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Title

The Square House, Amsterdam

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Physical Description

A street facing onto a canal is seen at a very slight angle. The three buildings each have balconies (some enclosed), banks of windows, and doors at the water's edge. A dense network of hatching lines describe the brick facades, balconies and windows, and reflecions.

Artist Life Dates

1834-1903

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1889

Accession Number

1954/1.404

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint, printed in brown ink on laid paper

relevance

rank 5.09974

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Untitled (Mountains with Trees)

Artist

Morley Baer

Physical Description

The top of a mountain with trees on top and a very cloudy sky. The top of the mountain appears to be much lighter than the rest of the darker mountain. On the left hand side of the upper portion of mountain there appears to be a mowed section of grass.

Artist Life Dates

1916-1995

Object Creation Date

1916-1995

Accession Number

2012/1.239

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 5.09380

Secondary Keywords

upward

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Title

In the Mountain Fastness

Artist

Daniel Huntington

Physical Description

Dark landscape set atop a rocky mountain with sparse vegetation. There is a small boulder in the left foreground space with a dead tree standing beside it; in the right foreground there is what appears to be a small cave. A dead and broken tree lies across the bottom of the picture frame. There are mountains in the distance and a dark stormy sky above with a break in the clouds near the center of the canvas that reveals a sunny blue sky.

Artist Life Dates

1816 - 1906

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1850

Accession Number

1916.1

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 5.09284

Secondary Keywords

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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 5.09151

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Trees in Fall - France

Artist

Ilse Bing

Physical Description

A tree-lined field with trees losing their leaves scattered throughout.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998

Object Creation Date

1935

Accession Number

2012/2.39

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 5.08796

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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Title

Sancai ware standing figure of a Central Asian groom

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

7th-11th century

Object Creation Date

618-907

Accession Number

1972/2.67

Medium and Support

earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze

relevance

rank 5.08716

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Title

Rubbing of Journey of the Soul to the Paradise of the Queen Mother of the West (2000/2.1) - Front

Artist

Bo Yang

Physical Description

Rubbing of limestone slab carved bas-relief with six registers. The lower register depicts a chariot procession above fish-inhabited waters. The central three registers depict figures carrying out funerary rites. The top register shows a winged creature with a human face flanked by two writhing dragons and other animals, including two rabbits and a nine-tailed fox.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1961

Century

21st century

Object Creation Date

2008

Accession Number

2008/1.154.1

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 5.08378

Secondary Keywords

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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 5.08124

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Tara

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India

Physical Description

Black schist carved in the relief of Green Tara, a guide and saviouress on the Buddhist path to enlightenment. She holds two lotuses, one open and one closed and makes the gesture of gift-giving with her palm facing outwards, towards the devotee.

Century

10th century

Object Creation Date

10th century

Accession Number

1981/2.156

Medium and Support

black schist

relevance

rank 5.07029

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

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Title

Late Autumn Landscape

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

The entire top portion of this painting is seemingly blank, but represents the air and atmosphere. Below are mountains hugged by clouds and trees and vegetation in the phase of autumn.

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

1966/2.1

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

relevance

rank 5.06949

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Virgin of the Apocalypse

Artist

Gaetano Gandolfi

Physical Description

A woman dressed in a rose-colored robe with a blue mantle and flowing white veil stands on a silver crescent moon among a bank of dark clouds. A halo of stars encircles her head. She clasps both hands before her. The heads of two putti peak out from beneath her mantle next to her left hip. Her right foot treads upon a long serpent that curves back upon itself with an open mouth.

Artist Life Dates

(1728 - 1781)

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1770-1780

Accession Number

2009/1.537

Medium and Support

oil on canvas, mounted on board

relevance

rank 5.06632

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Funerary sculpture of a court lady

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

8th century

Object Creation Date

early 8th century

Accession Number

1984/1.298

Medium and Support

earthenware coated with white slip, traces of polychrome

relevance

rank 5.06612

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Title

Funerary sculpture of a civilian official

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

7th century

Object Creation Date

618-907

Accession Number

1995/1.79

Medium and Support

earthenware with three-color glaze

relevance

rank 5.06612

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Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 4 - Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done on Earth, as It Is in Heaven (Das Vaterunser - Dein Reich komme, Dein Wille geschehe, Wie im Himmel, also auch auf Erden)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

Three male figures dressed in dark clothing, with their backs to the viewer, stand on a shore facing the water as shafts of light break through dark clouds overhead. The figure at the viewer's left raises his hands in exultation. The man in the center stands with head tilted back; the figure at the viewer's righ looks down, as if at his hands. The words of the Lord's Prayer are presented in three lines of text, at the top, middle, and bottom of the composition.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.426

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 5.06456

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

Du Paty de Clam, from "Dreyfus Affair"

Artist

Ben Shahn

Physical Description

A portrait of a man's profile. He is decorated in military attire and his uniform embellished with gold trimmings. Beneath the piece reads "Du Paty de Clam".

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

2011/1.112.8

Medium and Support

pochoir print on paper

relevance

rank 5.06276

Secondary Keywords

image form

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Title

St. Jerome

Artist

Anonymous German (Anspach)

Physical Description

This small porcelain sculpture represents a gaunt, sinewy bearded figure, who is naked except for a loincloth. With his right knee wedged in a stump, his torso contracts with an inner tension as he pounds his chest with stones in an act of penitence. At his feet sits a lion.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1760-1770

Accession Number

1974/1.90

Medium and Support

porcelain

relevance

rank 5.06276

Secondary Keywords

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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 5.06102

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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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

1983/1.336.63

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 5.05968

Secondary Keywords

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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

1983/1.336.7

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 5.05968

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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

1983/1.336.9

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 5.05968

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Eight Views of Ômi: #1 Evening Snow on Mount Hira

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

The snowy mass of Mount Hira rises behind a snow-covered village and clumps of bamboo by an inlet of Lake Biwa. The attendant poem in the upper left corner reads:

He who would see the beauty of the evening on the peaks of

Hira must behold it after the snows have fallen and before the

flowers are fully blown.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1834

Accession Number

1948/1.134

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 5.05641

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Nativity

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

Paper trimmed to frame. Tacked down to mat on all four sides. Paper size: h 13 x tw 10 1/10cm & bw 10cm.

Artist Life Dates

Nüremberg, 1471-1528

Accession Number

2008/2.402

Medium and Support

woodcut on cream laid paper

relevance

rank 5.05516

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Title

Tsuba (sword guard) with design of Kanzan (Chinese, Han Shan) and Jittoku (Chinese, Shihde), two Zen eccentrics

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Circular tsuba, made of iron. It has two holes in the middle. Two figures, Kanzan and Jittoku, are carved on the lower right corner. Kanzan, who holds a scroll on his hand, and Jittoku, who holds a bloom stick and pointing to the sky, are looking upward. The two figures are carved slightly higher than the surface. On the back, there is the moon partially obscured by clouds. Gold and silver alloy inlays are applied to the moon and the clouds. Gold is also inlayed in their eyes, parts of the garments, and Kanzan's scroll. Shakudô (copper-gold alloy) is inlayed in Jittoku's bloom and his jacket collars.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

early 18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.5

Medium and Support

iron with gold, silver, and shakudô (copper-gold alloy) inlays

relevance

rank 5.05468

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and monk with Lakshmi-Narayana & Ardhanarishvara (fol. No. 42)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

This work is painted in tones of red, green, dark blue, and orange/gold, against a light background. At the top is a sun with a many rays and a human face. Below this are two seated figures who are unclothed. They are seated on thrones decorated with colorful designs. One has reddish skin and is shown in profile, looking at the sun with hands raised. The other has orange skin and is seated in a lotus posiiton, facing front. Below them is a scene that shows two figures, a woman and a blue-skinned man, turned toward a half-man, half-woman figure who is seated on a tiger rug. These figures are dressed in colorful clothing and adorned with jewelry and hold various objects in their hands.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.166

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 5.05411

Secondary Keywords

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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

1983/1.336.6

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 5.05265

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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

1983/1.336.61

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 5.05265

Secondary Keywords

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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

1983/1.336.67

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 5.05265

Secondary Keywords

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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

1983/1.336.60

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 5.05265

Secondary Keywords

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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

1983/1.336.62

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 5.05265

Secondary Keywords

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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

1983/1.336.64

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 5.05265

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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polygons

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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

1983/1.336.66

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 5.05265

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

aegean

aegean periods

associated concepts

early western world

geometric concepts

geometric figures

greek

mathematical concepts

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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

1983/1.336.59

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 5.05265

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

aegean

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early western world

geometric concepts

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greek

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visual and tactile

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

White Clouds Over the Creek, in the Style of Xinluo

Artist

Feng Chaoran (Feng Chao-an)

Physical Description

A man sits under a tree beside a creek. Behind him is a rock. He is contemplating and stares out of the picture frame with his back to the viewer.

Artist Life Dates

1882-1954

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1st half of 20th century

Accession Number

2006/1.116

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 5.05175

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

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descriptors

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materials

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weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

Uma-Maheshvara, a seated Shiva and Parvati (Uma)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Bengal

Physical Description

Shiva sits with his consort on a double lotus pedestal. He has six arms, his right three are in varada mudra [a giving gesture], holds a rosary and an arrow. His left arms cup his consorts left breast and hold a lotus flower and a bow. He sits in royal ease, with one leg pendant. He wears bracelets, armlets, necklaces, earrings, and a sacred thread that stretches form his left shoulder down past his waist. On his head he wears an elaborate jatamukuta, a crown interlaced with his matted locks. Parvati sits upon his knee with one leg tucked under her and the other pendant. She is also adorned with jewelry, but wears a more modest diadem at the front of her head.

Century

12th century

Object Creation Date

12th century

Accession Number

1964/2.85

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 5.04798

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

descriptors

figures

hindu

metal

named gods and goddesses

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Title

Yao Ritual Scroll

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

mid 19th century–mid 20th century

Object Creation Date

19th century - mid 20th century

Accession Number

1983/2.131

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on cotton

relevance

rank 5.04583

Secondary Keywords

animals

associated concepts

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objects

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reptiles and amphibians

supporting equipment

the natural world

tools and equipment

Title

Bethlehem, CT

Artist

David Vestal

Artist Life Dates

b. 1924

Object Creation Date

June 2003

Accession Number

2014/2.176

Medium and Support

black and white photograph on paper

relevance

rank 5.04132

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

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components

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coverings and hangings

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physical sciences concepts

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visual works

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windows and window components

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 5.04099

Secondary Keywords

armed conflicts

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publications

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Title

Winter in Weehawken

Artist

Henry Reuterdahl

Physical Description

This winter landscape scene is painted in light pastel colors including, white, blue, pink and gray. The artist has used vigorous brushstrokes and the paint has been applied thickly on the canvas. The scenery is not painted in detail but done in an impressionistic manner.

In the foreground, a snow-covered hill slopes downward from the upper right side of the composition to the lower left. There is one tall tree that frames the scene on the far right and several others clustered on the left. In the middleground area, seen through the branches of these trees, there are factories and buildings of a town. Also, there are figures ice skating on a pond, at the far left of the composition. In the far distance, seen over the edge of the slope, is the skyline of a city, the shapes of skyscrapers silhouetted against a cloudy sky.

Artist Life Dates

1871-1925

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1907

Accession Number

1931.15

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 5.04016

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

atmospheric effects

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geography

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landscapes (environments)

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people and culture

physical sciences concepts

plants

precipitation

scientific concepts

seasons

settlements and landscapes

the natural world

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

woody plants

Title

Under the Bridges on the Schuylkill

Artist

Joseph Pennell

Physical Description

The print displays a scene from a perspective on the water, underneath the bridges. Three bridges can be seen. The first bridge is closer to the viewer, with a pier in the center left of the scene, and the truss barely visible, cutting through the top of the image at an angle. Behind the first bridge, more of the second bridge can be seen, with two piers and an arched truss. The thrid bridge is in the background, right-hand section of the scene. The bridge piers cast six shadows into the rippling water.

Artist Life Dates

1857-1926

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1884

Accession Number

1954/1.306

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on paper

relevance

rank 5.03862

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

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Title

Clearing After Snow

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

In this scene mountains and a pavillion are covered by snow and dormant trees bear no leaves. Calligraphic text is in the upper right corner.

Artist Life Dates

1906 - 1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1981

Accession Number

2006/1.110

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 5.02938

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

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trees

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Title

Bamboo in Snow

Artist

Obaku Seikon (Taiho)

Physical Description

Gold and tan colored cloth with a scene of two bamboo shoots.

Artist Life Dates

1691-1774

Object Creation Date

circa 1760-1774

Accession Number

2014/2.252

Medium and Support

ink on silk, silk and paper backing

relevance

rank 5.02673

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

descriptors

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Title

Solitary Leisure in a Quiet Pavilion

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

This L-shaped composition uses soft yet bright colors to depict a curving road through rolling green mountains covered with the varing red tones of autumn trees. A solitary figure sits in a pavillion, and the scene is obscured by wisps of white clouds.

Artist Life Dates

1906-1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1974

Accession Number

2006/1.108

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 5.02628

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

coating (material)

coating by form

descriptors

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materials

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scroll paintings

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single built works

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Couple Making Love

Artist

Eli Levin

Physical Description

A black etching on white paper of two people on a bed making love. There are shoes underneath the bed on the left hand side of the scene and strewn about clothing on the right side.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1938

Accession Number

2012/1.231

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 5.02234

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

objects we use

people and culture

sleeping and reclining furniture

social science concepts

social structure

sociological concepts

Title

Vishnu Stele, four-armed Vishnu with two of his attributes personified

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

Vishnu stand in a strict unbending pose, samabhanga and has four hands. Reading clockwise from the front right hand, he holds lotus, a club, a discus and a conch. The lotus and conch are also personified with full standing figures at the base below his tow front hands, the lotus as a female figure to his right and the conch as a male figure to his left. On the pointed arch behind the figure a flying figure holding garlands is carved in shallow relief to either side of his crown. He wears a diaphanous lower cloth, the folds of the garment are articulated with a flared section down the center. He wears a long garland down to his knees, a sacred thread and various pieces of jewelry, including bracelets, armlets, a necklace and large earrings and an elaborate crown.

Century

10th century

Object Creation Date

circa 10th century

Accession Number

2003/1.385

Medium and Support

black schist

relevance

rank 5.02128

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

hindu

named gods and goddesses

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

subject matter

Title

Bhairava: Shiva as Lord of the Cremation Grounds

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Karnataka

Physical Description

Shiva as Bhairava stands against a plain pointed arch supported by pilasters with a kirtimukha or face of glory at the top. He stands in a trihanga pose, with his hip thrust to his right and wears platform sandals. He originally has four arms, the front two of which are broken away. His back two arms hold a decorated trident and a drum. He would have held a sword in one hand and a kapala, a cup made out of a scull and a hanging severed head in the other. He is naked, but wears much of jewelry including belts with pendant elements, anklets, armlets, bracelets, necklaces, a band just under his breasts and large circular earrings. He also wears a decorated sacred thread over his left shoulder. His has an elaborate coiffure in curls around the top of his head with a large topknot to one side. His face is badly damaged. Emaciated hungry ghosts attend him, the one to his right dancing with his hands raised above his head with a pot between his legs. The ghost who is on his left stands behind a dog, whose head has broken away. The ghost and the dog would have been playing with the absent severed head, adding to the ghoulish nature of the image.

Century

12th - 13th century

Object Creation Date

12th century -13th century

Accession Number

2001/2.131

Medium and Support

stone

relevance

rank 5.02128

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

hindu

named gods and goddesses

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religions

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Title

Ôtsu-e: Benkei with a Halberd (Naginata Benkei)

Artist

Japan, Signature and/or Seal Unread

Physical Description

This painting portrays Saito Musashibo Benkei holding a halberd. Benkei was a Japanese warrior monk, a popular subject of Japanese folklore. Here the painting is accompanied by text, which became common on images with moralistic messages poking fun at society.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1964/2.101

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 5.01230

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

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objects we use

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visual works by subject type

weapons and ammunition

writing (processes)

Title

Grave Jar with lid

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

11th - 12th century

Object Creation Date

11th century - 12th century

Accession Number

1987/2.46B

Medium and Support

stoneware with mottled olive green celadon glaze

relevance

rank 5.01230

Secondary Keywords

art genres

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closures

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containers

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covers (closures)

descriptors

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object genres by material

objects we use

people and culture

vessels

Title

What We All Lack (Ce qui manque à nous tous)

Artist

Man Ray

Physical Description

A clear glass bubble rests on the bowl of a plain white clay pipe. Along the stem of the pipe are the words, "Ce que [sic] manque à nous tous."

Artist Life Dates

1890 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1962

Accession Number

1997/1.129

Medium and Support

blown glass, clay, and wood

relevance

rank 5.01209

Secondary Keywords

smoking and tobacco use

associated concepts

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

words

Title

Padmavati (small folk bronze)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 17th century

Accession Number

1975/2.113

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 5.00638

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

Title

Standing goddess holding a lotus in her right hand

Artist

Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1978/2.128

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 5.00638

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts