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Title
Model of a three-story watchtower
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
1st century
Object Creation Date
1st century - 2nd century
Accession Number
1993/1.73.1
Medium and Support
earthenware, red, with green lead glaze
relevance
rank 10.40953
Secondary Keywords
massing or shape
art genres
artistic concepts
associated concepts
buildings and the land
concepts in the arts
descriptors
object genres
object genres by material
objects we use
people and culture
single built works
single built works by form
single built works by specific type
towers (single built works)
visual works
visual works by function
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Title
Landscape with Tower and Distant Lake
Artist
William Payne
Physical Description
A watercolor primarily in greens, blues, black and grey depicting a landscape with rolling hills and a tower and lake in the distance. A family of weary travelers are positioned in the shaded left foreground. A herd of sheep and two donkeys rest in the sunlit fields in the mid-ground.
Artist Life Dates
(1760 - 1830)
Object Creation Date
late 18th century - early 19th century
Accession Number
2012/2.215
Medium and Support
watercolor on medium white wove paper
relevance
rank 10.35252
Secondary Keywords
massing or shape
animals and creatures
bodies of water
bodies of water and components of bodies of water
bodies of water by size
buildings and the land
lacustrine bodies
mammals
natural landscapes
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by activity
settlements and landscapes
single built works
single built works by form
single built works by specific type
Title
Jina venerated by a monk and a royal devotee from a Digambara Jain manuscript
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description
This painting is a rare depiction of the Jina’s first preaching. It is said that the speech of the Jina is like no other and that miracles occur upon hearing it. Here the Jina is depicted with four heads, representing the miraculous ability to see from all four directions at once. The golden-hued Jina and the monk who venerate a Jina are nude, identifying them as belonging to the Digambara (sky-clad) sect of Jainism.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1975/2.173
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 9.84748
Secondary Keywords
massing or shape
buildings and the land
landscapes (environments)
natural landscapes
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by state or condition
plants
settlements and landscapes
single built works
single built works by form
single built works by specific type
vegetation and vegetation components
vegetation components
visual works
visual works by subject type
woody plants
Title
The Labors of Hercules: The Dragon of the Garden of the Hesperides (one of the s
Artist
Heinrich Aldegrever
Artist Life Dates
1502- circa 1561
Century
16th century
Object Creation Date
1550
Accession Number
1956/1.68
Medium and Support
engraving on paper
relevance
rank 8.94434
Secondary Keywords
massing or shape
allegory and literature
animals and creatures
architecture
building divisions
buildings and the land
clubs
components
components and systems
components by specific context
creatures
descriptors
fights
figures
figures (representations)
gardens
houses
iconography
inorganic material
legendary creatures
materials
materials by composition
mythology
objects we use
people and culture
people and occupations
percussive weapons
physical activities
physical activities by general context
plants
single built works
single built works by form
single built works by specific type
the natural world
visual works
visual works by subject type
weapons
weapons and ammunition
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Title
Bounded on the West by the Land Under Water
Artist
Kay Sage
Physical Description
Four spare industrial structures rise at different angles into an empty landscape. On the viewer's right, a scaffolding rises from the lower corner and angles to the left. On the left, another scaffold structure runs from the bottom corner along the left edge. In the middle, a building-like structure rises from the bottom of the composition and leans into the visual space, resting on a long rectangular solid that is draped with a cloth.
Artist Life Dates
1898 - 1963
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1946
Accession Number
1963/2.1
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
relevance
rank 7.92290
Secondary Keywords
massing or shape
architecture
buildings and the land
built complexes and districts
complexes
complexes by function
cultural landscapes
cultural landscapes by location or context
descriptors
equipment
equipment by process
european
european styles and periods
genres
image-making processes and techniques
industrial structures
landscapes (environments)
modern and contemporary art
modern european fine arts styles and movements
modern european styles and movements
movement
objects we use
painting and painting techniques
painting techniques
painting techniques by medium
people and culture
processes and techniques
processes and techniques by specific type
settlements and landscapes
single built works
single built works by form
single built works by function
single built works by specific type
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
supporting equipment
the natural world
tools and equipment
waterscapes
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