Description
- In the lower left corner of this tall and narrow print two silohettes appear near a small dock. The surface of a pond stretches out behind them, filling much of the pictorial space. The dark form of a house with a traingular, mountain shapped roof rests in the upper register of the print. The lit windows from the house reflect in the calm yet slightly wavy pond.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1871-1944
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1907-1922
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.421.1
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.38681
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- associated concepts
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- earth sciences concepts
- east asian
- japanese
- japanese printmaking styles
- japanese styles
- lacustrine bodies
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Hiroshima Series
- Artist
- Jacob Lawrence
- Artist Life Dates
- 1917 - 2000
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1983
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.533.6
- Medium and Support
- screenprint, printed in eleven colors on Somerset soft-white paper
- relevance
- rank 0.38674
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- animals
- architecture
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- genres
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- skeleton and skeleton components
- skeleton components
- the natural world
- Title
- Fallen Head
- Artist
- Karel Appel
- Artist Life Dates
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1921 - 2006, Zurich, Switzerland
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.74
- Medium and Support
- gouache and crayon on white wove paper
- relevance
- rank 0.38640
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the human body
- upper body
- Title
- Wall Hanging
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Beninese, Fon
- Physical Description
- Off-white background with a red man in the center, arms outstretched holding a half moon and a red circle. Above and below him are red and black men with clubs.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.97
- Medium and Support
- appliqued cotton cloth
- relevance
- rank 0.38623
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- bed coverings
- bedcovers
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- coverings and hangings
- coverings and hangings by location or context
- coverings and hangings by specific type
- coverings and hangings components
- coverings and hangings for furniture
- coverings and hangings for sleeping and reclining furnitur
- events
- forms of expression
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furnishings components
- objects we use
- people and culture
- quilts
- quilts by patter or motif