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Title

Jain Goddess

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Century

12th-13th century

Object Creation Date

12th century - 13th century

Accession Number

2003/2.77A&B

Medium and Support

marble

relevance

rank 5.00638

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people

people (agents)

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people by state or condition

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Title

Untitled 1 of 4

Artist

Terry Winters

Physical Description

This is an oil painting in a vertical format painted in tones of brown, white and black. It shows four circular forms and areas with thick paint applied in broad brushstokes.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1949

Century

late 20th - early 21st century

Object Creation Date

1983

Accession Number

2009/1.544

Medium and Support

oil on linen

relevance

rank 5.00568

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

european

european styles and periods

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geometric figures

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modern european styles and movements

people and culture

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styles and periods

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Title

Sediment

Artist

Dan Walters

Physical Description

This black and white print depicts geometric forms arranged to suggest some kind of mechanical contraption. Two larger circular forms are arranged side-by-side in the center of the composition. A line rest diagonally atop these forms and above the line an assortment of circular and less definite shapes and textures (depicted with cross-hatching and other techniques) are described. The print is imbued with a smoke-like atmosphere as a result of the spitbite and aquatint.

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

2012/2.184

Medium and Support

etching, drypoint, aquatint and spitbite on paper

relevance

rank 5.00568

Secondary Keywords

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european

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Title

Vishnu as Bhogasthanakamurti, accompanied by a pair of female attendants, 1978/2.131 and 1978/2.132

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Physical Description

Vishnu stands on a base consisting of a flat square element topped with a series of five round rings. He stands in an unbending pose and has four arms. Reading clockwise from his front right hand, he is in varada mudra, holds a discus, holds a conch, and is on his hip. He wears a decorated lower garment flared out on either side in a pattern. He wears a decorated belt and necklaces, a sacred thread and shoulder loops, bracelets and armlets, earrings and a crown. The jewelry and crown is highlighted with gold paint as is his clothing and the two attributes.

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.123

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 5.00547

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

hindu

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

subject matter

Title

In the Fog

Artist

Warren Lombard

Physical Description

The bottom half of this print's composition shows a rocky outcropping, with a triangular shadow in the center right. On the bottom left is some foliage. The top half of the composition shows three trees in the center right. The left-most tree is darker than the other two. The trees are set against a flat background.

Artist Life Dates

1855-1939

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1923

Accession Number

1940.21

Medium and Support

drypoint on paper

relevance

rank 5.00494

Secondary Keywords

upward

associated concepts

buildings and the land

descriptors

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inorganic material

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

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natural landscapes

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

plants

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

woody plants

Title

The Alliance of Peace and Abundance

Artist

Bartolomeo Coriolano

Physical Description

Two women in long robes stand arm in arm in a landscape. One figure holds an olive branch in her right hand, and her companion cradles a cornucopia against her hip.

Artist Life Dates

(ca. 1599 - ca. 1676)

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1642

Accession Number

1970/1.178

Medium and Support

chiaroscuro woodcut on laid paper

relevance

rank 5.00298

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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descriptors

hardwood

materials

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people

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people by gender

plant material

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

relief prints

symbolism

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

wood (plant material)

wood and wood products

wood by composition or origin

woodcuts

Title

Famous Views of Snow, Moon and Flowers: Trout Fishing by Moonlight on the Tamagawa River

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

The dark color pallette and the moon indicate that the image is set at night. There are people standing in the water, bending over in search of fish. Others stand on the bank, helping with the fishing process. Also shown are the silhouettes of a bridge over the water and the mountains in the distance.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1846

Accession Number

1948/1.137

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 4.99606

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

associated concepts

earth sciences concepts

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people and culture

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prints by process

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relief prints

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visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

water activities

Title

Sharing a Boat in the Wind and Rain

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

Three figures in a boat withstand wind and rain as they navigate river waters. Trees along the banks seem to bend under the force of the wind. Water saturdated ink and washes blur distinctions and imply the extremity of the weather.

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1983

Accession Number

2006/1.125

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 4.99559

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

coating (material)

coating by form

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

materials

materials by function

objects we use

paintings

paintings by form

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

precipitation

scientific concepts

scroll paintings

transportation vehicles

vehicles

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

watercraft

watercraft by general type

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

Mask (Zamble)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Guro Peoples Côte D'Ivoire

Physical Description

Face mask with stylized face and horns of an antelope and open jaws of a leopard. Forehead has three sets of scarifcation marks in relief; hairline is incised with pigmented linear and geometric patterns; striped horns curve naturally from top of head; eyes are set in ovoid grounds of white kaolin; top of snout shows incised V-shaped marks; mask is predominantly brown with traces of green, red and yellow pigment; chew stick in back shows some wear.

Century

late 20th century

Object Creation Date

1950-1999

Accession Number

2002/2.348

Medium and Support

wood, pigment

relevance

rank 4.99523

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

costume

costume by function

events

legendary creatures

masks (costume)

objects we use

people and culture

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

sculpture

sculpture by material

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Gio Ponti's Mirror

Artist

Lucio Pozzi

Physical Description

A small, squat rectangle divided into two halves is centered on a large sheet of paper. The left half is a blue wash with black marks; the right half is a light gray wash with blue marks.

Artist Life Dates

born Italy, 1935

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1993

Accession Number

2008/2.254

Medium and Support

watercolor on paper

relevance

rank 4.98547

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

european

european styles and periods

geometric concepts

geometric figures

mathematical concepts

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objects we use

people and culture

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polygons

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visual works

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Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and devotees

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

Multi-colored ink on paper. Prominent reds, yellows and blues. Six figures, three smaller (clothed), three larger (nude or semi-nude). Scene of worship.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.176

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 4.98257

Secondary Keywords

asian

associated concepts

biological concepts

forms

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

health and related concepts

health-related concepts

lighting devices

lighting devices by form

making art

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

physical activities

physical activities by general context

projectile weapons

projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant

projectiles with nonexplosive propellant

scientific concepts

text-based art

torches and torch holders

visual works

visual works by subject type

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Eight Views of Ômi: #2 Night Rain at Karasaki

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

Vertical lines stream downward across the print indicate torrents of rain. The dark color pallette and black strip across the top indicate that the image is set at night. A giant tree on an island looms over the image, surrounded by water. A poem in the upper left corner reads:

"Elsewhere will they talk of the music of the evening breeze

that has made the pine of Karasaki famous; the voice of the

wind is not heard through the sound of the rain in the night."

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1834

Accession Number

1948/1.135

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 4.98169

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

visual arts

artistic concepts

asian

associated concepts

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east asian

evergreens

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japanese

japanese printmaking styles

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objects we use

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

plants

precipitation

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

relief prints

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

woody plants

Title

Rain (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Artist

Saitô Kiyoshi

Physical Description

This work portrays a dynamic, umbrella-studded view of the University of Michigan Diag, based on sketches Saitô made during his trip to Ann Arbor in the fifties.

Artist Life Dates

(active 1907 - 1997)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1956

Accession Number

1959/2.28

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 4.98060

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories carried

costume by form

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herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

outerwear

overcoats

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

plants

precipitation

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

woody plants

Title

Râmâyana manuscript page: Rama kills the deer (folio no. 31)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Central India, Malwa School

Physical Description

The artist has captured the story of the deer hunt with the fewest possible elements, in a way that is instantly recognizable and yet takes liberties with the classical tale. The forest is represented by two trees and a few sprays of foliage; the deer is a mundane gray, not magical gold; and Sita waits anxiously in a white marble pavilion, rather than a thatched hut. The vibrantly colored backgrounds divide the composition into zones that create mood and organize the narrative.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1635-1650

Accession Number

1964/2.111

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 4.97931

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

document genres

document genres by function

information forms

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

religious texts

Title

Tematsu no ike (Tematsu Pond)

Artist

Takahashi Hiroaki

Physical Description

In the lower left corner of this tall and narrow print two silohettes appear near a small dock. The surface of a pond stretches out behind them, filling much of the pictorial space. The dark form of a house with a traingular, mountain shapped roof rests in the upper register of the print. The lit windows from the house reflect in the calm yet slightly wavy pond.

Artist Life Dates

1871-1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1907-1922

Accession Number

2005/1.421.1

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 4.97773

Secondary Keywords

asian

associated concepts

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

earth sciences concepts

east asian

japanese

japanese printmaking styles

japanese styles

lacustrine bodies

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Apsara Warrior

Artist

Ouk Chim Vichet

Physical Description

metal figural sculpture made of decommissioned AK-47s welded together

Artist Life Dates

b. 1981

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 2004

Accession Number

2007/2.79

Medium and Support

metal

relevance

rank 4.97592

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

asia (continent)

associated concepts

buildings and the land

concepts in the arts

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memorials

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objects

people and culture

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single built works

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single built works by specific type

women

Title

The Doorway, from the "Twelve Etchings", or the "First Venice Set"

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Physical Description

A large ornate waterdoor faces onto a canal. On the threshold near the water, a woman bends down towards the surface of the canal. Behind the doorway stands another figure in the shadows and beyond is another opening to a small square or open-air workspace. The Doorway consists of a large lunette shaped transom light over the door and the portal is flanked on either side by large arched windows. The glazing is all fitted into a fine network of mullions in either square on diamond patterns. The door and windows are each framed by carved pilasters and engaged corinthian capitals. Below the windows are bands of rosettes and other carved ornaments that extends to the water level.

Artist Life Dates

1834-1903

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1879-1880

Accession Number

1954/1.375

Medium and Support

etching, drypoint, and roulette on laid paper on laid paper

relevance

rank 4.97549

Secondary Keywords

arches and arch components

architectural elements

associated concepts

buildings and the land

circulation elements

components

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components by specific context

energy and related concepts

energy-related concepts

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

hydraulic structures

hydraulic structures by form

italy (nation)

light-related concepts

openings (architectural elements)

openings and opening components

openings by form

people and culture

physical activities

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physical sciences concepts

physics concepts

scientific concepts

single built works

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single built works by specific type

spanning and projecting structural elements

stair components

stairs and stair components

steps and step components

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

veneto (region)

venezia (province)

windows and window components

Title

Iconography series: Brisha (female monkey, riding a bull)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School

Physical Description

Two figures, Anjana and a bull are depicted centrally in the image. The background is very simple with some grass tufts and a pond near the very bottom of the images. Near the top of the image in the background there some trees and sky are visible.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1840

Accession Number

1988/1.82

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 4.97518

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

mammals

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Bhu Devi

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Physical Description

Bhudevi stands in a tribhanga pose (with three bends) with her left arm hanging pendant to her side and holding a lotus bud in her right hand. She leans towards the figure of Vishnu in the grouping of three bronzes. She stands on a base consisting of a flat square element topped with a series of five round rings. She wears a decorated lower garment flared out on either side in a pattern. She wears a decorated belt and necklaces, bracelets and armlets, with shoulder loops, earrings and a crown. The jewelry and crown is highlighted with gold paint as is his clothing and the two attributes. She does not wear a band across her breasts, as does Shridevi in groupings with Vishnu and Bhudevi.

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.132

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.97518

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

subject matter

Title

Standing Parvati

Artist

Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop

Physical Description

Parvati stands on a tiny base with little feet in a strict unbending stance. The body is elongated with a small waist, the hips billowing out and tapering in a stylized way to the feet. He has broad shoulders, pointy breasts that fall quite low in the chest and has two arms holding a bowl in her right one and a lotus flower in her left. She wears a d simple tight fitting skirt decorated with incised lines and a corded belt that falls down the center of her body with five rows of cords falling from the center and wrapping around her legs creating a fishbone pattern. She wears necklaces with added pendants on her shoulders and her coiffure is tied in a chignon on the right side at the back of her head wearing a headdress that has decorations that cascade down both shoulders. Like the accompanying Shiva figure she has large eyes and what appear to be two sets of eyebrows, but the tikka on her forehead is of a flame shape.

Century

15th-16th century

Object Creation Date

15th century - 16th century

Accession Number

1978/2.127

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.97518

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

subject matter

Title

Tara, six-armed, with attendant Buddha and Bodhisattva

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1978/2.105

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.97518

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

subject matter

Title

Illumination de la Grande Cascade de Saint Cloud

Artist

Philbert-Louis Debucourt

Physical Description

This colored etching with aquatint depicts a night scene of a large illuminated cascade of fountains. A raised architectural structure with three arches is placed in the center left of the composition. A series of cascades descend from this structure and lead into a pool of water decorated with a series of geyser fountains spouting water upward. Many small groups of figures in elegant costumes are gathered around the water. Their costumes appear to be hand painted in pink, blue, white and black wash. The upper third of the image is devoted to the dark night sky.

Artist Life Dates

1755 - 1832

Object Creation Date

circa 1813

Accession Number

2012/2.189

Medium and Support

color aquatint printed à la poupée on medium white wove paper

relevance

rank 4.96775

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

europe (continent)

france (nation)

geographic and political locations

hauts-de-seine (department)

hydraulic structures

hydraulic structures by function

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

scientific concepts

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

water distribution structures

œle-de-france (region)

Title

The Bridge at Hell Gate

Artist

Joseph Pennell

Artist Life Dates

1857-1926

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1857-1926

Accession Number

1959/1.140

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 4.96508

Secondary Keywords

architecture

associated concepts

doctrinal concepts

european

european styles and periods

hells

modern and contemporary art

modern british styles and movements

modern british styles by reign

modern european regional styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

people and culture

plants

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the natural world

waterscapes

Title

UtopianCannibal.org

Artist

Enrique Chagoya

Physical Description

Codex book connected by a series of eight accordian folds composed of lithographs, woodcuts, chine collé, and collage. The work reads right to left with the rightmost page titled "UtopianCannibal.org" and the leftmost page with the single word "Fin" (translates to "end").

Artist Life Dates

born 1953

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

2000

Accession Number

2001/2.81

Medium and Support

color lithograph, woodcut, chine collé, and collage

relevance

rank 4.96391

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

american regions

art genres

artistic concepts

artistic devices

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

how we live

north american

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the americas

visual works

visual works by function

Title

Palm wine cup

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

Physical Description

Cylindrical, wood carved cup with geometric motifs and linear, interlocking surface designs that cover the entire surface of the object.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1940

Accession Number

1983/1.372

Medium and Support

wood

relevance

rank 4.95880

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

containers

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

descriptors

design elements

drinking vessels

motifs

objects we use

people and culture

social science concepts

social status

sociological concepts

vessels for serving and consuming food

Title

Palm Wine Drinking Horn

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

Physical Description

Buffalo horn with concentric circles, geometric shapes and beadlike bands carved in relief follow the natural contours of the horn to its pointed tip. Has a local repair—a metal suture sewn at the mouth to stabilize a crack. Has cord pierced through tip.

Century

late 18th - early 19th century

Object Creation Date

1800-1850

Accession Number

2005/1.209

Medium and Support

buffalo horn

relevance

rank 4.95880

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

containers

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

descriptors

design elements

drinking vessels

motifs

objects we use

people and culture

social science concepts

social status

sociological concepts

vessels for serving and consuming food

Title

Untitled (Street Scene)

Artist

Jean Paul Slusser

Physical Description

This is a watercolor painting in a vertical format painted in bright colors of red, blue, yellow and green. In the foreground, there is a group of men working around the base of a tall pole from which hangs a large red flag or banner. Behind the men is a backdrop of red drapery and to the side, a wooden staircase. There are buildings in the background with yellowish brown walls and green roofs.

Artist Life Dates

1886 -1981

Century

Mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2009/1.539

Medium and Support

watercolor on paper

relevance

rank 4.95555

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

associated concepts

buildings and the land

circulation elements

components

components and systems

components by specific context

cultural landscapes

cultural landscapes by location or context

earth sciences concepts

landscapes (environments)

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

physical sciences concepts

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

stairs and stair components

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

Diptych on Vietnam (two of two)

Artist

Michael Joseph

Physical Description

Spray painted image of a soldier running in action wearing a gas mask. Overall colors of white, red, green, yellow and pink. There is text across the image "The Class of 65..."

Object Creation Date

2nd half of the 20th century

Accession Number

2013/2.308B

Medium and Support

paint on panel

relevance

rank 4.95480

Secondary Keywords

armed forces

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

buildings and the land

concepts in the arts

memorials

organizations

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in military occupations

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

Title

Stone Cottage

Artist

Ilse Bing

Physical Description

A stone cottage in the middle of a valley. There are mountains behind it on either side. The farthest one is snow covered.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998

Object Creation Date

1938

Accession Number

2014/2.270

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 4.95189

Secondary Keywords

downward

associated concepts

buildings and the land

dwellings

earth sciences concepts

houses

houses by form

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

precipitation

residential structures

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

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 4.95044

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

Title

House Last Night

Artist

Joel Meyerowitz

Physical Description

Upper portion of a house at sunset. The sky is projecting red, orange, purple and blue colors against the building. The house has many windows and a skylight.

Artist Life Dates

born 1938

Object Creation Date

1991

Accession Number

2012/2.122

Medium and Support

vintage chromogenic contact print on paper

relevance

rank 4.94869

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

associated concepts

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

dwellings

earth sciences concepts

enclosing structural elements

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

residential structures

roofs and roof components

scientific concepts

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

Title

Composition

Artist

Auguste Herbin

Physical Description

Flat, colorful, overlapping geometric and biomorphic abstract forms

Artist Life Dates

1882 - 1960

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1927

Accession Number

1955/2.10

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 4.94227

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

faces

forms of expression

genres

image-making processes and techniques

modern and contemporary art

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

people and culture

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

Title

Everything You Wish in the Nine Heavens: Gods of Wealth Increase Good Fortune

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Two male figures wearing official robes and hats, sit side by side on thrones. The one on the right holds a shoe-shaped ingot and a scepter. The god on the left holds only a shoe-shaped ingot. In front of them is basin filled with coins and rarities such as jewels, branches of coral and shining ingots. On the right, a smaller male figure holds a horse on a tray while his counter part on the left holds a brush and a scroll. At the top is a sinuous dragon whose spine is composed of coins and above him is a horse bearing a stack of shoe-shaped ingots.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2006/2.49

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 4.94223

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

descriptors

exchange media

identifying artifacts

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

legendary creatures

mammals

money

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

people and culture

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

symbols of office

Title

Food Will Win the War - You cam here seeking Freedom - You must now help to preserve it - Wheat is needed for the allies - Waste nothing

Artist

Charles Edward Chambers

Physical Description

Text: Food Will Win the War - You cam here seeking Freedom - You must now help to preserve it - Wheat is needed for the allies - Waste nothing - United States Food Administration

Artist Life Dates

1883-1941

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1917-1918

Accession Number

1954/2.35.17

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 4.94041

Secondary Keywords

americas

armed conflicts

associated concepts

declaratory and advertising artifacts

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

events

figures

geography

how we live

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

locality

materials

materials by function

modern and contemporary art

new york

north & central america

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

physical sciences concepts

scientific concepts

ships

text-based art

united states

war

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

world wars

Title

Last Supper, from "You and What Army"

Artist

Anthony Goicolea

Physical Description

Large color photograph depicting a grouping of eight boys in a triangular horizontal arrangement parallel to the picture plane wearing navy blue hooded coats. Figures are grouped around a large boulder in a wooded area feasting on sliced white “Wonder” bread.

Artist Life Dates

born 1971

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1999

Accession Number

2004/2.9

Medium and Support

color c-print on paper

relevance

rank 4.93749

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

concepts in the arts

cultural landscapes

cultural landscapes by location or context

descriptors

electronic images

historical, theoretical and critical concepts

inorganic material

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by composition

materials by function

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

philosophical concepts

physical activities

physical activities by general context

settlements and landscapes

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

wilderness

Title

Male Spirit Spouse Figure (Blolo Bian)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples Côte D'Ivoire

Physical Description

Male figured seated on high-backed stool with hands resting on abdomen; symmetrical scarification patterns on cheeks and temples, also down center of forehead and at base of the nose. Coiffure is high crested and segmented. Figure wears sandals and necklace or amulet around neck. Figure has sheen to patina, pigmented deep brown in contrast to stool. Figure has bore hole in back between buttocks.

Century

Mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1920-1960

Accession Number

1971/2.32

Medium and Support

wood, pigment

relevance

rank 4.93722

Secondary Keywords

analytical functions

associated concepts

figures (representations)

functions

functions (activities)

functions by general context

objects we use

people and culture

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

sculpture

sculpture by material

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Temple in the Mountains

Artist

Kanô School

Physical Description

The composition is a well-established type: a complex of temple buildings is tucked into a mountainside, on the shore of a broad body of water, with mists rising to obscure the distant peaks. The artist provides a path leading from the viewer’s space to the temple. Two travelers go before us, a hooded figure riding a donkey over a rustic bridge, and another man striding along on foot, further ahead. The temple buildings themselves are hidden behind thick foliage, as if protected from the secular world.Here the forms of the rocky outcroppings, the trees, and even the mountains are starkly outlined, and there are strong contrasts of light and dark. These features suggest that this is a work of by a professional Kanô School artist, probably of the seventeenth century.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1955/1.263

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 4.93141

Secondary Keywords

upward

associated concepts

buildings and the land

coating (material)

coating by form

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by function

natural landscapes

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

plants

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

woody plants

Title

Chief's hat

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon

Physical Description

Miter-shaped hat with double layer of fabric made from whorls of light-colored cotton applique on dark green velveteen ground. Sides of hat terminate in red tassels. Front edge of hat is trimmed with red fabric.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1925-1975

Accession Number

1997/1.171

Medium and Support

cotton appliqué with tassels

relevance

rank 4.92746

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

associated concepts

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

descriptors

headgear

needleworking

needleworking and needleworking techniques

objects we use

people and culture

political concepts

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by material

processes and techniques by specific type

social science concepts

social status

sociological concepts

textile processes and techniques

textile working processes and techniques

Title

Casket with inscription in floriated Kufic script

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

12th century

Object Creation Date

12th century

Accession Number

1959/1.113

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.92423

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

containers

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Abstract Composition (Abstrakte Komposition)

Artist

László Moholy-Nagy

Physical Description

A spare and restrained abstract composition, built up out of layers of mostly translucent basic geometric forms. The grey tones of the background are created with large rectangle shapes. In the upper part of the piece is a light colored circle, with a brighter circle inside it. Both are crossed by an axis of bright, thin orange lines. On the left, the point of a triangle protrudes from the edge. It is covered by a faint gray trapezoidal shape. Three small black semi-circles are also visible: one along the lines inside the circles; the other two along the trapezoidal shape and just beneath the triangle.

Artist Life Dates

Hungary, 1895-1946

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1925

Accession Number

1953/2.9

Medium and Support

watercolor, India ink, and collage on off-white wove paper

relevance

rank 4.92396

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

coating (material)

coating by form

concepts in the arts

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

genres

geometric concepts

geometric figures

international post-1945 styles and movements

materials

materials by function

mathematical concepts

modern and contemporary art

modern european regional styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

modern german styles and movements

objects we use

paintings

paintings by material or technique

people and culture

plane figures

polygons

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

scientific concepts

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Esterhazy, from "Dreyfus Affair"

Artist

Ben Shahn

Physical Description

A portrait of a man sitting down. Shown in military dress, he sits with his legs crossed and is painted from the front. His coat is decorated with a medal and embellished with gold and fur trimmings. Although he is painted seated, there is nothing but a dark shadow beneath him. Underneath the portrait reads "Esterhazy".

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

2011/1.112.2

Medium and Support

pochoir print on paper

relevance

rank 4.92379

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

costume

costume by function

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in military occupations

physical activities

physical activities by general context

social science concepts

sociological concepts

uniforms

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

From a Day of Grief, Kerch, Crimea, January 1942

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

A woman grieving while standing over dead bodies of young men in Kerch, Crimea.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.68

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 4.92379

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

emotion

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

people by state or condition

photographic prints

photographic prints by process

photographs

photographs by form

positives

psychological concepts

social science concepts

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Portrait of Arnold Schönberg

Artist

Felix Albrecht Harta

Physical Description

Minimal line drawing presents a 3/4 profile of man, with right ear, a tuft of hair, mouth, nose, full right eye, partial left eye, eyebrows, eye lashes, and minimal chin.

Artist Life Dates

(1884 - 1967)

Century

20th century

Accession Number

2007/2.112

Medium and Support

graphite on beige wove paper

relevance

rank 4.92251

Secondary Keywords

image form

associated concepts

austria (nation)

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

objects we use

people and culture

social science concepts

social status

sociological concepts

vienna state (state)

views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

visual works by form

visual works by subject type

Title

I-S Va 2 (Six Variants)

Artist

Josef Albers

Physical Description

An abstract print of six red rectangluar shapes

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Object Creation Date

1969

Accession Number

2011/1.117

Medium and Support

screenprint on Arches

relevance

rank 4.92080

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

copies (derivative objects)

derivative objects

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

geometric concepts

geometric figures

mathematical concepts

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

object genres

originals and derivative objects

people and culture

plane figures

polygons

quadrilaterals

scientific concepts

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Love

Artist

Robert Indiana

Physical Description

The word “love” printed in capital letters in red on a blue and green background with a black border or frame

Artist Life Dates

born 1928

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

2002/1.234

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 4.91728

Secondary Keywords

artistic concepts

associated concepts

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

concepts relating to the creative process

devotional images

information form components

international post-1945 styles and movements

layout features

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

religious visual works

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

text-based art

visual works

visual works by function

Title

Spring Warms River Nu

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

Two men rafting in the waves of River Nu.

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

last quarter of 20th century

Object Creation Date

1971

Accession Number

2006/1.144

Medium and Support

horizontal hanging scroll, ink on rice paper

relevance

rank 4.91715

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

coating (material)

coating by form

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by function

natural landscapes

objects we use

paintings

paintings by form

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

riverine bodies

scientific concepts

scroll paintings

seasons

settlements and landscapes

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Male Figure (possibly mukuya figure repurposed as nkisi)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Beembe Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

Physical Description

Wood-carved, standing figure with knees slightly flexed, prominent gentalia, naturalistic face, pointed beard and eyes inset with a white material, probably small ceramic fragments. The feet are missing. It wears a metal ring around its neck, and a string with metal fragments, glass beads and a small metal bell is attached across its chest, from arm to arm. A vertical crack on the front right side of the figure is filled with a gauzy material.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1870

Accession Number

2005/1.189

Medium and Support

wood, beads, metal, ceramic fragments

relevance

rank 4.91444

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

fetish figures

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by family relationship

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

sculpture

sculpture by function

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Design Cloth

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

Physical Description

Square panel of raffia, cut-pile cloth; top is even, plush surface; intersecting linear pattern creates geometic diamond motifs in contrasting dark and light browns. Back is woven raffia cloth.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1970

Accession Number

1986/2.105

Medium and Support

raffia, cloth, dye

relevance

rank 4.91444

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

descriptors

design elements

fiber

fiber and fiber products

materials

materials by form

materials by physical form

motifs

object genres

object genres by material

people and culture

social science concepts

social status

sociological concepts

Title

The Mendicant

Artist

Jean-François Millet

Artist Life Dates

1814-1875

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1857-1858

Accession Number

1955/1.107

Medium and Support

black chalk on off-white paper

relevance

rank 4.89961

Secondary Keywords

architecture

associated concepts

building divisions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

family

food

genres

how we live

materials

materials by function

objects

people and culture

people and occupations

relationships

religious figures

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by function

social science concepts

sociological concepts

work and instructional spaces

Title

Pink and white silk bokashi-dyed underkimono with woven designs of triangles

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Satin damask with twill triangular designs (heike uroko) and bird crests (?) and talsimanic arrows (hung with bells). Unlined but with deep hem and lined sleeves.

Century

second half of 20th century

Object Creation Date

1960s-1980s

Accession Number

2005/1.398

Medium and Support

Satin damask with twill designs

relevance

rank 4.89835

Secondary Keywords

animal material

associated concepts

costume

costume by form

descriptors

fiber and fiber products

fiber products

fibroinous material

geometric concepts

geometric figures

main garments

materials

materials by form

materials by origin

materials by physical form

mathematical concepts

objects we use

people and culture

plane figures

polygons

scientific concepts

textile materials

textile materials by process or technique

textile materials by weaving technique