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- Title
- "Buddha (B)" [Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; Japanese, Kannon bosatsu]
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.241
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.06683
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- doctrinal concepts
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- "Asuka (Kudara Kannon)" [Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; Japanese, Kannon bosatsu]
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.14
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.06683
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- doctrinal concepts
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- “Heads should be bowed to him,” quotation from the Avalokitesvara Sutra
- Artist
- Yueshan Daozong (J. Etsuzan Dôshû; Ôbaku Etsuzan)
- Physical Description
- Long calligraphy hanging scroll with green colored backing. Calligraphy paper is faded. Black ink. Stamps in red in the top right corner and near the bottom on the left. A smaller font of calligraphy is set on the left side while the larger set of calligraphy takes up the center of the scroll.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1629-1709
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1660-1709
- Accession Number
- 1999/1.105
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.06050
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- bodhisattva
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- doctrinal concepts
- image-making processes and techniques
- japanese buddhism
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Tri Wing Spin
- Artist
- Gary Simmons
- Physical Description
- This print depicts three black forms, in the shape of feathered wings, over a cream background with gray block lettering. The tips of the feathers have active brush strokes that give the appearance that they are moving in a circular, clockwise direction in the center of the print.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born 1964
- Object Creation Date
- 2005
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.42
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on white pescia paper
- relevance
- rank 6.05736
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- dynamics
- information form components
- keratinous material
- materials
- materials by origin
- mechanics concepts
- people and culture
- phonetic signs
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- scientific concepts
- script and type forms
- script and type signs
- Title
- Sheep on a Snow-covered Field, North of Holland
- Artist
- Leonard Freed
- Physical Description
- Sheep in the middle of a field covered in snow. The sky above is all white.
- Object Creation Date
- 1964
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.343
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.04888
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- earth sciences concepts
- mammals
- ornament areas
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- precipitation
- scientific concepts
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Yellow - Black - Blue, 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
- 1978/2.61.12
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on Italia paper
- relevance
- rank 6.04077
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- people and culture
- Title
- Yellow - Red - Blue, 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
- 1978/2.61.11
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on Italia paper
- relevance
- rank 6.04077
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- people and culture
- Title
- Suaga Helmet Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Mambila
- Physical Description
- A wooden helmet with elongated beak and small dark brown feather on top. The colors overall are dark brown, white and rust.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.74
- Medium and Support
- wood, hair, pigment
- relevance
- rank 6.04077
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- animals and creatures
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- costume
- forms of expression
- objects we use
- 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 6.04077
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- people and culture
- 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 6.04077
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- people and culture
- Title
- Imari Vase
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1860 - circa 1910
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.136A&B
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze and overglaze enamel painting
- relevance
- rank 6.04013
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- concepts relating to the creative process
- descriptors
- design elements
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- plants
- the natural world
- vessels
- Title
- Upper Right/New City Hall, Boston City Hall
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A black and white print of two corners. One is partially covered by a shadow.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1970
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.126
- Medium and Support
- black and white lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.03981
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- enclosing structural elements
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- light-related concepts
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- scientific concepts
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- walls and wall components
- Title
- Lower Left/New City Hall, Boston City Hall
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A black and white print of the lower portions of three walls. Most of the floor is covered in shadow.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1970
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.128
- Medium and Support
- black and white lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.03981
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- enclosing structural elements
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- light-related concepts
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- scientific concepts
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- walls and wall components
- Title
- Upper Left/New City Hall, Boston City Hall
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A black and white print of three walls that are gradually covered by a shadow.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1971
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.134
- Medium and Support
- black and white lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.03981
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- enclosing structural elements
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- light-related concepts
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- scientific concepts
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- walls and wall components
- Title
- Upper Left/New City Hall, Boston City Hall
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A black and white sketch of the upper portions of three walls. The first wall on the left is covered in shadow, the middle wall is partially covered, and last one is in the light.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1970
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.127
- Medium and Support
- black and white lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.03981
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- enclosing structural elements
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- light-related concepts
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- scientific concepts
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- walls and wall components
- Title
- Lower Right/New City Hall, Boston City Hall
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A black and white print of the lower half of three walls. Two are in the light, while one is in the dark.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1970
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.129
- Medium and Support
- black and white lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.03981
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- enclosing structural elements
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- light-related concepts
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- scientific concepts
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- walls and wall components
- Title
- New City Hall, Boston City Hall
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A black and white print of the corner between two walls and its shadow.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1970
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.131
- Medium and Support
- black and white lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.03981
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- enclosing structural elements
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- light-related concepts
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- scientific concepts
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- walls and wall components
- Title
- Longquan ware lotus-shaped funerary jar with molded & incised designs and cover (broken)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 960-1279
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.71A&B
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 6.03121
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- containers
- containers by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- vessels
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Giuseppe Santomaso
- Physical Description
- This abstract lithograph consists of a gray background with some yellow and black tones at the corners. An uneven red lines cuts vertically through the center-right of the composition. A black line cuts diagonally across the bottom left corner, curving to the right at the top. White sections cut into the gray background on the left side of the composition.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1907 - 1990
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1966
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.140
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.03121
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- modern and contemporary art
- people and culture
- Title
- Covered funerary jar in the shape of a lotus bud, with molded and incised design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 11th century
- Object Creation Date
- 10th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.87A&B
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware with celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 6.03121
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- containers
- containers by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- vessels
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a seed pod
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a small ball with a short, slightly curved, angular tail or handle attached to it.
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.134
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 6.01729
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- geographic and political locations
- geometric concepts
- goldweights
- landscapes (environments)
- mathematical concepts
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- Title
- Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia), from "Woodland Portraits"
- Artist
- Jeannette Klute
- Physical Description
- Three cone-shaped foawflower blooms in the upper portion of the print. There is a lightsource from the top illuminating some of its leaves, making them visible against a dark background.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1917 - 2009)
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.14.11
- Medium and Support
- vintage dye transfer print on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.01705
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- electromagnetic radiation
- energy
- energy and related concepts
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- light (energy)
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- plants
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Three spears base on top of spear front, spear finial, iridescent color, hand painted
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- This is a clear glass inkwell with a metal collar and sphere finial lid. The body has a hollow glass sphere resting on a base of three solid glass spheres. Each of the spheres is decorated with painted leaves and flowers.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.233
- Medium and Support
- glass, metal
- relevance
- rank 6.01423
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by origin
- mathematical concepts
- people and culture
- plant material
- scientific concepts
- solids (geometric)
- Title
- Feather Headdress from Cameroon Ensemble
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon
- Physical Description
- Cone-like in shape with feathers tems on top, wrapped in fibers, The feathers are purple and green, with fluffy feathers coming out of the top.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.78.3
- Medium and Support
- feathers, fabric and palm fiber
- relevance
- rank 6.00924
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- events
- forms of expression
- objects we use
- people and culture
- Title
- Holy Anne with Two Others (Hl. Anna selbtritt)
- Artist
- Otto Dix
- Physical Description
- Three center female figures with exposed breasts and halos. Entire picture composed of overlapping U- or V-shaped charcoal strokes.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1891 - 1969
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1914
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.92
- Medium and Support
- charcoal on ready brown wove paper
- relevance
- rank 6.00924
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- religious figures
- Title
- Black kimono with the character kotobuki in several scripts, in deep red
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Silk crepe dyed black with areas of wax-resist in the shape of kotobuki characters. These characters were brushed with red, which matches the inner red lining of momi plain weave silk above with persimmon silk crepe below.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.390
- Medium and Support
- black silk crepe with red paint
- relevance
- rank 6.00924
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- biological concepts
- costume
- costume by form
- main garments
- objects we use
- people and culture
- scientific concepts
- Title
- The Downtrodden (Zertretene)
- Artist
- Käthe Kollwitz
- Artist Life Dates
- 1867 - 1945
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.9
- Medium and Support
- aquatint and etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.00098
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- emotion
- figures
- how we live
- modern and contemporary art
- movement
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- psychological concepts
- rites of passage
- social science concepts
- Title
- Vairocana Buddha (Japanese, Dainichi Nyorai)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- A figure is sitting on a lotus-shaped pedestal, which is itself placed on an hexagonal pedestal. The figure wears a drape hanging from the left shoulder and covering the bottom. The arms are placed in front; right hand holding the left index finger. The facial expression is calm; the two eyes looking down; a dot on the forehead. Two elongated ears. A tall crown on the head. The two halos are on the back of the figure; one behind the head and other behind the torso. Two halos are surrounded by an oval-shaped dais. The statue and pedestals are guilded with gold; some polychrome remnants.
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.59.1
- Medium and Support
- cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding
- relevance
- rank 5.99157
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- doctrinal concepts
- earth sciences concepts
- figures (representations)
- motifs
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- physical sciences concepts
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- scientific concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Crystal two-pyramid lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A two-bottle inkwell shaped to look like two square pyramids.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.261
- Medium and Support
- glass, metal
- relevance
- rank 5.99077
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- descriptors
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- mathematical concepts
- objects we use
- people and culture
- polyhedra
- scientific concepts
- solids (geometric)
- Title
- Odeon Table, from "Tribeca, 10013"
- Artist
- Donna Ferrato
- Physical Description
- This is a black and white photograph of several place settings on a cloth covered table. Plates, forks and napkins are arranged around salt and pepper shakers in the center. There are four clear glasses that have shadows projecting designs onto the tablecloth. The viewpoint is looking down from above.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born 1949
- Object Creation Date
- 2005
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.51.5
- Medium and Support
- pigment print on fiber paper
- relevance
- rank 5.97805
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- light-related concepts
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- scientific concepts
- support furniture
- tables (support furniture)
- tables by function
- Title
- Power figure (nkisi)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Vili
- Physical Description
- Carved wooden figure of a human. The umbilicus protrudes and is concave, which would have held magical/medicinal substances. The figure is posed with crossed legs and one hand supprting the head. The face is detailed.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.183
- Medium and Support
- wood, woven cotton fiber, glass, split cane, elephant hair, metal, resin
- relevance
- rank 5.97105
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- healing
- people and culture
- Title
- Untitled [Two children with a snow shovel]
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Physical Description
- This print depicts two children in the snow with a snow shovel.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/2.32
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.96844
- Secondary Keywords
- asia (continent)
- associated concepts
- construction equipment
- earth sciences concepts
- earthmoving equipment
- economic concepts
- equipment
- equipment by process
- geographic and political locations
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- physical sciences concepts
- precipitation
- scientific concepts
- seasons
- shovels
- social science concepts
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- youth
- Title
- Paysage
- Artist
- Camille Pissarro
- Physical Description
- Landscape with a horizon line just below center. Land is horizontal waves in various shades of green. The line of trees at the horizon on left. The sky is blue-grey with four clouds.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1830-1903
- Object Creation Date
- mid 18th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.617
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel
- relevance
- rank 5.96584
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- earth sciences concepts
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Landscape (Paysage)
- Artist
- Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps
- Physical Description
- A densely painted work, this cacnvas portrays a landscape with dramatic clouds. Autumnal colors predominate this rocky landscape with several figures in the middle distance; in the distance a line of trees projects above the horizon line.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1803-1860
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1823-1860
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.261
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 5.96584
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- earth sciences concepts
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Landscape with Stormy Sky
- Artist
- John Linnell
- Physical Description
- This watercolor, chalk and pastel on brown paper depicts a loosely sketched landscape with a dramatic grey-blue cloud taking up most of the composition. A triangular sliver of green and white water interrupts the land and sky from the left below the horizon line. The foreground is rendered in a broad wash of brown watercolor.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1792 - 1882)
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.221
- Medium and Support
- black chalk, white and green pastel and watercolor on brown wove paper
- relevance
- rank 5.96584
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- earth sciences concepts
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Design for a square plate, signed
- Artist
- Hamada Shôji
- Physical Description
- Design for a square plate with stylized plant design painted on paper in ink. Signed.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1894 - 1978
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.221
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper, unmounted
- relevance
- rank 5.94144
- Secondary Keywords
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- concepts in the arts
- concepts relating to the creative process
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- image-making processes and techniques
- materials
- materials by function
- mathematical concepts
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- quadrilaterals
- rectangles
- scientific concepts
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Sketch of a Seated Beggar
- Artist
- Pablo Picasso
- Physical Description
- A sketch of a man seated and begging for money with a bowl in his left hand. He is drawn from the left angle and is facing forawrds, away from the artist. He is unshaved and wearing tattered clothing and no shoes. The shadows of the beggar suggest he is sitting on the street against a wall.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1881 - 1973
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1950
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.531
- Medium and Support
- graphite and ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.93528
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- light-related concepts
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- roads
- roads by form
- scientific concepts
- transportation spaces
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Way to Deadman's Cove
- Artist
- Warren Lombard
- Physical Description
- This forest scene has three trees in the middle of the composition; a straight narrow tree lies in the middle, with a tree next to it leaning diagonally to the right, and a smaller tree in the background to the left. On either side of the composition are more trees. Behind the middle trees we can see the forest open up with a lighter space. The bottom third of the composition shows the forest floor, a faint path, and shadows cast by the trees.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1855-1939
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1926
- Accession Number
- 1940.36
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.93504
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- cultural landscapes
- cultural landscapes by location or context
- descriptors
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- landscapes (environments)
- light-related concepts
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern and contemporary art
- natural landscapes
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- plant material
- plants
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- walkways
- wilderness
- woody plants
- Title
- Bodhisattva (Jokaisho Bosatsu): esoteric Buddhist iconographic drawing
- Artist
- Takuma Tametô
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1132-1174
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.99
- Medium and Support
- handscroll fragment, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.93249
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- doctrinal concepts
- document genres
- document genres by form
- figures (representations)
- information forms
- motifs
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- An Evening in a Hot Spring
- Artist
- Yoshida Hiroshi
- Physical Description
- This work depicts an evening scene in a hot spring.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1876 - 1950
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930-1950
- Accession Number
- 1939.3
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.92459
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- chinese
- chinese dynastic styles and periods
- chinese styles and periods
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- east asian
- eastern zhou
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- inorganic material
- light-related concepts
- materials
- materials by composition
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- scientific concepts
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- zhou
- Title
- Starlight
- Artist
- Chun Wen Wang
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1956
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1997
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.137
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with black glaze with “oil spot” design
- relevance
- rank 5.91125
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- people and culture
- Title
- Penn Station
- Artist
- Louis Stettner
- Physical Description
- A girl in a short dress walking next to the light coming in from the windows. Man walking towards her, she has a very dark shadow.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1922
- Object Creation Date
- 1958; printed 2000
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.178
- Medium and Support
- toned gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.90863
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- daylight
- electromagnetic radiation
- energy
- energy and related concepts
- guideway vehicles
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- light (energy)
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- rail guideway vehicles
- railroad cars
- scientific concepts
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- Title
- Casitas al Sol
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A high-angled view of a house with two women sitting on its stoop. In the frame the house has an inverted corner, putting the women in the shadows of the larger portion of the home.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.99
- Medium and Support
- black and white lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.89575
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- building divisions
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- dwellings
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- light-related concepts
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- residential structures
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by form
- scientific concepts
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- uncovered spaces
- Title
- Untitled (March 5th) #2
- Artist
- Felix Gonzalez-Torres
- Physical Description
- Two forty-watt light bulbs in simple porcelain light sockets hang together by their extension cords from a nail on the wall.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1957-1996
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1991
- Accession Number
- 1999/2.17
- Medium and Support
- 40-watt light bulbs, extension cords, porcelain light sockets
- relevance
- rank 5.87967
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- biological concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- events
- found object sculpture
- found objects
- furnishings components
- genres
- health and related concepts
- health-related concepts
- illness
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- lighting device components
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- personal life events
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- psychological concepts
- scientific concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by form
- sculpture by material
- social science concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Model of a four-story watchtower
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- model of a four story tower
- each story has a movable door attached to the building through hinges
- a human figurine stands in front of each door
- Century
- 1st century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st century
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.71.4
- Medium and Support
- red earthenware with green lead glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.87954
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- people and culture
- Title
- Model of a four-story watchtower
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- model of a four story tower
- each story has a movable door attached to the building through hinges
- a human figurine stands in front of each door
- Century
- 1st century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st century
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.71.1
- Medium and Support
- red earthenware with green lead glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.87954
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- people and culture
- Title
- Model of a four-story watchtower
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- model of a four story tower
- each story has a movable door attached to the building through hinges
- a human figurine stands in front of each door
- Century
- 1st century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st century
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.71.3
- Medium and Support
- red earthenware with green lead glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.87954
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- people and culture
- Title
- Model of a four-story watchtower
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- part of the grave furnishing assemblage for the well-to-do family in Central Plains region of Han Dynasty China during the first century CE
- Century
- 1st century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st century
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.71.2
- Medium and Support
- red earthenware with green lead glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.87954
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- people and culture
- Title
- Flywhisk (mpiya, nsea, nfunka or nyese)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Dondo Peoples Congo Republic
- Physical Description
- Wood-carved flywhisk is shape of a woman. Her torso doubles as the whisk handle and is scarified with leaden inlay, which has been worn smooth due to extended use. A red cotton wrap marks the transition zone between the female’s torso and the buffalo hair whisk below. The whisk visually acts as a grass skirt completing the above figure’s body and dress.
- Century
- late 18th - early 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1800
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.176
- Medium and Support
- wood, lead, cotton fiber, buffalo hair
- relevance
- rank 5.87798
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- disciplines
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- objects we use
- occult sciences
- people and culture
- political concepts
- social science concepts
- social status
- sociological concepts
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Maebyeong (wine storage jar) with design cranes, butterflies, & stylized clouds
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- The vase has a slightly outward-turned rim and a short neck. The elegantly-shaped bottle flares out to a broad shoulder, then tapers gradually to a slim waist before flaring out once more at the base. The shoulder, mid-belly and base of the vase are decorated with black and white clay-inlaid cloud, crane and butterfly motifs.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.80
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware with inlaid with white and black slip under celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.87310
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- associated concepts
- birds
- containers
- containers by form
- earth sciences concepts
- insects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- vessels
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena