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Title

LES HIRONDELLES DE MER - cover sheet and printed musical composition (a poem by Richepin set to music by Dihan) no. X from a portfolio of 14 lithographs.

Artist

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Artist Life Dates

1864-1901

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1895

Accession Number

1972/2.385

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 19.28331

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

modern and contemporary art

music

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the natural world

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Title

Place Cards (one of eleven)

Artist

John Koch

Artist Life Dates

1909-1978

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1923

Accession Number

1987/2.24

Medium and Support

watercolor and ink on paper

relevance

rank 19.26240

Secondary Keywords

modern and contemporary art

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Title

Place Cards (one of eleven)

Artist

John Koch

Artist Life Dates

1909-1978

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1923

Accession Number

1987/2.26

Medium and Support

watercolor and ink on paper

relevance

rank 19.26240

Secondary Keywords

modern and contemporary art

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Title

Place Cards (one of eleven)

Artist

John Koch

Artist Life Dates

1909-1978

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1923

Accession Number

1987/2.21

Medium and Support

watercolor and ink on paper

relevance

rank 19.26240

Secondary Keywords

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

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Title

Place Cards (one of eleven)

Artist

John Koch

Artist Life Dates

1909-1978

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1923

Accession Number

1987/2.23

Medium and Support

watercolor and ink on paper

relevance

rank 19.26240

Secondary Keywords

modern and contemporary art

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Title

Place Cards (one of eleven)

Artist

John Koch

Artist Life Dates

1909-1978

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1923

Accession Number

1987/2.25

Medium and Support

watercolor and ink on paper

relevance

rank 19.26240

Secondary Keywords

modern and contemporary art

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Title

Place Cards (one of eleven)

Artist

John Koch

Artist Life Dates

1909-1978

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1923

Accession Number

1987/2.22

Medium and Support

watercolor and ink on paper

relevance

rank 19.26240

Secondary Keywords

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

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Title

The Island

Artist

Jean Lurçat

Artist Life Dates

(Lorraine, France, 1892 - 1966)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1930

Accession Number

1948/1.282

Medium and Support

pen and ink on white paper

relevance

rank 19.24729

Secondary Keywords

geography

modern and contemporary art

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Title

The Star

Artist

Alvin Coburn

Artist Life Dates

1882-1966

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1882-1966

Accession Number

1972/1.168

Medium and Support

hand-pulled photogravure on paper

relevance

rank 19.17513

Secondary Keywords

geography

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

reflections

sailing vessels

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suns

the natural world

transportation vehicles

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watercraft

watercraft by method of propulsion

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waterscapes

Title

Sunset over Water

Artist

Walmsley Brothers

Artist Life Dates

active circa 1890-1899

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1897

Accession Number

1990/2.10

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 19.12236

Secondary Keywords

atmospheric effects

geography

modern and contemporary art

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reflections

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Title

Tappan Zee

Artist

Arthur B. Davies

Artist Life Dates

1862-1928

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1924

Accession Number

1955/1.101

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 18.99162

Secondary Keywords

cityscapes

drapery

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people and occupations

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sketches

the natural world

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Title

Water, from The Four Elements

Artist

Jan van de Velde

Artist Life Dates

active 1593-1641

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1620

Accession Number

1994/2.39

Medium and Support

etching and engraving on thin, slightly textured, off-white laid paper

relevance

rank 18.63730

Secondary Keywords

animals

child

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Title

Marine

Artist

Artist Unknown, Netherlands

Physical Description

This graphite and wash piece has two sailboats in the foreground with multiple sailboats in the background. They are situated at the drawing’s horizon and float on a large body of water. A signature is on the upper left corner.

Object Creation Date

1625-1750

Accession Number

2009/1.533

Medium and Support

graphite, wash on paper

relevance

rank 18.61834

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

inorganic material

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Title

Shore Scene

Artist

Samuel Triscott

Artist Life Dates

1846-1925

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1846-1925

Accession Number

1955/1.86

Medium and Support

watercolor on white paper

relevance

rank 18.58943

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

geography

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

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sailing vessels

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ships

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Title

By the Roaring Bull

Artist

Arthur B. Davies

Artist Life Dates

1862-1928

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

before 1911

Accession Number

1983/1.159

Medium and Support

pastel on dark grey paper

relevance

rank 18.50173

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

geography

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

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objects we use

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Title

S. Margherita

Artist

Alfredo Noack

Artist Life Dates

ca.1860s-1870s

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1860-1870

Accession Number

1988/1.112

Medium and Support

albumen print on paper

relevance

rank 18.36948

Secondary Keywords

architecture

geography

objects we use

sailing vessels

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Title

Venice from the Lido

Artist

John Postle Heseltine

Artist Life Dates

(active 1843 - 1929)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1879

Accession Number

1973/1.769

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 18.03647

Secondary Keywords

architecture

human-powered watercraft

objects we use

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rowed watercraft

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single level rowed watercraft

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watercraft

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Title

Baveno

Artist

Anonymous European

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1996/1.54

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 17.99810

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

figures

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Title

Monte Pellegrino e il Molo Palermo

Artist

Giorgio Sommer

Artist Life Dates

1834-1914

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1850-1899

Accession Number

1995/1.75

Medium and Support

albumen print on paper

relevance

rank 17.81864

Secondary Keywords

architecture

descriptors

geography

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materials

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roads

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Title

View of Pallanza

Artist

Anonymous Italian?

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1996/1.55

Medium and Support

albumen print on paper

relevance

rank 17.81864

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

figures

geography

inorganic material

materials

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objects we use

people and occupations

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watercraft by general type

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Title

A Squall

Artist

William Trost Richards

Artist Life Dates

1833-1905

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1893

Accession Number

1955/1.84

Medium and Support

watercolor on white paper

relevance

rank 17.57170

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

events

geography

inorganic material

masts

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people and culture

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watercraft

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Title

Rescue (Rettung), pl. 4 from 'A Glove' (Ein Handschuh), Opus VI

Artist

Max Klinger

Artist Life Dates

1857-1920

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1878-1881

Accession Number

1986/1.155.4

Medium and Support

etching on off-white wove paper

relevance

rank 17.52640

Secondary Keywords

events

natural events

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Title

Sailboat and Mountain with Calligraphy Poem, Mt. Fuji

Artist

Tanomura Chokunyû

Physical Description

Light green-gold cloth background with a scene of a mountain, a poem and a sailboat.

Artist Life Dates

1814-1907

Object Creation Date

early 20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.253

Medium and Support

ink on paper, silk and paper backing

relevance

rank 17.52101

Secondary Keywords

upward

buildings and the land

landforms

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Title

Untitled

Artist

Ellen Driscoll

Physical Description

This is an ink drawing in shades of black and brown. In the center there is a figure of a seated nude woman with her back to the viewer. The top of her head is a swirl of dark black lines. In the upper right corner is a three-masted sailing ship.

Artist Life Dates

born 1953

Object Creation Date

1997

Accession Number

2010/2.58

Medium and Support

ink, gouche on paper

relevance

rank 16.98730

Secondary Keywords

bodies of water

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Title

Le Chaland à La Rochelle

Artist

Gustave Leheutre

Artist Life Dates

1861-1932

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1910

Accession Number

1949/1.91

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 16.81218

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

modern and contemporary art

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waterfronts and waterfront spaces

Title

Bordeaux, Effet de Neige

Artist

Maxime Lalanne

Artist Life Dates

1827-1886

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1868

Accession Number

1949/1.137

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 16.80785

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

cityscapes

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waterfronts and waterfront spaces

Title

Whitby

Artist

Kenneth Holmes

Artist Life Dates

Born 1902

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1902-1949

Accession Number

1949/1.69

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 16.80665

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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waterfronts and waterfront spaces

Title

Barcos de Vela

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

A number of sailboats are sailing on the deep green sea; and there are black and white clouds in the sky.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1981

Accession Number

2011/2.87

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 16.75935

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

Environs de Southhampton (after a painting by Jules Dupré)

Artist

Léon Gaucherel

Artist Life Dates

1816-1885/6

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1879?

Accession Number

1973/1.764

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 16.66689

Secondary Keywords

animals

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buildings and the land

grasses

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watercraft

watercraft by method of propulsion

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waterfronts and waterfront spaces

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Title

La Regata

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

A color lithograph depicts four white sailboats sailing on the green colored sea.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1981

Accession Number

2011/2.71

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 16.47463

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

bodies of water

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lithographs

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planographic prints

prints

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sailing vessels

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settlements and landscapes

transportation vehicles

vehicles

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

watercraft

watercraft by method of propulsion

watercraft by specific type

Title

View of Charleston, South Carolina

Artist

Anonymous American

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1762

Accession Number

1969/2.132

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 16.45030

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

built complexes and districts

business and industry

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complexes

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north and central america (continent)

objects we use

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transportation vehicles

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vehicles

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watercraft

watercraft by general type

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Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kyoka Edition): #9 Oiso

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

A village of black and gray houses in front of a row of pines by the water. Several sailboats appear in the distance in front of the mountains.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

late 1830s

Accession Number

2008/2.325

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 16.40330

Secondary Keywords

scale

upward

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settlements

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Title

Boy with a Sailboat Near a Dock with Two Rowboats

Artist

John Sell Cotman

Artist Life Dates

1782-1842

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

1782-1842

Accession Number

1983/1.84

Medium and Support

graphite on paper

relevance

rank 16.38774

Secondary Keywords

architecture

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child

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toys

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waterfronts and waterfront spaces

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Title

Summer Time, Grosse Ile

Artist

Jean Teague

Artist Life Dates

Born 1917

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1955/2.3

Medium and Support

watercolor on white paper

relevance

rank 16.12069

Secondary Keywords

atmospheric effects

buildings and the land

geography

locality

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watercraft

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waterfront spaces

waterfronts and waterfront spaces

Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #32 Arai

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

Three sailboats with dramatic bowed square sails dominate the print. There are more sailing on the water in the distance. The sky appears to be red on the edge of the horizon of the sea, suggesting the time as either at dawn or at dusk. Writing in the upper left and right corners. Title in red box in upper right corner.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

circa 1850

Accession Number

2008/2.315

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 15.96140

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

objects we use

prints

prints by process or technique

sailing vessels

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transportation vehicles

vehicles

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

watercraft

watercraft by method of propulsion

watercraft by specific type

Title

The Labors of Hercules: The Pillars of Hercules (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

1956/1.72

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 15.78009

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

animals and creatures

architecture

associated concepts

clothing

figures

iconography

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objects

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people and culture

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religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

sailing vessels

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the natural world

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watercraft

watercraft by method of propulsion

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Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #31 Maisaka

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

Boats with white and yellow bowed square sails on a coastal inlet.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

circa 1850

Accession Number

2008/2.329

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 14.99520

Secondary Keywords

relation to water

asian

buildings and the land

descriptors

forms

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making art

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plants

sailing vessels

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schools of japanese paintings and prints

settlements and landscapes

transportation vehicles

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by method of propulsion

watercraft by specific type

woody plants

Title

Landscape

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Physical Description

The print depicts the landscape of hills by the sea, with some residential houses and a bridge in the left foreground. The print also illustrats ships floating on the water and birds flying above the sea from the distant mountain.

Artist Life Dates

1760 - 1849

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1st half of the 19th century

Accession Number

1984/2.38

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 14.18704

Secondary Keywords

upward

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

descriptors

dwellings

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materials

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objects we use

residential structures

sailing vessels

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transportation structures by form

transportation vehicles

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by method of propulsion

watercraft by specific type

Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #17 Yui

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

A view of a cliff and four shops on the right and a marine view with sailboats on the left. There is red glow along the ede of the horizon. Writing in various places along the top edge of the print. Title in red box in upper right corner.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

circa 1850

Accession Number

2008/2.321

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 13.79663

Secondary Keywords

relation to water

buildings and the land

commercial buildings

descriptors

inorganic material

landform components

landforms

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materials

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mercantile buildings

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objects we use

sailing vessels

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settlements and landscapes

shores (landforms)

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

transportation vehicles

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by method of propulsion

watercraft by specific type

Title

Dhow Sail, Lamu, Kenya, 1997

Artist

Lynn Davis

Physical Description

A large ship sail against a cloud-filled sky in Kenya. The angle from which the photograph was taken creates a triangular shape to the sail. From the top corner to the left edge of the photo is a rope, and on the right side of the sail is a small black figure protruding from behind the cloth, possibly the top of the mast to which the sail is connected.

Artist Life Dates

American, born 1944

Object Creation Date

2005

Accession Number

2012/2.102

Medium and Support

selenium-toned gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 13.05116

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

associated concepts

components

components and systems

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descriptors

earth sciences concepts

image-making processes and techniques

objects we use

people and culture

photographic processes

photography and photographic processes and techniques

physical sciences concepts

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

sailing vessels

sailing vessels by size

scientific concepts

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

transportation vehicles

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by general type

watercraft by method of propulsion

watercraft by specific type

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

Oiso Station, tora-ga-ame (Tora's Rain), Plate 9 from Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi (Fifty-three Stations of the Eastern Road)

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

A landscape of the bank by the river with mountains in the distance. There are trees, huts, and several tombstones in the foreground. Two figures are walking toward a hut.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1855

Accession Number

1974/1.102

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper, ôban yoko-e size

relevance

rank 12.32745

Secondary Keywords

layout features

upward

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

dwellings

funerary structures

houses

houses by form

illustrations

illustrations by form

images and ornament

information form components

inorganic material

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

layout features

materials

materials by composition

natural landscapes

objects we use

plants

residential structures

sailing vessels

sailing vessels by size

sepulchral monuments

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

transportation vehicles

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by general type

watercraft by method of propulsion

watercraft by specific type

woody plants

Title

The Sea Monster

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

Two figures are seen riding through the water in the foreground; the woman is nude save for an elaborate headdress, the man holds a tortoise shell as a shield and has an antler-like object on his head and has a serpent-like body which supports the woman. Behind is a minutely described landsape with walled town, castle, and along the opposite bank o the water, nude females swimming and a man running in alarm to the water's edge.

Artist Life Dates

1471-1528

Century

Late 15th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1498

Accession Number

1956/1.74

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 11.73723

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

combination inorganic/organic animal material

combination inorganic/organic material

descriptors

fortifications

image-making processes and techniques

inorganic material

intaglio prints

legendary creatures

materials

materials by composition

objects we use

printing

printing and printing processes and techniques

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

reptiles

sailing vessels

sailing vessels by size

shell and shell material

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

transportation vehicles

vehicles

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

watercraft

watercraft by method of propulsion

watercraft by specific type

Title

The Famous Picnic at Val Kill

Artist

Ann Murfee Allen

Physical Description

Primitive painting depicting three sailboats in the foreground, and figures sitting around tables and standing on a lawn in the middle ground, with two houses in the background.

Artist Life Dates

1923 - 1995

Century

late 20th century

Object Creation Date

1975

Accession Number

2002/1.178

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 7.61246

Secondary Keywords

american regions

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

buildings and the land

concepts in the arts

descriptors

dwellings

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

how we live

identifying artifacts

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by function

natural landscapes

north american

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

plants

political and social issues

residential structures

sailing vessels by size

seating furniture

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

single seating furniture

standing

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

support furniture

tables (support furniture)

tables by function

the americas

the natural world

transportation vehicles

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vehicles

visual works

visual works by subject type

watercraft

watercraft by method of propulsion

watercraft by specific type

waterscapes

woody plants