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- Title
- Pablo Picasso
- Artist
- Lucien Clergue
- Physical Description
- A black and white photo of Pablo Picasso sitting on a step. Picasso stares directly into the camera.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1955
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.163
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.81465
- Secondary Keywords
- color
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- photographs
- photographs by form
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Self-Portrait
- Artist
- Käthe Kollwitz
- Physical Description
- This etching depicts a three-quarter profile portrait of a woman’s face. The woman looks contemplatively toward the right with a solemn expression as her head rests against her right hand. The edge of her left shoulder is loosely sketched in the lower right of the composition.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1867-1945
- Object Creation Date
- 1921
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.212
- Medium and Support
- etching with burnishing on heavy wove paper
- relevance
- rank 9.70599
- Secondary Keywords
- arms
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- portraits
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Jean Arp, 1949
- Artist
- Arnold Newman
- Physical Description
- Portrait of a man with his head resting on his hand showing only his right eye, cheek, forehead, hand and a bit of his shirt cuff with a curving unidentifiable vertical form to the right obscuring the sitter’s face.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1918-2006
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1949
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.18
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.56731
- Secondary Keywords
- arms
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- heads
- human body
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- the human body
- the natural world
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Portait of Berthe Morisot
- Artist
- Marcellin Desboutin
- Physical Description
- This etching and drypoint is a full-length portrait of a woman dressed in black and seated in an armchair holding a fan at her knees. The chair is turned to the side but the figure is seen frontally and looks directly out at the viewer. The figure and her costume are described in full while the chair and fan are depicted loosely in outline.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1823-1902
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.190
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on heavy wove paper
- relevance
- rank 9.39908
- Secondary Keywords
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- The Rialto, from the "Second Venice Set," or the "Twenty-six Etchings"
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- The corner of a massive building with awnings on both sides is seen on the right side; it has arched windows above the street level windows and several stories with balconies above. To the left is a long sloping stairway with awnings projecting above the stairway. In the distance beyond the stairway can be see the tower of a church. Buildings at the far left of the composition are barely indicated. Pediestrians are visible throughout, adjacent to the buildings on either side as well as ascending the stairs.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1879-1880
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.3
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on Asian laid paper
- relevance
- rank 9.34789
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- bridges
- europe
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- italy
- italy (nation)
- locality
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by age group
- people by occupation
- people by state or condition
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- religious figures
- veneto (region)
- venezia (province)
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- youth
- Title
- The Village Voice
- Artist
- Conrad Atkinson
- Physical Description
- The cover format of the New York weekly newspaper The Village Voice is appropriated, with satirical headlines related to topical current events.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1940
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1988
- Accession Number
- 2004/2.36
- Medium and Support
- acrylic on canvas
- relevance
- rank 9.15508
- Secondary Keywords
- armed conflicts
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- artistic devices
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- document genres
- document genres by conditions of production
- events
- historical, theoretical and critical concepts
- information forms
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- publications
- serials
- wars
- Title
- Daedalus
- Artist
- Charles Ginnever
- Physical Description
- Cor-Ten steel abstract sculpture
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1931
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1975
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.9
- Medium and Support
- Cor-Ten steel
- relevance
- rank 9.15302
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture by form
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Untitled [Four cranes and a person]
- Artist
- Kawano Kaoru
- Physical Description
- This work is an abstrated depiction of four cranes and a person.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1916 - 1965
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/2.27
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.13351
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- animals and creatures
- artistic concepts
- asia (continent)
- associated concepts
- birds
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- geographic and political locations
- objects we use
- people and culture
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Broadway Melody
- Artist
- Mark Tobey
- Physical Description
- abstract painting, tempera on board
- Artist Life Dates
- 1890-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1945
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.152
- Medium and Support
- tempera on board
- relevance
- rank 8.99909
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- americas
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- genres
- locality
- modern and contemporary art
- new york
- north & central america
- objects we use
- people and culture
- united states
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Drawing RIII 7 (Interlacing Triangles)
- Artist
- Bridget Riley
- Physical Description
- pencil drawing and gouache on paper
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1931
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.170
- Medium and Support
- gouache and pencil on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.87659
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- abstraction
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by material or technique
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- rectangles
- study
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- watercolors
- Title
- Seascape (I), from the portfolio "New York Ten" (C.34)
- Artist
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Physical Description
- Colored lithograph using Ben Day dots in blue to depict an abstract seascape.
- Artist Life Dates
- 10/28/1923 - 9/29/1997
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1964; published 1965
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.128
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on translucent Rowlux
- relevance
- rank 8.71265
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Portait of Ansel Adams, Yosemite
- Artist
- Bill Wright
- Physical Description
- Ansel Adams seated in a chair, graphic curtains behind. His hand is to his head and he is wearing glasses.
- Object Creation Date
- 1981
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.192
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.69906
- Secondary Keywords
- artists
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- Title
- Minor White, Arlington, MA
- Artist
- David Vestal
- Physical Description
- A man with white hair and glasses sorting through a pile of papers on a desk.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1924
- Object Creation Date
- April 1970; printed 1998
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.182
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.69906
- Secondary Keywords
- artists
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- Title
- Human Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Namji
- Physical Description
- Carved wooden figure of a human form. String atatched to the head to represent hair.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.351
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, string and human hair
- relevance
- rank 8.61757
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- figurines
- forms of expression
- healing
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Funerary Post
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mahafaly, Madagascar
- Physical Description
- A wooden post of stacked geometric forms and a small seated figure on top, seated at a table.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.72
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 8.61757
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- ceremonies
- concepts in the arts
- cultural ceremonies
- events
- forms of expression
- objects we use
- people and culture
- rites of passage
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Buddhist Nara
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1955
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.17
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.60474
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Prestige Chair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples, Côte D'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- A highly decorated wooden chair with a single arched backing rod for support. There are large bulb-like posts on top with graphic decorations throughout. There are large metal domed hardware on the seat and upper posts.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.75
- Medium and Support
- wood and metal
- relevance
- rank 8.60061
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Elsewhere, Therefore Here
- Artist
- Pierre Alechinsky
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1961
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.86
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 8.60061
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by material or technique
- people and culture
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Reclining Chair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi
- Physical Description
- A long reclining board with three posts on the bottom. The angle is at approximately 45 degrees. All of the edges are rounded.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.77
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 8.60061
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Grandfather Chair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Dan Peoples, African, Liberia
- Physical Description
- A small wooden chair with four rounded posts and an arched wooden bar on the back. There are carved triangle designs on the seat and finishing nails appear to be decorative.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.76
- Medium and Support
- wood and metal
- relevance
- rank 8.60061
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Hirado Ware Mizusashi blue-and-white water covered jar with design of Chinese sages
- Artist
- Artist Unknown Hirado ware, Japan
- Physical Description
- This white porcelain jar has the design of six Chinese sages and an attendant boy with blue underglaze in delicate brushwork. One sage is reading a book, while another is listening. The attendant boy is standing next to the sage with a book. Other four sages are looking at a long hand scroll. Some sages hold staffs on their hands. One sage has a string instrument. The jar has a broad shoulder and an inverted mouth, where the lid is placed. The knob of the lid is in a shape of a reclining boy (unpainted), surrounded by books, hanging scrolls, a cane, and a fan, which are painted with blue underglaze. It also has a shallow foot.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.51A&B
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 8.56538
- Secondary Keywords
- artists
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- objects we use
- painters (artists)
- painters by subject of work
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- walking sticks
- Title
- Polychrome Face Mask (Bedu)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nafana Peoples, Ivory Coast, Ghana
- Physical Description
- An extremely large sundial circle top, separated into triangular sections with eyes and a mouth carved out. The colors are in blue, red, white and black. There is a narrow center to represent two black arms and a chin. The triangluar colored pattern is continued onto the bottom with a geometric pattern.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.73
- Medium and Support
- wood, fiber, metal
- relevance
- rank 8.53680
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- costume
- costume by function
- forms of expression
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Ode on a Wanli-era Imperial Brush
- Artist
- Shitao (Shih-t'ao)
- Physical Description
- Calligraphy of a poem written in running script and including three artist's seals and the artist's signature.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1642-1707
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1705
- Accession Number
- 1965/2.75
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.49129
- Secondary Keywords
- artists
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- document genres for literary works
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- objects we use
- painters (artists)
- painters by subject of work
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Portrait of the Artist at Work and Play
- Artist
- Les Klug
- Physical Description
- Mannequin pieces and artist in a room with many windows and mirrors.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1930-1988
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.252
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.47905
- Secondary Keywords
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- interior spaces
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by location or context
- Title
- Emilio Sanchez: Lithographs
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A poster of a building in a two-point perspective; wiith the artist's name on the top of the poster and the date of the exhibition on the bottom.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1980
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.65
- Medium and Support
- poster on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.45104
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- linear perspective
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- perspective
- perspective and shading techniques
- planographic prints
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Black Boomerang and Polygons
- Artist
- Alexander Calder
- Physical Description
- A base composed of a red section that lies on the floor and a black section that rises to narrow point. On the point rests the moving part of the "mobile"--one arm extends out and ends in a black boomerang; the other extends out then attaches to a vertical arm that has yellow polygons on either end.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898 - 1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1963
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.21
- Medium and Support
- aluminum, steel, brass, and paint
- relevance
- rank 8.44414
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- abstraction
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- mathematical concepts
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plane figures
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- scientific concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by form
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Bamboo in snow
- Artist
- Zhu Sheng (Chu Sheng)
- Physical Description
- In this image of bamboo bent under heavy snow the leaves are depicted with vigorous yet controlled strokes of the brush, while the snow is indicated by surrounding areas of blank paper with dark ink, a traditional technique in monochrome ink painting.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1618 - circa 1690
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1690
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.351
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on satin
- relevance
- rank 8.42946
- Secondary Keywords
- artists
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- grass (plant material)
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- painters (artists)
- painters by subject of work
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- physical sciences concepts
- plant material
- precipitation
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- seasons
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Sundancer
- Artist
- Stanley William Hayter
- Physical Description
- Paper folded under approximately 1 cm at bottom. Colors: black, aqua-green, yellow, rose, blue, yellow-green. Plate size: h 39 1/2cm x w 23 9/10cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1901-1988
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.375
- Medium and Support
- color engraving and soft-ground with scorper on beige Arches wove paper
- relevance
- rank 8.40942
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- etchings
- forms of expression
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- intaglio prints
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performing artists
- physical sciences concepts
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientific concepts
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Abstract Circles
- Artist
- Fukui Ryonosuke
- Physical Description
- This print consists of nuetral, muted colors and abstract designs primarily of dots and circles. The print is designed to look as if thin cracks run through the image, and a lady bug is almost imperceptible near the bottom left of the image. The bottom edge of the print has a dark strip running across it.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1924-1986
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.33
- Medium and Support
- color print on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.40400
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- abstraction
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- mathematical concepts
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plane figures
- scientific concepts
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Joseph Beuys
- Artist
- Andy Warhol
- Physical Description
- Four identical portraits, two by two, of a portrait of man wearing a cowboy hat. The upper two prints are black, purple, green and red, while the bottom two are yellow, green and white.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1928-1987
- Object Creation Date
- 1980; printed 1983
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.583
- Medium and Support
- screenprint and rayon flock on Lenox Museum board
- relevance
- rank 8.38795
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- headgear
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- Title
- The Sculptor
- Artist
- Peter Grippe
- Physical Description
- On the left the sculptor is shown working on a model of the woman on the right. There is an angel at the feet of the woman/muse.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1912-2002
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1957
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.531
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.35581
- Secondary Keywords
- abstract expressionist
- animals and creatures
- architectural elements
- artists
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- european
- european styles and periods
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- legendary creatures
- masts
- modern european revival styles
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by occupation
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- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- supporting and resisting elements
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Lord Jaganatha with his brother Balarama and sister Subhadra
- Artist
- India, Orissa
- Physical Description
- This image has three large figures sitting in a row. The two slightly larger figures (one with a white face; left and the other with a black face; right) flank a smaller yellow faced figure. Painted in a distinct blue-background strip beneath these large figures are several smaller figures. Next to three of these figures are trays holding food.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1969
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.192
- Medium and Support
- ink and opaque watercolor on cotton
- relevance
- rank 8.32150
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- asia (continent)
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- geographic and political locations
- historical, theoretical and critical concepts
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Mercurius in the Vessel
- Artist
- Richard Anuszkiewicz
- Physical Description
- Concentric lines of bright red alternate with lines of blue and green to create an optical illusion of receeding squares. The juxtaposition of these colors also creates an appearance of intersecting orange lines and hues of purple.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1930
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1963
- Accession Number
- 1988/1.137
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 8.24630
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- genres
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by material or technique
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Spitball
- Artist
- Tony Smith
- Physical Description
- A black granite abstract sculpute. Two "legs" rise up toward one another to meet at a point, making a basic triangle shape. At the bottom of the "legs," two horizontal "feet" protrude away from the object's center and end in four-sided points.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1912 - 1980
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- designed 1961; created 1970
- Accession Number
- 1974/2.51
- Medium and Support
- granite
- relevance
- rank 8.21433
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- inorganic material
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- rock
- rock by form
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- St. Luke and St. Mark with a Portrait of the Virgin and Child
- Artist
- Ludolphe Buesinck
- Physical Description
- Two seated men, depicted in three-quarter length, with flowing beards and long robes look out from this print. A painting of a seated woman holding a child on her lap sits on an easel between them. A closed book is placed before the man on the left, and a second book sits open next to the figure on the right. This man holds a mahlstick, used by painters to steady their hand as they work, in his right hand. A palette and brushes are placed on a ledge in front of him.
- Artist Life Dates
- c.1590-after 1643
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.144
- Medium and Support
- chiaroscuro woodcut on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 8.18930
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- artists
- equipment
- equipment by process
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- image-making equipment
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- objects we use
- painting equipment
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people by state or condition
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- support furniture
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woodcuts
- Title
- Growing Forms
- Artist
- David Smith
- Physical Description
- A roughly teardrop-shaped sculpture of shiny cast aluminum. Within the basic organic shape are several curls and a shape that appears to be a woman or perhaps a fetus. The sculpture sits atop a tall wooden base composed of a stack of fat disc shapes.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1906-1965
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1939
- Accession Number
- 1980/1.213A
- Medium and Support
- cast aluminum on wood base
- relevance
- rank 8.16430
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- abstraction
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- biological concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- events
- forms of expression
- inorganic material
- life
- 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
- personal life events
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- 113, from "The Silver Edition, Volume I"
- Artist
- Ralph Gibson
- Physical Description
- This black and white photograph shows a partial view of a guitar against a solid black background. It is a cropped, close-up image showing a portion of the fingerboard and upper bout.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1939
- Object Creation Date
- 2003
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.47.5
- Medium and Support
- photograph on fiber paper
- relevance
- rank 8.07142
- Secondary Keywords
- plucked
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- chordophones
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- lutelike chordophones
- lutelike chordophones with long neck
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Sources + Structures/Lake Garda
- Artist
- Robert Stackhouse
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1942
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1989
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.5
- Medium and Support
- etching, softground, and spitbite printed in color on Hahnemuhle paper
- relevance
- rank 8.06530
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- intaglio prints
- objects we use
- people and culture
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Sources + Structures/Gokstad
- Artist
- Robert Stackhouse
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1942
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1989
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.4
- Medium and Support
- etching, softground, and spitbite printed in color on Hahnemuhle paper
- relevance
- rank 8.06530
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- intaglio prints
- objects we use
- people and culture
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Articulation: Formulation, from the portfolio "Formulation: Articulation"
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.336.8
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.04681
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- aegean
- aegean periods
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- early western world
- forms of expression
- genres
- greek
- mediterranean
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- 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 8.01569
- 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
- Title
- Sphere with Colour (Grey and White)
- Artist
- Barbara Hepworth
- Physical Description
- Oval-shaped piece of veined, green Swedish marble standing on one of its narrow ends. Three holes of different sizes penetrate into the object's center. The holes are painted respectively in a semi-gloss black and matte white.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1903 - 1975
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1965
- Accession Number
- 1967/1.43
- Medium and Support
- Swedish green marble and paint on wood base
- relevance
- rank 7.94806
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- form attributes
- forms of expression
- genres
- geometric shapes
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- rock
- rock by form
- sculpture by technique
- shape
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Tacpere Maptom
- Artist
- Lynda Benglis
- Physical Description
- Hollow glass piece. The bottom half (whose end is flat and thus serves as a base) is a solid spring green separated by a band of translucent yellow. The top half is a darker olive green with a Kelly green stripe that winds from the yellow band at center to the hole at this end of the piece.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1941 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1985
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.223
- Medium and Support
- glass
- relevance
- rank 7.94507
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- abstraction
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- glassworking and glassworking processes and techniques
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- object genres
- objects we use
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- sculpture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Key and Cue No. 1182 (Remembrance has a rear and front)
- Artist
- Roni Horn
- Physical Description
- Aluminum shaft with block letters cast in black plastic.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1955
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1994
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.470
- Medium and Support
- cast plastic and aluminum
- relevance
- rank 7.94468
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- genres in the arts
- information form components
- layout features
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- people and culture
- psychological concepts
- social science concepts
- Title
- Bamboo and Rock
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong
- Physical Description
- A rock rises above the earth, and branches of bamboo mimic the gentle curve of its shape. Grasses grow below. Two lines of calligraphic text are written verticalley on the left side of the painting.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960-1975
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.134
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.92436
- Secondary Keywords
- artists
- asian
- chinese
- chinese painting styles
- chinese styles
- chinese styles and periods
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- east asian
- grass (plant material)
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- painters (artists)
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- paintings
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- plant material
- scroll paintings
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Untitled, from 'Quantum Suite'
- Artist
- Garo Zareh Antreasian
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1922
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1966
- Accession Number
- 1967/2.46
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.92186
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- aegean
- aegean periods
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- early western world
- forms of expression
- genres
- greek
- mediterranean
- modern and contemporary art
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- Title
- Untitled Cube
- Artist
- Alvin D. Loving
- Physical Description
- A framework three-dimensional cube sits at an angle so that one of its corners appears to protrude from the center of the piece. The cube is gray, with dark gray shading on the shadowed edges, and dark and light yellow shading on the lit edges. The canvas is cut to the dimensions of the cube.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1935-2005
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1969
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.25
- Medium and Support
- acrylic on canvas
- relevance
- rank 7.91449
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- forms of expression
- genres
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- image-making processes and techniques
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- mathematical concepts
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by material or technique
- people and culture
- perspective
- perspective and shading techniques
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientific concepts
- solids (geometric)
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Plum Blossoms, after Jin Nong
- Artist
- Li Jishou (Li Chi-shou)
- Physical Description
- The branches of a plum tree stretch skyward, skillfully utilizing the vertical space of this hanging scroll. Black dots are used as accents along the branches, making them look knotted and full of texture. These heavy features are offset by the delicate depiction of plum blossoms. Calligraphic text is in the upper right corner, with two seals.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 19th century
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.28
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.90555
- Secondary Keywords
- artists
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- deciduous trees
- descriptors
- herbaceous plants
- image-making processes and techniques
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- painters (artists)
- painters by subject of work
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Yellow, from "Sixteen Lithographs in Color"
- Artist
- Sol LeWitt
- Physical Description
- A suite of 15 lithographs and a composite gage in four colors hand drawn on aluminum plates and printed from those plates by hand. Printed in an edition of 50 on Italia paper by Landfall Press, Inc. Size: 23 x 23”. Contained in a paper box designed by Sol LeWitt with the cooperation of Service Bindery of Chicago, Ill.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1928-2007
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1971
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.61.1
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on Italia paper
- relevance
- rank 7.89370
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- people and culture
- Title
- Tension
- Artist
- Piero Dorazio
- Artist Life Dates
- Rome, Italy, 1927 - 2005, Todi, Umbria, Italy
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1955
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.413
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 7.89370
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- people and culture