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Title

Esther before Ahasuerus

Artist

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

Physical Description

A seated king, at the left, holds the hand of a swooning woman who is supported by another woman. The supporting woman looks back at the king.

Artist Life Dates

1591-1666

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1639

Accession Number

1978/2.41

Medium and Support

pen, brown ink and brown wash on cream colored laid paper

relevance

rank 10.41362

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

aristocracy

artistic concepts

artistic devices

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

document genres

document genres by function

figures

groups of people

information forms

monarchs

nobility

objects

objects we use

old testament

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by occupation

people in government and administration

political figures

religious texts

rulers (people)

social classes

social classes by specific type

social groups

symbolism

upper class

Title

The Alliance of Peace and Abundance

Artist

Bartolomeo Coriolano

Physical Description

Two women in long robes stand arm in arm in a landscape. One figure holds an olive branch in her right hand, and her companion cradles a cornucopia against her hip.

Artist Life Dates

(ca. 1599 - ca. 1676)

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1642

Accession Number

1970/1.178

Medium and Support

chiaroscuro woodcut on laid paper

relevance

rank 10.37970

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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descriptors

hardwood

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people

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people and culture

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plant material

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

relief prints

symbolism

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

wood (plant material)

wood and wood products

wood by composition or origin

woodcuts

Title

Shiva, seated (small folk bronze)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Northwest India

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

18th century - 19th century

Accession Number

1977/2.77

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 10.37696

Secondary Keywords

art genres

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people

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people and culture

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Covered hu (wine storage jar)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

lead glazed hu storage jar with lid, flared mouth and spherical body with two raised band.

Object Creation Date

206 BCE - 220 CE

Accession Number

1971/2.69

Medium and Support

earthenware with green lead glaze

relevance

rank 10.32446

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

bottles

bottles by function

concepts in the arts

containers

containers by form

objects we use

people and culture

vessels

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 10.30896

Secondary Keywords

artistic concepts

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biological components

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

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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

Untitled [Zebra] or horse

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

The sweeping stripes of black and white that arch across the body of this galloping creature give the appearance of a zebra, yet the long, flowing mane is characteristic of a horse. A series of circles and crescents over and underlay the horse, and the background uses gold leaf.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

1998/2.22

Medium and Support

color woodblock print with gold on paper

relevance

rank 10.23447

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

animal

animals and creatures

artistic concepts

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descriptors

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geometric concepts

geometric figures

geometric patterns

mammals

mathematical concepts

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

people and culture

plane figures

scientific concepts

Title

Imari Vase

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1860 - circa 1910

Accession Number

1998/1.136A&B

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze and overglaze enamel painting

relevance

rank 10.23253

Secondary Keywords

architecture

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

concepts relating to the creative process

descriptors

design elements

objects we use

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

people and culture

people and occupations

plants

the natural world

vessels

Title

Village deity

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1977/2.68

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 10.15504

Secondary Keywords

art genres

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associated concepts

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people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

Title

Dog

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

pottery model of a standing dog, as part of the grave furnishing in a Han tomb

Century

1st-2nd century

Object Creation Date

1st century - 2nd century

Accession Number

1993/1.96

Medium and Support

earthenware with traces of polychrome pigments

relevance

rank 10.10882

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

mammals

object genres

object genres by location, context or origin

people and culture

Title

Smoke Rings June 14, 2001

Artist

Donald Sultan

Physical Description

Against a black background three smoke rings hang, connected by wafts of smoke. Two of the rings are in the viewer's lower left. One is in the viewer's upper right.

Artist Life Dates

Born 1951

Century

21st century

Object Creation Date

2001

Accession Number

2006/1.159A-D

Medium and Support

spackle and tar on tile over masonite

relevance

rank 9.94884

Secondary Keywords

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

forms of expression

materials

materials by form

objects we use

people and culture

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Buddhist Nara

Artist

Saitô Kiyoshi

Artist Life Dates

(active 1907 - 1997)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1955

Accession Number

1959/2.17

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.88594

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Deity with tripart crown (small folk bronze)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Object Creation Date

n.d.

Accession Number

1979/2.65

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 9.80789

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

physical activities

physical activities by general context

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Daedalus

Artist

Charles Ginnever

Physical Description

Cor-Ten steel abstract sculpture

Artist Life Dates

born 1931

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1975

Accession Number

1977/2.9

Medium and Support

Cor-Ten steel

relevance

rank 9.76753

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

genres

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

people and culture

sculpture by form

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

L'Alliance de la Poésie et de la Musique (The Alliance of Poetry and Music)

Artist

Charles Joseph Natoire

Physical Description

Two women clad in flowing robes sit beneath a curved colonnade at the center of this delicately painted scene. The woman on the left, wearing a blue mantle, holds a lyre in her right hand and leans toward her companion, who holds open a musical score on her lap to which she points with her right hand. Books are piled on the steps next to the woman on the left and a putto sits next to her with a scroll unrolled across his lap. A second putto stands next to the other seated woman and plays a viol. A winged putto hovers over the heads of the two women, holding a small trumpet in his left hand and a laurel crown in his right, which he is about to place on the head of the woman with the lyre. Two bust-length portraits of men in oval frames wreathed with laurel hang from the columns in the background.

Artist Life Dates

1700-1777

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1746

Accession Number

1994/1.81

Medium and Support

oil on panel

relevance

rank 9.76243

Secondary Keywords

bowed

artistic concepts

artistic devices

arts

arts and related disciplines

associated concepts

chordophones

concepts in the arts

descriptors

design elements

disciplines

fiddles

figure- and animal-derived motifs

genres in the arts

humanities

literary, oral and motion picture genres

lutelike chordophones

motifs

objects we use

paintings

paintings by material or technique

people and culture

performing arts

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

symbolism

violin family instruments

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Untitled [Four cranes and a person]

Artist

Kawano Kaoru

Physical Description

This work is an abstrated depiction of four cranes and a person.

Artist Life Dates

1916 - 1965

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

mid 20th century

Accession Number

1998/2.27

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.74671

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

animals and creatures

artistic concepts

asia (continent)

associated concepts

birds

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forms of expression

geographic and political locations

objects we use

people and culture

visual works

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Title

Storage jar with four loop handles

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

3rd-6th century

Object Creation Date

220-589

Accession Number

1993/1.98

Medium and Support

stoneware with celadon glaze on upper half

relevance

rank 9.69464

Secondary Keywords

art genres

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associated concepts

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containers

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descriptors

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people and culture

vessels

Title

Untitled

Artist

Karel Appel

Artist Life Dates

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1921 - 2006, Zurich, Switzerland

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1969

Accession Number

1986/2.47

Medium and Support

lithograph on off-white paper

relevance

rank 9.61429

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

biological components

components

components and systems

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concepts in the arts

forms of expression

genres

heads

modern and contemporary art

people and culture

the human body

upper body

Title

Broadway Melody

Artist

Mark Tobey

Physical Description

abstract painting, tempera on board

Artist Life Dates

1890-1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1945

Accession Number

1949/1.152

Medium and Support

tempera on board

relevance

rank 9.60326

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

americas

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

genres

locality

modern and contemporary art

new york

north & central america

objects we use

people and culture

united states

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Fame and Erato, Muse of Love Poetry

Artist

Sebastiano Conca

Physical Description

Two women accompanied by a pair of putti appear seated in the foreground of this painting. On the left sits a winged woman crowned with a laurel wreath and wearing a long white robe and a vivid ocher-colored mantle. She leans on a globe while cradling a large book in her right arm to which she points with her left hand. In her right hand she holds a compass. A putto peeks from beneath her mantle, and a viol is visible beneath the globe. The other woman sits on a cloud. She wears a golden crown and a richly colored blue mantle. She grasps a lyre with her left hand and leans toward the woman seated next to her, gesturing in the direction of the book with her right hand. A second putto stands near her left shoulder holding a gold circlet in his left hand. The background is filled with glimpses of neoclassical architecture, including fluted columns and a facade with a row of Ionic columns supporting an entablature.

Artist Life Dates

1680 - 1764

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1725

Accession Number

1987/1.159

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 9.59395

Secondary Keywords

artistic concepts

artistic devices

associated concepts

chordophones

concepts in the arts

descriptors

design elements

drafting, drawing and writing equipment

drafting, drawing and writing equipment by specific type

equipment

equipment by process

figure- and animal-derived motifs

image-making equipment

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

motifs

objects we use

paintings

paintings by material or technique

people and culture

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

symbolism

tools and equipment

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Clay Image (Q) (highly abstracted haniwa female figure and pot)

Artist

Saitô Kiyoshi

Physical Description

This work is a depiction of haniwa, clay figures used as tomb burial objects during the Kôfun Period (250–338 CE) that have come to be emblematic of Japanese art and cultural traditions.

Artist Life Dates

(active 1907 - 1997)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1954

Accession Number

1958/2.25

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.53858

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

containers

containers by form

forms of expression

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

vessels

Title

Model of a stove with kettle

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Object Creation Date

early 7th century

Accession Number

1987/1.355

Medium and Support

earthenware with straw-colored glaze

relevance

rank 9.52961

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

containers

containers by form

cooling, heating and humidifying equipment

equipment

equipment by process

heating equipment

objects we use

people and culture

tools and equipment

vessels

Title

Two Designs for Jewelry

Artist

Étienne Delaune

Physical Description

Two vertical designs dominate the drawing. Natural forms such as vines and other vegetal forms create designs that are symmetrical and organized around a central vertical axis.

Artist Life Dates

1518/9-1583

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

mid 16th century

Accession Number

1963/2.6A

Medium and Support

graphite, pen and brown ink with yellow watercolor, mounted

relevance

rank 9.52334

Secondary Keywords

artistic concepts

associated concepts

building divisions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

concepts relating to the creative process

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

objects we use

people and culture

reading and writing spaces

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by function

Title

Color Messages A

Artist

Carroll Dunham

Physical Description

Swirls of color in red, yellow, green, and blue

Artist Life Dates

b. 1949

Object Creation Date

1986

Accession Number

2011/1.59

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 9.47654

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

concepts relating to the creative process

creativity

objects we use

people and culture

planographic prints

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Inro (four-case medicine box) with design of maple leaves and chrysanthemums, ojime, and netsuke

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1997/2.17

Medium and Support

black and gold lacquer, glass ojime (bead)

relevance

rank 9.46800

Secondary Keywords

artistic concepts

associated concepts

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containers

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descriptors

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objects we use

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

people and culture

sculpture

sculpture by function

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Large covered hu (wine storage jar) with molded taotie masks and painted designs of stylized clouds and Mount Penglai

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

greyware jar with lid, pained with polychrome mystic cloud design, flared neck, globular body, tall foot

Century

1st century BCE

Object Creation Date

1st century BCE

Accession Number

1993/1.77.1-2

Medium and Support

grey earthenware with polychrome pigments

relevance

rank 9.46361

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

bottles

bottles by function

concepts in the arts

containers

containers by form

descriptors

object genres

object genres by location, context or origin

objects we use

people and culture

vessels

Title

Long-necked hu (wine storage jar) with molded low-relief taotie masks at the waist and bands of grooved decoration

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

lead glazed jar of deep green color, flared neck, and globular body

Century

1st-2nd century

Object Creation Date

1st century - 2nd century

Accession Number

1993/1.83

Medium and Support

Red earthenware with green lead glaze

relevance

rank 9.46361

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

bottles

bottles by function

concepts in the arts

containers

containers by form

descriptors

object genres

object genres by location, context or origin

objects we use

people and culture

vessels

Title

Door Picture: Trader and Urban Worker

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

In this image a worker and peasant face one another, each with his own horse carrying the fruits of his labor. The text reads "Mutual aid between the cities and the countryside."

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1948

Accession Number

2006/2.48.1-2

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.35436

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

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people by occupation

prints

prints by function

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Seated figure of a woman with bowls (originally part of the furnishings of a tomb)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Object Creation Date

386-534

Accession Number

1950/2.11

Medium and Support

earthenware with traces of polychrome

relevance

rank 9.32190

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

containers

containers by form

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

vessels

visual works

visual works by subject type

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 9.29850

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

Election Day at Battlesboro High School

Artist

Robert F. George

Physical Description

People standing in a grassy field holding politcal signs.

Object Creation Date

November 7, 2000; printed 2013

Accession Number

2014/2.188

Medium and Support

postcard on paper

relevance

rank 9.29443

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

declaratory and advertising artifacts

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

objects we use

people and culture

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Design for a square plate, signed

Artist

Hamada Shôji

Physical Description

Design for a square plate with stylized plant design painted on paper in ink. Signed.

Artist Life Dates

1894 - 1978

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

1980/2.221

Medium and Support

ink on paper, unmounted

relevance

rank 9.28196

Secondary Keywords

artistic concepts

associated concepts

coating (material)

coating by form

concepts in the arts

concepts relating to the creative process

containers

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

descriptors

dishes

geometric concepts

geometric figures

image-making processes and techniques

materials

materials by function

mathematical concepts

objects we use

people and culture

plane figures

polygons

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

quadrilaterals

rectangles

scientific concepts

vessels for serving and consuming food

writing (processes)

Title

Equestrian Figure

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1979/2.31

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 9.26576

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

people by gender

sculpture

sculpture by subject type

statues

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), from "Woodland Portraits"

Artist

Jeannette Klute

Physical Description

An abstracted image of a milkweed plant. Two blossoms in the center, facing opposite directions, create white halo-like shapes around their dark, oblong centers. The bottom of the image has a white streak, while the rest of the print is composed of dark, ink-like background speckled with yellow and reddish out of focus shapes.

Artist Life Dates

1917-2009

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

2012/2.14.18

Medium and Support

vintage dye transfer print on paper

relevance

rank 9.23665

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

buildings and the land

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

people and culture

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

Title

Untitled, from 'Quantum Suite'

Artist

Garo Zareh Antreasian

Artist Life Dates

born 1922

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1966

Accession Number

1967/2.46

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 9.20312

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

aegean

aegean periods

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

early western world

forms of expression

genres

greek

mediterranean

modern and contemporary art

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual and tactile

Title

Funerary Post

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Mahafaly, Madagascar

Physical Description

A wooden post of stacked geometric forms and a small seated figure on top, seated at a table.

Object Creation Date

19th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.72

Medium and Support

wood

relevance

rank 9.19613

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

ceremonies

concepts in the arts

cultural ceremonies

events

forms of expression

objects we use

people and culture

rites of passage

sculpture

sculpture by material

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Human Figure

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Namji

Physical Description

Carved wooden figure of a human form. String atatched to the head to represent hair.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1997/1.351

Medium and Support

carved wood, string and human hair

relevance

rank 9.19613

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

figurines

forms of expression

healing

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

sculpture

sculpture by subject type

statues

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Reclining Chair

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi

Physical Description

A long reclining board with three posts on the bottom. The angle is at approximately 45 degrees. All of the edges are rounded.

Object Creation Date

19th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.77

Medium and Support

wood

relevance

rank 9.17803

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

objects we use

people and culture

sculpture

sculpture by material

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Elsewhere, Therefore Here

Artist

Pierre Alechinsky

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1961

Accession Number

1963/1.86

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 9.17803

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

genres

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

paintings

paintings by material or technique

people and culture

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Prestige Chair

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples, Côte D'Ivoire

Physical Description

A highly decorated wooden chair with a single arched backing rod for support. There are large bulb-like posts on top with graphic decorations throughout. There are large metal domed hardware on the seat and upper posts.

Object Creation Date

19th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.75

Medium and Support

wood and metal

relevance

rank 9.17803

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

objects we use

people and culture

sculpture

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visual works

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Title

Grandfather Chair

Artist

Artist Unknown, Dan Peoples, African, Liberia

Physical Description

A small wooden chair with four rounded posts and an arched wooden bar on the back. There are carved triangle designs on the seat and finishing nails appear to be decorative.

Object Creation Date

19th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.76

Medium and Support

wood and metal

relevance

rank 9.17803

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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associated concepts

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forms of expression

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

objects we use

people and culture

sculpture

sculpture by material

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

La Justice Protégé les Arts

Artist

Gilles Demarteau

Physical Description

This crayon-manner engraving printed in sanguine depicts a grouping of figures arranged in a celestial space and positioned against clouds. A large female figure draped in cloth dominates the upper portion of the composition. She holds a set of scales in her left hand. Two female figures, one clothed, one nude, gather below at this figure’s sandaled feet in the center left of the composition. The clothed figure holds a palette and paintbrushes while the nude figure holds a mallet and a sculpted portrait of a man’s face. At the bottom right three male figures, one of whom wrestles a snake, appear to be attacking the female figure holding the palette. A clothed figure donning a helmet protects the figure holding the scales in the upper right.

Artist Life Dates

1729-1776

Object Creation Date

circa 1763-1767

Accession Number

2012/2.182

Medium and Support

crayon-manner engraving, printed in sanguine on heavy laid paper

relevance

rank 9.16699

Secondary Keywords

artistic concepts

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associated concepts

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descriptors

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measuring devices for forces

objects we use

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people

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people in law

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processes and techniques

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symbolism

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

weighing devices

weighing devices by form

Title

Caparisoned horse

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Ceramic figure of a horse standing on a thin ceramic base, which a high-arched neck and a vertical head; large saddle with tassels; traces of orange-ochre, pink red and white pigments

Century

6th century

Object Creation Date

534-550

Accession Number

1950/2.12

Medium and Support

earthenware with slip and painted decoration

relevance

rank 9.15905

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

art genres

artistic concepts

asia (continent)

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descriptors

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Title

Rock Cliff

Artist

Garo Zareh Antreasian

Artist Life Dates

born 1922

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

1959/1.119

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 9.13623

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

buildings and the land

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descriptors

forms of expression

genres

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landform components

landforms and landform components

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by composition

modern and contemporary art

natural landscapes

people and culture

settlements and landscapes

Title

Polychrome Face Mask (Bedu)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Nafana Peoples, Ivory Coast, Ghana

Physical Description

An extremely large sundial circle top, separated into triangular sections with eyes and a mouth carved out. The colors are in blue, red, white and black. There is a narrow center to represent two black arms and a chin. The triangluar colored pattern is continued onto the bottom with a geometric pattern.

Object Creation Date

19th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.73

Medium and Support

wood, fiber, metal

relevance

rank 9.10994

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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people and culture

sculpture

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Title

Funerary sculpture of a court lady

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

8th century

Object Creation Date

early 8th century

Accession Number

1984/1.298

Medium and Support

earthenware coated with white slip, traces of polychrome

relevance

rank 9.06450

Secondary Keywords

art genres

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Title

Funerary sculpture of a civilian official

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

7th century

Object Creation Date

618-907

Accession Number

1995/1.79

Medium and Support

earthenware with three-color glaze

relevance

rank 9.06450

Secondary Keywords

art genres

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visual works

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Title

Daikoku-ten (God of Good Fortune)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

This woodwork depicts Daikoku, the god of good fortune, who is associated with farmers. Here he is sitting astride two large barrels of rice, while carrying over his shoulder a large sack, brimming with treasure. In his right hand he holds a magic mallet, said to be able to produce anything the heart desires when struck.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1979/2.85

Medium and Support

wood

relevance

rank 9.05000

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

genres in the arts

literary, oral and motion picture genres

object genres

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objects we use

people

people (agents)

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religions and religious concepts

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sculpture

sculpture by material

visual works

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Title

Zapruder

Artist

John Waters

Physical Description

Twenty-four color photographs mounted in two-part artist's frame with a ninety-degree bend.

Artist Life Dates

born 1946

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1995

Accession Number

2008/2.214

Medium and Support

chromogenic print on paper

relevance

rank 9.04361

Secondary Keywords

administrators

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associated concepts

components and systems

concepts in the arts

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deaths

events

executives

imagination

murders

object groupings

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objects we use

people

people (agents)

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people by occupation

people in government and administration

personal life events

photographs

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social issues

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sociological concepts

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works groupings

Title

Monsoon

Artist

Howard Hodgkin

Artist Life Dates

b. 1932

Object Creation Date

1986

Accession Number

2014/2.22

Medium and Support

hand-colored lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 9.01777

Secondary Keywords

artistic concepts

associated concepts

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european

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styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Album of Letters and Sketches, with Poet Portrait as frontispiece (28 pages)

Artist

Sakai Hôitsu

Physical Description

An album of 28 pages. Cover is brown with a faded image at the center, possibly of leaves on an off-white background. The inside of the album primarily contains hand-written text, though some of the text has faded images in the background, and some of the pages are completely images. The first page depicts a seated man in formal attire. and across from him is a seperate painting of a landscape with green mountains. Other images contained within are of various topics with various colors and styles.

Artist Life Dates

1761-1828

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1800-1828

Accession Number

1968/2.55

Medium and Support

album, ink, color and gold leaf on paper

relevance

rank 8.98909

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

artistic concepts

asia

asian

associated concepts

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costume

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descriptors

forms

genres

geography

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materials

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mine

musical instruments

objects

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people and culture

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plants

sketches

text-based art

the natural world

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