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Title
Tonnerre, Rue de l'hopital, Roof with Seventeenth-Century Weathervanes
Artist
Emile Bernard
Physical Description
An ink drawing of a thatched roof and chimney. There are four windows, three to the front of the house and one on the side next to the chimney. At both ends of the roof are two wheathervanes, identified as being from the 17th century.
Artist Life Dates
(1868 - 1941)
Object Creation Date
1903-1941
Accession Number
2009/1.530
Medium and Support
ink on paper
relevance
rank 12.44978
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
chimneys and chimney components
components
components and systems
components by specific context
enclosing structural elements
heating and cooking elements
openings (architectural elements)
openings and opening components
openings by form
roofs and roof components
structural elements
structural elements and structural element components
windows and window components
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Title
Brick Building
Artist
Ben Shahn
Physical Description
A large, brick, factory building encompasses the canvas. The building is topped with smokestacks and features large, dark, rectangular windows across the sides of the building.
Artist Life Dates
1898-1969
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1948
Accession Number
1950/1.204
Medium and Support
India ink on paper
relevance
rank 11.42280
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
buildings and the land
chimneys (architectural elements)
chimneys and chimney components
components
components and systems
components by specific context
heating and cooking elements
industrial buildings
industrial structures
openings (architectural elements)
openings and opening components
openings by form
single built works
single built works by function
single built works by specific type
windows and window components
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Title
Casita de Madera
Artist
Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description
A color print of a house with open doors and shutters. The view through one of the doors is of palm trees. In front of the house is a white picket fence.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1921
Object Creation Date
1998
Accession Number
2011/2.104
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 11.36351
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
balustrade and railing components
balustrades, railings and their components
barrier elements
barriers and barrier elements
buildings and the land
components
components and systems
components by specific context
doors and door components
doorway components
doorways and doorway components
fences
objects we use
open spaces and site elements
openings (architectural elements)
openings and opening components
openings by form
prints
prints by process or technique
site elements
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
Title
Rue de Vannes, Paris
Artist
James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description
A partial view of a four-story building, concentrating on pairs of windows on each story and a wrought iron fence on the ground level. Windows have window boxes or balconies; on the ground level are several dogs on either side and a pair of milk cans at the center in front of the fence.
Artist Life Dates
1834-1903
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1892-1893
Accession Number
1954/1.410
Medium and Support
etching, printed in black ink on laid Japanese tissue
relevance
rank 11.16506
Secondary Keywords
animals
animals and creatures
architectural elements
architecture
buildings and the land
components
components and systems
components by specific context
containers
containers by form
mammals
objects
objects we use
open spaces and site elements
openings (architectural elements)
openings and opening components
openings by form
site elements
the natural world
windows and window components
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Title
El Hotel Miramar
Artist
Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description
A black and white lithograph print depicting the terrace corrider of a building.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1921
Object Creation Date
1981
Accession Number
2011/2.68
Medium and Support
black and white lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 11.06039
Secondary Keywords
transfer method
architectural elements
buildings and the land
components
components and systems
components by specific context
landscaped-site elements
objects we use
open spaces and site elements
openings (architectural elements)
openings and opening components
openings by form
planographic prints
prints
prints by process
prints by process or technique
site elements
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
windows and window components
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Title
La Ventanita
Artist
Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description
A color print of a small, square door in a wall. The opened door casts a long shadow on the wall.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1921
Object Creation Date
1970
Accession Number
2011/2.103
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 10.95853
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
components
components and systems
components by specific context
doors and door components
doorway components
doorways and doorway components
enclosing structural elements
objects we use
openings (architectural elements)
openings and opening components
openings by form
prints
prints by process or technique
structural elements
structural elements and structural element components
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
walls and wall components
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Title
Persianas, St. Martin
Artist
Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description
A black and white lithograph print of a face of a house. The top portion shows the texture of a vertically-oriented ridged roof. Just underneath are rectangular window openings with slightly-opened blinds to reveal a light source from within. Under each rectangle are two tall columns, also window openings, each with varying degrees of open blinds to reveal different levels of light from inside the structure.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1921
Object Creation Date
1968
Accession Number
2011/2.93
Medium and Support
black and white lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 10.85450
Secondary Keywords
transfer method
architectural elements
components
components and systems
components by specific context
enclosing structural elements
objects we use
openings (architectural elements)
openings and opening components
openings by form
planographic prints
prints
prints by process
prints by process or technique
roofs and roof components
structural elements
structural elements and structural element components
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
windows and window components
Title
St. Giles-in-the-Fields
Artist
James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description
The south flank of a church is seen through the branches of leafless trees. A central tower over the entrance dominates the upper portion of the composition. In the foreground, a curving rail indicates a path leading up to the side of the building; seated just to the left of the church are several people seated on a park bench.
Artist Life Dates
1834-1903
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1896
Accession Number
1954/1.465
Medium and Support
transfer lithograph with stumping on printed on laid paper
relevance
rank 10.84230
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
architecture
buildings and the land
churches
components
components and systems
components by specific context
landscapes (environments)
natural landscapes
open spaces and site elements
openings (architectural elements)
openings and opening components
openings by form
places of worship
plants
settlements and landscapes
site elements
the natural world
vegetation and vegetation components
vegetation components
windows and window components
woody plants
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Title
La Ventanita
Artist
Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description
A small, square door set into a wall is opened.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1921
Object Creation Date
1970
Accession Number
2011/2.102
Medium and Support
black and white lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 10.63712
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
components
components and systems
components by specific context
doors and door components
doorway components
doorways and doorway components
enclosing structural elements
objects we use
openings (architectural elements)
openings and opening components
openings by form
photographic prints
photographic prints by color
photographs
photographs by form
positives
structural elements
structural elements and structural element components
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
walls and wall components
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Title
Madrugada/Sunrise
Artist
Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description
The shadow from the rising sun is cast over three doors. Each door is painted bright blue and the wall is yellow.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1921
Object Creation Date
1974
Accession Number
2011/2.120
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 10.50978
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
associated concepts
components
components and systems
components by specific context
doors and door components
doorway components
doorways and doorway components
earth sciences concepts
enclosing structural elements
objects we use
openings (architectural elements)
openings and opening components
openings by form
people and culture
physical sciences concepts
prints
prints by process or technique
scientific concepts
structural elements
structural elements and structural element components
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
walls and wall components
Title
Jaina altar piece of the 24 [Caturvimsati] Jinas: with standing nude figure of Mahavira cast in the round occupying central area of base, flanked by small tirthankaras; incsribed but unread. From Mysore, Karnataka.
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century
15th-16th century
Object Creation Date
15th century - 16th century
Accession Number
1978/2.118
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 10.46351
Secondary Keywords
altars and altar components
animals and creatures
architectural elements
architectural elements by building type
associated concepts
components
components and systems
components by specific context
mammals
people and culture
religions
religions and religious concepts
religious building fixtures
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Title
Mother with Two Children
Artist
Adriaen Jansz van Ostade
Physical Description
A woman in an arched doorway handing a baby to another woman on the other side. They both have head coverings on, the windows of the building are cross-hatched.
Artist Life Dates
1610-1685
Century
17th century
Accession Number
2013/2.545
Medium and Support
etching on paper
relevance
rank 10.43315
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
components
components and systems
components by specific context
offspring
openings (architectural elements)
openings and opening components
openings by form
parents
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by age group
people by family relationship
windows and window components
youth
Title
Caturvimsati Pata (Shrine of the 24 Jinas)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
Physical Description
This shrine depicts a large seated Jina surrounded by 23 other jina figures and a variety of attendants. The Jina figures that adorn the sides and are arranged in tiers above the main figure. The side columns and the whole is surmounted by auspicious pot forms. The main figure sits in the lotus position on a lion throne flanked by a male and female demigod. Along the sides he is flanked by standing cauri bearers, garland bearers above them and riders on elephants above that with an umbrella with a standing figure on it above his head. At the base in the center is a standing figure holding a sick or club with a bull cognizance behind him on the base of the throne. The nine globs on the base, four to his right and five to his left represent the nine planets and his hands folded in a gesture of meditation
Century
15th century
Object Creation Date
1464
Accession Number
1975/2.120
Medium and Support
bronze or brass
relevance
rank 10.38870
Secondary Keywords
altars and altar components
architectural elements
architectural elements by building type
associated concepts
components
components and systems
components by specific context
people and culture
religion
religions
religions and religious concepts
religious building fixtures
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Title
Detail from Jamb of North Portal Cathedral at Bourges
Artist
Albert Kahn
Artist Life Dates
(1869 - 1942)
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
May 2, 1891
Accession Number
1972/2.454
Medium and Support
graphite on paper
relevance
rank 10.33758
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
architecture
buildings
churches
components
components and systems
components by specific context
doorframe components
doorframes and doorframe components
doorway components
doorways and doorway components
europe
france
locality
openings (architectural elements)
openings and opening components
openings by form
places of worship
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Title
One of a Pair of Casement Windows from the Darwin Martin House, Buffalo, NY
Artist
Frank Lloyd Wright
Physical Description
One of a pair of windows with a highly regular, rectilinear, although asymetric, design in both clear and colored glass. Window has an oak frame. Window design consists of vertical and horizontal bands of green and amber colorerd glass at top and bottom of window; along one side are colored squares of glass; along the other is a chevron-shaped column of glass. The overall effect is of colored pieces of glass suspended within a clear window subdivided by abstract bands and patterns of lead caming.
Artist Life Dates
1867-1959
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1904
Accession Number
1968/2.52
Medium and Support
glass, oak and lead
relevance
rank 10.32017
Secondary Keywords
visual arts
architectural elements
artistic concepts
associated concepts
components
components and systems
components by specific context
concepts in the arts
forms of expression
openings (architectural elements)
openings and opening components
openings by form
people and culture
windows and window components
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Title
Pennsylvania Station
Artist
Berenice Abbott
Artist Life Dates
1898-1991
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1936
Accession Number
1971/2.127
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 10.13730
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
architecture
buildings
components
components and systems
components by specific context
genres
modern and contemporary art
objects
people and occupations
spanning and projecting structural elements
structural elements
structural elements and structural element components
trains
transportation
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Title
Corbels from Maison Jacques Coeur, Bourges Sketched from Casts in Museum des Arte
Artist
Albert Kahn
Artist Life Dates
(1869 - 1942)
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
June 15, 1891
Accession Number
1972/2.476
Medium and Support
graphite on paper
relevance
rank 10.13322
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
architecture
components
components and systems
components by specific context
europe
figures
france
locality
people and occupations
spanning and projecting structural elements
structural elements
structural elements and structural element components
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Title
Caen
Artist
Albert Kahn
Artist Life Dates
(1869 - 1942)
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
October 18, 1891
Accession Number
1972/2.587
Medium and Support
graphite on paper
relevance
rank 10.05511
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
architecture
bell towers
components
components and systems
components by specific context
enclosing structural elements
europe
france
genres
locality
man
roofs and roof components
structural elements
structural elements and structural element components
Title
Views of Rome. 73. So-called Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli. Interior With Two Fig
Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Artist Life Dates
Venice, 1720 - 1778, Rome
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1764 (n.d)
Accession Number
1969/2.66
Medium and Support
etching on paper
relevance
rank 10.04631
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
components
components and systems
components by specific context
enclosing structural elements
europe
figures
genres
italy
locality
people and occupations
structural elements
structural elements and structural element components
vaults and vault components
Title
Roof end tile with molded star-shaped lotus pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
It is decorated with the seedpod of the lotus medallion. The pod contains seven seeds, one seed in the middle surrounded by six peripheral ones(1+6 seed pattern)
Century
15th century
Object Creation Date
15th century
Accession Number
2004/1.195
Medium and Support
earthenware
relevance
rank 10.02747
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
components
components and systems
components by specific context
enclosing structural elements
flowers
medium
objects
plants
roofs and roof components
structural elements
structural elements and structural element components
the natural world
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Title
Convent Roof, Nassau
Artist
Stephen Etnier
Artist Life Dates
Born 1903
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1956
Accession Number
1962/2.8
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
relevance
rank 10.02747
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
architecture
components
components and systems
components by specific context
enclosing structural elements
modern and contemporary art
places of worship
roofs and roof components
structural elements
structural elements and structural element components
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Title
In the Doorway
Artist
Patricia Richards
Physical Description
Three girls in a doorway. A little girl in a floral dress is standing, an older girl is lying down and the third, is standing against the frame.
Object Creation Date
1991
Accession Number
2013/2.138
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 10.02151
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
components
components and systems
components by specific context
doors and door components
doorway components
doorways and doorway components
openings (architectural elements)
openings and opening components
openings by form
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by family relationship
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Title
Michaela and Collin (Bow and Arrow)
Artist
Rita Bernstein
Physical Description
Boy and girl at a window. The boy is holding an arrow at the girl's head. She is resting her head against the frame and looking out.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1950
Object Creation Date
1998
Accession Number
2013/2.95
Medium and Support
toned gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 9.99767
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
components
components and systems
components by specific context
objects we use
openings (architectural elements)
openings and opening components
openings by form
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by family relationship
recreational artifacts
recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities
windows and window components
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Title
The Swing, Esztergom, from "Hungarian Memories"
Artist
André Kertész
Physical Description
In this photo a young girl stands next to a baby who is sitting on a long swing that hangs from the frame of a doorway. Behind the children is a dark shadow that encompasses the entrance of the house.
Artist Life Dates
1894-1985
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
September 26, 1917; printed 1981
Accession Number
1985/1.125.6
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 9.99767
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
associated concepts
components
components and systems
components by specific context
offspring
openings (architectural elements)
openings and opening components
openings by form
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by age group
people by family relationship
religions
religions and religious concepts
youth
Title
Puttenham - Landscape with Thatched Roof Cottage
Artist
George Richmond
Artist Life Dates
1809-1896
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1866
Accession Number
1976/2.136
Medium and Support
black and red chalk on white laid paper
relevance
rank 9.99682
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
architecture
components
components and systems
components by specific context
enclosing structural elements
houses
huts
roofs and roof components
structural elements
structural elements and structural element components
the natural world
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Title
Aquileia, from the portfolio "Architectural Suite, 1966-67"
Artist
Ben Nicholson
Artist Life Dates
1894-1982
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1965-1967
Accession Number
1983/1.283.2
Medium and Support
etching on paper
relevance
rank 9.99682
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
architecture
components
components and systems
components by specific context
enclosing structural elements
genres
modern and contemporary art
structural elements
structural elements and structural element components
vaults and vault components
Title
Horsley's Roof
Artist
Sir Francis Seymour Haden
Artist Life Dates
1818-1910
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1818-1910
Accession Number
1949/1.63
Medium and Support
etching on paper
relevance
rank 9.99682
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
architecture
components
components and systems
components by specific context
enclosing structural elements
houses
modern and contemporary art
roofs and roof components
structural elements
structural elements and structural element components
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Title
Woman at a Window
Artist
Rembrandt van Rijn
Physical Description
This is an ink drawing of a woman with crossed forearms in a window.
Artist Life Dates
1606-1669
Object Creation Date
1625-1700
Accession Number
2009/1.512
Medium and Support
ink on paper
relevance
rank 9.96833
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
components
components and systems
components by specific context
objects we use
openings (architectural elements)
openings and opening components
openings by form
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by gender
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
windows and window components
Title
One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
Artist
Artist Unknown, Thailand
Physical Description
Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2005/1.466.1
Medium and Support
gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
relevance
rank 9.96720
Secondary Keywords
altars and altar components
architectural elements
architectural elements by building type
components
components and systems
components by specific context
furnishings
furnishings by form or function
furniture
furniture by form or function
objects we use
religious building fixtures
support furniture
Title
One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
Artist
Artist Unknown, Thailand
Physical Description
Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2005/1.466.10
Medium and Support
gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
relevance
rank 9.96720
Secondary Keywords
altars and altar components
architectural elements
architectural elements by building type
components
components and systems
components by specific context
furnishings
furnishings by form or function
furniture
furniture by form or function
objects we use
religious building fixtures
support furniture
Title
One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
Artist
Artist Unknown, Thailand
Physical Description
Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2005/1.466.5
Medium and Support
gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
relevance
rank 9.96720
Secondary Keywords
altars and altar components
architectural elements
architectural elements by building type
components
components and systems
components by specific context
furnishings
furnishings by form or function
furniture
furniture by form or function
objects we use
religious building fixtures
support furniture
Title
One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
Artist
Artist Unknown, Thailand
Physical Description
Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2005/1.466.2
Medium and Support
gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
relevance
rank 9.96720
Secondary Keywords
altars and altar components
architectural elements
architectural elements by building type
components
components and systems
components by specific context
furnishings
furnishings by form or function
furniture
furniture by form or function
objects we use
religious building fixtures
support furniture
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Title
Untitled
Artist
Lee Bontecou
Physical Description
graphite drawing on cream paper, unframed
Artist Life Dates
born 1931
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1961
Accession Number
1962/1.97
Medium and Support
graphite on cream paper
relevance
rank 9.96632
Secondary Keywords
visual arts
architectural elements
artistic concepts
associated concepts
biomorphic
components
components and systems
components by specific context
concepts in the arts
forms of expression
genres
modern and contemporary art
objects we use
openings (architectural elements)
openings and opening components
people and culture
sketches
study
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
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Title
Roof Scene
Artist
Isami Doi
Artist Life Dates
1903-1978
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1935
Accession Number
1943.31
Medium and Support
wood engraving on paper
relevance
rank 9.96442
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
architecture
cityscapes
components
components and systems
components by specific context
enclosing structural elements
figures
genres
how we live
laundry
modern and contemporary art
organizations
people and occupations
roofs and roof components
structural elements
structural elements and structural element components
the natural world
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Title
Sun Bathers on the Roof
Artist
John Sloan
Artist Life Dates
1871-1951
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1941
Accession Number
1941.2
Medium and Support
etching on paper
relevance
rank 9.96442
Secondary Keywords
animals
architectural elements
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Title
One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
Artist
Artist Unknown, Thailand
Physical Description
Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2005/1.466.3
Medium and Support
gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
relevance
rank 9.95606
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Title
One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
Artist
Artist Unknown, Thailand
Physical Description
Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2005/1.466.7
Medium and Support
gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
relevance
rank 9.95606
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
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Title
One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
Artist
Artist Unknown, Thailand
Physical Description
Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2005/1.466.9
Medium and Support
gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
relevance
rank 9.95606
Secondary Keywords
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Title
Platform for Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
Artist
Artist Unknown, Thailand
Physical Description
Gilt and lacquered wooden platform for ten-piece altar set. The platform is carved along the edges in floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt are larger in size and less stylized than those found on the set it spports. Located between upper and lower carved floral registers is a band decorated with a repeating geometrical rectangular pattern, covered also with gold gilt. The red wood surface of the long, short platform is coated in lacquer.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2005/1.466.11
Medium and Support
gilt and lacquered wood
relevance
rank 9.95606
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
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Title
One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
Artist
Artist Unknown, Thailand
Physical Description
Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2005/1.466.4
Medium and Support
gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
relevance
rank 9.95606
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
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Title
One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
Artist
Artist Unknown, Thailand
Physical Description
Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2005/1.466.6
Medium and Support
gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
relevance
rank 9.95606
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
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support furniture
Title
One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
Artist
Artist Unknown, Thailand
Physical Description
Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2005/1.466.8
Medium and Support
gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
relevance
rank 9.95606
Secondary Keywords
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Title
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (1731-1802)
Artist
Rembrandt Peale
Physical Description
Bust-length portrait of a woman with grey hair in a cream colored dress seated in a red chair with a view of the landscape to right of figure seen through an illusionistic stone oval window or oculus.
Artist Life Dates
1778-1860
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1858
Accession Number
1895.76
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
relevance
rank 9.95438
Secondary Keywords
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Title
Siena (Small Silent Siena), from the portfolio "Architectural Suite, 1966-67"
Artist
Ben Nicholson
Artist Life Dates
1894-1982
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1966-1967
Accession Number
1983/1.283.4
Medium and Support
etching on paper
relevance
rank 9.95222
Secondary Keywords
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Title
Illusionistic Decoration of a Cupola with Alternative Suggestions
Artist
Flaminio Innocenzo Minozzi
Artist Life Dates
1735-1817
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1772
Accession Number
1959/2.60
Medium and Support
pen and brown ink with watercolor
relevance
rank 9.95222
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
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Title
Vaulting of Lady Chapel / St. Pierre Caen
Artist
Albert Kahn
Artist Life Dates
(1869 - 1942)
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
October 20, 1891
Accession Number
1972/2.592
Medium and Support
graphite on paper
relevance
rank 9.89107
Secondary Keywords
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Title
Ty's Place
Artist
Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description
A small window with a bright yellow frame is opened.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1921
Object Creation Date
1976
Accession Number
2011/2.114
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 9.87776
Secondary Keywords
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Title
35 Calle Sol
Artist
Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description
A color print of a blue door set into a bright green wall. An open doorway is next to it.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1921
Object Creation Date
1966
Accession Number
2011/2.105
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 9.85935
Secondary Keywords
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Title
Una Casa Cubana
Artist
Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description
A view through three doorways. The second doorway has a stained glass window above it.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1921
Object Creation Date
1976
Accession Number
2011/2.110
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 9.85935
Secondary Keywords
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Title
Synergistic Reflections, Jag Prittker Pavilion, Chicago, IL
Artist
John F. Bush
Physical Description
Side of a contemporary building displaying the reflections, window opened.
Object Creation Date
April 6, 2007
Accession Number
2013/1.238
Medium and Support
pigment ink print on paper
relevance
rank 9.83120
Secondary Keywords
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