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- Title
- Pedestal Card Table
- Artist
- Anonymous American
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1830-1850
- Accession Number
- 1967/2.36
- Medium and Support
- mahogany
- relevance
- rank 1.21165
- Secondary Keywords
- base form
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture by form or function
- locality
- modern and contemporary art
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- support furniture
- tables (support furniture)
- tables by form
- tables by function
- wood
- Title
- Verzweiflung (Despair)
- Artist
- Emil Nolde
- Physical Description
- Print featuring a image of a small boy and a bearded man standing at right near a body of water on left. Small bush at left and trees in the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1867-1956
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1906
- Accession Number
- 1965/2.72
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.21155
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- movement
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Kimono
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Japanese kimono made with light pink color silk. It has silver sewings with pattern of flowers on it.
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.313.1
- Medium and Support
- silk
- relevance
- rank 1.21155
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- east asian
- fiber and fiber products
- fiber products
- main garments
- materials
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- textile materials
- textile materials by composition or origin
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Zambia, Lozi
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.62
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 1.21155
- 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
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- tools and equipment
- upper zambezi river region styles
- Title
- Yungdron Dorje Pal (1284–1365) subduing a wrathful demon while attended by a meditation deity, Mahakala and other monks.
- Artist
- Workshop Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A portable painting done in ink and gouache on loose-weave, primed cotton, surround by two strips of fabric. This painting has suffered greatly from water damage, running the pigments together.
- Century
- 18th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1700-1750
- Accession Number
- 1973/1.719
- Medium and Support
- ink and gouache on cotton
- relevance
- rank 1.21151
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- associated concepts
- buddhism
- conditions and effects
- descriptors
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people by state or condition
- people in religion
- people in religion and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious (people)
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Large serving plate with design of lion romping among peonies
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1969/1.83
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain with blue and black underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 1.21127
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- woody plants
- Title
- Hearing the Sound of a Distant Bell
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- Ink and wash depicts the tranquility. Temples rest in the middle of the remote mountains. Hearing the bell resonnating in the valley, a monk is returning.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1973
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.122
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.21114
- Secondary Keywords
- hollow-bodied
- bells and sets of bells
- chordophones
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- directly struck idiophones
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- percussion idiophones
- scroll paintings
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- struck idiophones
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Mountain Grain
- Artist
- Ilse Bing
- Physical Description
- A rocky mountain outcrop with tall grains and grasses growing.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998
- Object Creation Date
- 1939
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.38
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.21072
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- herbaceous plants
- image-making processes and techniques
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- photographic processes
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- San Francisco, CA
- Artist
- Chuck Bowman
- Physical Description
- A man holding a camera, wearing khakis, one leg up against a graffiti covered wall.
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.198
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.21020
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- enclosing structural elements
- image-making processes and techniques
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- walls and wall components
- Title
- Apron
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.189
- Medium and Support
- cloth, beads and cowrie shells
- relevance
- rank 1.21011
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- beadwork
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- costume
- costume by form
- costume by function
- descriptors
- geographic and political locations
- main garments
- main garments for the lower body
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- protective wear
- shell (animal material)
- shell and shell material
- Title
- Andrew Goodman
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Physical Description
- A portrait of Andrew Goodman. His face is oval-shaped and expression slightly worried. His hair looks swept to the side via a series of long brush strokes. Above his portrait is his name written in orange-brown ink.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1969
- Object Creation Date
- 1965
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.107
- Medium and Support
- serigraph on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.21011
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- social science concepts
- sociological concepts
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Nociceptor-Heart Sutra
- Artist
- Susan Crowell
- Physical Description
- Abstract sculpture in white with red on three ends, with a pattern of small raised bumps covering the entirity of the piece and creating a rough texture. The sculpture is formed with two ball shaped figures on top and two long curves on bottom.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1947
- Object Creation Date
- 2009
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.104
- Medium and Support
- white stoneware, industrial ceramic pigment
- relevance
- rank 1.20995
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Seated Nude
- Artist
- Aristide Maillol
- Physical Description
- This is a 21cm tall bronze sculpture of a nude female figure seated on a stump-like form with her legs extending out in front of her and crossed at the ankles. She leans the weight of her body on her left arm, as her left hand grasps the edge of the stump. Her right arm is bent and raised, with the back of her hand resting against the left side of her head. She is gazing downward and her arm seems to be shielding her face. Her hair is pulled back and gathered in a knot. The patina is dark brown and the metal surface has a uneven appearance.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1861 - 1944
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1881-1944
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.127
- Medium and Support
- patina on bronze
- relevance
- rank 1.20971
- Secondary Keywords
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- figures
- figures (representations)
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- modern and contemporary art
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Gray kimono with overall shibori indigo dot pattern and random dark blue lines
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Gray silk with indigo tie-dye hitta mura pattern cut across with diagonal wavy lines of dark blue. Lining is plain-weave white silk with blue bokashi at sleeve ends and hem.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1975-1985
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.373
- Medium and Support
- gray silk with indigo tie dye design
- relevance
- rank 1.20965
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- fibroinous material
- main garments
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- resist dyeing
- textile dyeing processes and techniques
- textile finishing processes and techniques
- textile processes and techniques
- Title
- Black shibori kimono with overall design with overall design of small dots (hitta kanoko shibori)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- White silk with tie-dye pattern in dark indigo. Lining is plain weave white silk above; plain weave gray silk below.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1950s-1970s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.363
- Medium and Support
- white silk with indigo tie-dye design
- relevance
- rank 1.20965
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- fibroinous material
- main garments
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- resist dyeing
- textile dyeing processes and techniques
- textile finishing processes and techniques
- textile processes and techniques
- Title
- Formal celadon-colored kimono with shibori pattern of waves at hem
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Gray-green silk with tie-dye design in hitta kanoko technique. The bottom is decorated with a shibori wave pattern. Lining is plain weave white silk above; white at top, gray at bottom and sleeve ends.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960-1979
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.372
- Medium and Support
- white silk with celadon tie-dye design
- relevance
- rank 1.20965
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- fibroinous material
- main garments
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- resist dyeing
- textile dyeing processes and techniques
- textile finishing processes and techniques
- textile processes and techniques
- Title
- Shibori kimono with overall indigo dot pattern against mottled ground
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- White silk with bokashi mottled dye; then overall hitta miura shibori design. Lining is white silk with blue bokashi dye at hem and sleeves.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1970-1979
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.362
- Medium and Support
- white silk with mottled aqua dye ground and overall tie-dye design
- relevance
- rank 1.20965
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- fibroinous material
- main garments
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- resist dyeing
- textile dyeing processes and techniques
- textile finishing processes and techniques
- textile processes and techniques
- Title
- Minisculpture 1
- Artist
- Nicolas Schöffer
- Physical Description
- Two chrome polished steel panels with die-cut forms mounted together, forming a minisculpture on a round base with an electric motor.
- Artist Life Dates
- Hungary, 1912-1992
- Object Creation Date
- 1969
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.287
- Medium and Support
- chrome, electric motor
- relevance
- rank 1.20931
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- 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
- Buddha, standing on a table-like pedestal, with a flame mandorla
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 4th century
- Object Creation Date
- 4th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/1.92
- Medium and Support
- cast and incised bronze
- relevance
- rank 1.20876
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- design elements
- form attributes
- motifs
- natural element motifs
- object genres
- object genres by form
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- Title
- Seated woman in kimono (okimono)
- Artist
- Shôzan
- Artist Life Dates
- 19th century
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.44
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 1.20876
- Secondary Keywords
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- form attributes
- main garments
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Chest (in three pieces)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A chest in three pieces, all stacked on top of on another. The two chest pieces feature small center doors with decorative iron fittings around the handles and the hinges. Decorative iron fittings are added at each wood inlay location.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1925
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.25A-C
- Medium and Support
- wood and iron fittings
- relevance
- rank 1.20876
- Secondary Keywords
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- iron and iron alloy
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by origin
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- plant material
- the human body
- torsos
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Marriage of Reason and Squalor
- Artist
- Frank Stella
- Physical Description
- This print shows a black horizontal rectangle in the lower left portion of an off-white background. The rectangle is divided in half and each side has a pattern of stripes that create the appearance of inverted u-shaped forms stacked one on top of the other.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1936
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.25
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on Paper
- relevance
- rank 1.20831
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- abstraction
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- design elements
- forms of expression
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- planographic prints
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Figures from Chinese History: Yan Guang
- Artist
- Huang Shen
- Artist Life Dates
- 1687-1766
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1687-1766
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.156
- Medium and Support
- ablum leaf, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.20831
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- disciplines
- history and related disciplines
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by location
- physical activities by specific context
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- social sciences
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- water activities
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Carved ivory ball with interlaced monkeys (okimono)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900-1940
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.157
- Medium and Support
- ivory with red glass stopper in silver collar
- relevance
- rank 1.20831
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- bone
- bone by form
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- dentin
- descriptors
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- mathematical concepts
- people and culture
- scientific concepts
- solids (geometric)
- tooth and tooth components
- tooth components
- Title
- Ivory snuff bottle in the shape of corn
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890-1930
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.74
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 1.20831
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- 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
- food
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- objects we use
- tooth and tooth components
- tooth components
- Title
- Tray
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.110
- Medium and Support
- bronze with inlaid silver and copper
- relevance
- rank 1.20831
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- containers
- containers by form
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- containers for writing equipment
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Credo (small)
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Physical Description
- A bald man with a furrowed brow holds an open book to the viewer. The book's pages open to an illustration of a distressed animal. Writing in blue takes up the lower portion of the print and reads: "I have the right to believe freely. To be a slave to no man's authority. If this is heresy so be it. It is still the truth to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. I cannot...will not...recant. Here I stand. No man can command my conscience."
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1969
- Object Creation Date
- 1960
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.98
- Medium and Support
- serigraph on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.20831
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Pehar Gyalpo
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A portable painting in mineral pigments and gold on a primed cotton ground; the painting is designed to be rolled up when not in use. The painting was folded at some time in its history, resulting in a loss of pigment along two vertical lines.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century?
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.211
- Medium and Support
- ink, gouache, and gold pigment on cotton
- relevance
- rank 1.20794
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- animals and creatures
- asian
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- ewe cultures
- mammals
- motifs
- natural element motifs
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- west african styles
- western guinea coast styles
- Title
- On Holiday: Young Soldier Feeds the Pigeons, Red Square, Moscow
- Artist
- Dmitri Baltermants
- Physical Description
- A crowd of people in the Red Square in Moscow. Amidst the crowd a soldier bends down and is feeding the large mass of pigeons that take up the foreground of the photo.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russian, 1912-1990
- Object Creation Date
- 2003
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.91
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.20759
- Secondary Keywords
- asia (continent)
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- geographic and political locations
- groups of people
- groups of people by activity
- image-making processes and techniques
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- photographic processes
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- Title
- Am Wasser (At the water)
- Artist
- Max Pechstein
- Physical Description
- Print depicting two nude males crouching with their back to the viewer while looking out over a body of water
- Artist Life Dates
- 1881 - 1955
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1907
- Accession Number
- 1994/2.10
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on thin, slightly textured cream Japan paper
- relevance
- rank 1.20753
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- movement
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- people by gender
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Gyosho Edition): #11 Hakone
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- A woodblock print of men traveling on a brown-grey path through blue-green mountains. In the center, traveling to the viewer's left, two men carry a covered chair that contains another man in a blue robe, followed by a man wearing a blue robe and white oval hat who carries a pack balanced on a stick on his sholder. Two other men approach on the path from the distance (viewer's left).
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1841-1842
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.195
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.20752
- Secondary Keywords
- downward
- transfer method
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Rookery Building
- Artist
- Stanford Lipsey
- Physical Description
- A photograph of the light court of the Rookery Building in Chicago, Illinois.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born 1927
- Object Creation Date
- 2007
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.79
- Medium and Support
- digital print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.20749
- Secondary Keywords
- additive and joining processes and techniques
- architectural elements
- assembling
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- surface elements
- surface elements and surface element components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Leopard Box Lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Benin
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1875
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.12
- Medium and Support
- wood and copper
- relevance
- rank 1.20745
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- closures
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- container components
- containers
- containers by form
- copper and copper alloy
- covers (closures)
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- Title
- Descent into Limbo
- Artist
- Zoan Andrea
- Artist Life Dates
- active c.1475-c.1519
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1475-1480
- Accession Number
- 1979/1.159
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 1.20709
- Secondary Keywords
- arches and arch components
- architectural elements
- architecture
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- figures
- figures (representations)
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- religion
- spanning and projecting structural elements
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- subject matter
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Peonies and Rock
- Artist
- Kumashiro Yûhi
- Physical Description
- Peonies in full bloom grow as if from a rock or tree stump. A calligraphic inscription is on the left side.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Nagasaki, 1713? - 1772)
- Century
- third quarter of the 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750-1772
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.59
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.20702
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Ding ware bowl with incised floral design and copper ring
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- This bowl has a very thin body, which flares widely from a small, shallow ring foot, silver mount on unglazed rim. The interior of the bowl is decorated with an incised design of a pomegranate plant. A creamy white glaze of ivory tone is distinctive of Ding ware.
- Century
- 11th century-early 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 11th century - early 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.274
- Medium and Support
- porcellaneous stoneware with transparent ivory-tone glaze and copper rim
- relevance
- rank 1.20660
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- drinking vessels
- food
- fruit
- materials
- materials by function
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Flywhisk
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.26
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, copper, fiber and animal hair
- relevance
- rank 1.20660
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- descriptors
- hair and hair components
- keratinous material
- materials
- materials by origin
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Edo Meisho no Uchi: Bentenyama and Kinryuzan temple in Asakusa
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige III
- Physical Description
- Spring scene with houses, a temple complex and a pagoda on the riverbank. There are also trees and cherry blossoms. Some people are walking by the river.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1843 - 1894)
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1870
- Accession Number
- 1930.63
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.20586
- Secondary Keywords
- agricultural structures
- asian
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- east asian
- inorganic material
- japanese
- japanese printmaking styles
- japanese styles
- materials
- materials by composition
- people and culture
- religious structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Lacquer burgaute snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- late 19th century–early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850-1925
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.154
- Medium and Support
- lacquer on brass ground
- relevance
- rank 1.20586
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by composition or origin
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- Title
- Ivory snuff bottle in the shape of seashell and fish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.68
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 1.20567
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- 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
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- shell and shell material
- tooth and tooth components
- tooth components
- Title
- Nut ring
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.147
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze, lost wax method
- relevance
- rank 1.20492
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- fruit
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by origin
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- people and culture
- plant material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Smiling Couple, Man in Hat
- Artist
- Mike Disfarmer
- Physical Description
- Photograph of a couple from the chest up. Both are smiling. The man wears a fedora at an angle, tilted up to his left. The man is to the woman's right and has his left arm around her. She wears a light colored dress with thin dark vertical stripes.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, 1884 - 1959
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.24
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver contact print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.20492
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- headgear
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- photographic processes
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- Title
- Smiling Young Woman
- Artist
- Mike Disfarmer
- Physical Description
- Portrait of a young woman viewed from the waist up. She has chin length curly hair tied back with a ribbon. She wears a short sleeve dress with thin, vertical strips. Square lace decoration accross chest.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, 1884 - 1959
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.25
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver contact print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.20492
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- photographic processes
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- The Labors of Hercules: The Cerynean Hind (one of the set of 13 prints)
- Artist
- Heinrich Aldegrever
- Artist Life Dates
- 1502- circa 1561
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1550
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.73
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.20488
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- clothing
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- figures
- figures (representations)
- geography
- iconography
- inorganic material
- landform components
- landforms and landform components
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects
- objects we use
- outerwear
- people and occupations
- settlements and landscapes
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- waterscapes
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- Paper size: h 25cm x tw 31 9/10cm & bw 31 3/5cm. Plate size: lh 20 2/5cm & rh 20 1/2cm x tw 25 2/5cm & bw 25 1/2cm. Image size: h 18cm x w 24cm.
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.445
- Medium and Support
- drypoint engraving on beige laid paper
- relevance
- rank 1.20486
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- engraving (printing process)
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- youth
- Title
- Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Bekalebwe
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.227
- Medium and Support
- wood, copper, metal tacks, leather, snakeskin, raffia, vegetable fiber cloth
- relevance
- rank 1.20440
- Secondary Keywords
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Zena Mill
- Artist
- Bolton Brown
- Physical Description
- This black and white lithograph gives the illusion that it was rendered in pencil. It depicts a building on the right of the composition with a series of wooden planks attached to the structure extending into the foreground. On the left there are large trees. The entire composition appears to be infused with sunlight.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1864-1936
- Object Creation Date
- 1921
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.177
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on china paper
- relevance
- rank 1.20435
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- industrial buildings
- industrial structures
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Poem in Running Script
- Artist
- Murase Taiitsu
- Physical Description
- This calligraphy is executed in ink on paper. There are a total of three red seals present in the piece, one in the upper right hand corner, and two towards the left center of the piece. The calligraphy is very strong and forceful, with broad, well defined strokes. The work is mounted on golden silk.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1804 - 1881)
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/1.185
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.20435
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- document genres for literary works
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- 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
- Untitled
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- A standing closed vessel with four pointed feet and is box-like in shape. The sides are intrically designed in a herringbone pattern of light blue and yellow matte finish. There is a glazed band in the center of the vessel of purple and pink tones that is also on the top and feet. The top overlaps itself with matte finished areas and glazed finished areas.
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.258
- Medium and Support
- glazed ceramic
- relevance
- rank 1.20414
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Scholar by a Mountain Stream
- Artist
- Feng Chaoran (Feng Chao-an)
- Physical Description
- A scholar in the mountains leans on rocks under a tree and stares into the distance. The pine tree is a metaphor for a man of integrity. He is contemplating over the sound of the waterfall.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1882-1954
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st half of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.119
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.20393
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by degree of qualification
- riverine bodies
- settlements and landscapes