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Title: The new Moscow seen from St. Basil Cathedral
Artist: Dmitri Baltermants
Physical Description: New Moscow as seen from the St. Basil Cathedral. In the foreground is the central and tallest spire of the church, surrounded by the tops of the next highest domes. Just past this is a bridge over a river, across from which is the collection of apartment buildings and storefronts of the new city.
Artist Life Dates: Russian, 1912-1990
Object Creation Date: 2003
Accession Number: 2012/2.93
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 26.22931
Primary Keywords: bridge (built work); cathedrals; cities; russia (nation)

Title: Autumn Wind, from the Furyu rokkasen (The Six Elegant Poets) series
Artist: Suzuki Harunobu
Physical Description: A young woman hurries across a bridge, using one of her sleeves to shield her head from the strong wind. Plants around her bend in the force of the wind, and tree branches lose their leaves. An Uta poem by Bunya-no-Yasuhide graces the top register.
Artist Life Dates: 1725-1770
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1768
Accession Number: 1948/1.156
Medium and Support: chûban (medium size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper
relevance: rank 26.22931
Primary Keywords: bridge (built work); wind; woman; woodblock prints

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Title: Smoke and Fog (Udaipur, India)
Artist: Caleb Cain Marcus
Physical Description: A black and white photo of fog over a pond. A bridge can be seen through the fog.
Artist Life Dates: (active 1978 - )
Century: 21st century
Object Creation Date: 2005
Accession Number: 2011/2.175
Medium and Support: black and white digital print on paper
relevance: rank 25.95308
Primary Keywords: black-and-white photographs; bridge (built work); pond; smoke

Title: Evening Scene in Tokyo: Woman with Umbrella on Bridge
Artist: Takahashi Hiroaki
Physical Description: A woman who just got out of a public bath is crossing a bridge and trying to protect herself with an umbrella from the wind and rain of a sudden yûdachi. She uses one hand to keep her kimono decorated with fishing net and sea anemone patterns from flying open, and carries a soap pouch in her mouth. Three swallows fly above. The title, yu agari ("after the bath") is inscribed in the lower left hand corner of the print, just above a seal with the artist's name, Hiroaki.
Artist Life Dates: 1871-1944
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1920-1940
Accession Number: 1991/2.112
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 25.68261
Primary Keywords: bridge (built work); storms; umbrellas and parasols; woman; woodblock prints

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Title: Spring Landscape
Artist: Nakanishi Kôseki
Physical Description: A lone man walks along a mountain path on the bottom left, hunched over perhaps under a load he carries. He seems to be approaching a hut along the water's edge partially blocked from the viewer by tall trees. The path continues to wind up the mountain, and spoked circular designs indicate what may be a series of bridges. Lines of calligraphy and seals are in the upper left corner.
Artist Life Dates: 1807-1884
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1852
Accession Number: 2010/2.28
Medium and Support: sumi ink on paper
relevance: rank 25.15825
Primary Keywords: bridge (built work); hanging scrolls; ink; landscapes (environments); mountains; traveler; trees

Title: Blue Mountains and White Clouds
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: The green mountains in this fan painting appear truly vertical and solid. The clouds, too, in spite of their rounded edges appear to be frozen in space. A pine tree bends over the side of the cliff, with its foliage over a traveler in white crossing a bridge below.
Century: 14th century
Object Creation Date: 14th century (or later)
Accession Number: 1970/2.157
Medium and Support: fan mounted as hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
relevance: rank 24.90401
Primary Keywords: bridge (built work); clouds; landscapes; mountains; pavilion (garden structure); pine trees; rocks

Title: Reading "The Book of Changes" at a Pavilion in Autumn
Artist: Zhang Hong [Chang Hung]
Physical Description: Inscription: … painted at Mr. Zhu’s Plum Hut Studio in the winter of 1639. Zhang Hong of Suzhou; Two seals of the artist; One collector’s seal; A solitary scholar, dwarfed by the surrounding autumnal landscape, seated inside a pavilion as he contemplates the ancient classic, The Book of Changes.
Artist Life Dates: 1577 - after 1668
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1639
Accession Number: 1978/2.60
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
relevance: rank 23.25908
Primary Keywords: autumn; bridge (built work); bridges; buildings; figures in landscape; landscape; landscapes; mountain; pavilion; pines; trees; water

Title: The Road to Shu
Artist: Matsumura Goshun
Physical Description: Travelers are seen on a winding mountain pathway, among overlapping layers of mountains.
Artist Life Dates: 1752-1811
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: late 18th century - early 19th century
Accession Number: 1970/2.152
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
relevance: rank 22.09844
Primary Keywords: bridge (built work); bridges; child; emperor; figures; figures in landscape; horse; horses; landscapes; mountains; passes; rivers; road; saint; snow; travelers; trees; warriors; winter

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