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Title

Four-armed Vishnu

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan

Physical Description

Vishnu stands with his legs apart holding his four attributes in his hands. Reading in clockwise direction from his right front hand he holds: his club, discus, conch and lotus, here a rather flat object cupped in his palm. His back two arms are extremely short. The figure is encircled with a decorated arch with a line of beads and triangular shaped openings around them. A stylized sun and moon are to either side of Vishnu’s head. He wears a variety of simple, lumpy jewelry at his feet are a horse to his right and a bull or cow to his left and between them are three rings lying flat on the base. At the front of the base are seven stylized horses, identifying this as a combination figure: Vishnu and the sun god Surya, whose chariot is pulled by seven horses.

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

18th century - 19th century

Accession Number

1977/2.49

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 12.69161

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

combination inorganic/organic animal material

combination inorganic/organic material

descriptors

design elements

hindu

mammals

materials

materials by composition

motifs

named gods and goddesses

natural element motifs

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

percussive weapons

plant-derived motifs

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for competitive activities

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

shell (animal material)

shell and shell material

sports and athletic equipment

subject matter

track and field sports equipment

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Untitled (MDA Dance)

Artist

Eleanor Brown

Physical Description

A girl in a wheelchair smiling and a young man holding her hands and looking at the camera. He is kneeling on the ground next to her.

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.163

Medium and Support

black and white photograph on paper

relevance

rank 12.54905

Secondary Keywords

field sports

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by age group

physical activities

physical activities by location

physical activities by specific context

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Futbol Graffiti, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Artist

Kristin Capp

Physical Description

Image of graffiti on a wall. Soccer player with ball "Brasil 2002", telephone pole behind.

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2014/2.368

Medium and Support

archival pigment print on paper

relevance

rank 12.04758

Secondary Keywords

field sports

objects we use

people and culture

physical activities

physical activities by location

physical activities by specific context

visual works

visual works by location or context

Title

Carlos Leaving the Football Game, from "Let Them Kill Themselves, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY"

Artist

Danny Lyon

Physical Description

Four young men walking on a city street. There is a graffiti covered metal door and a dirty sidewalk. They are walking together in one line.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1942

Object Creation Date

1992; printed 2010

Accession Number

2013/2.354

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 11.96139

Secondary Keywords

image form

field sports

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

physical activities

physical activities by location

physical activities by specific context

views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

visual works by form

Title

Arsenio Playing Wiffleball, from "Let Them Kill Themselves, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY"

Artist

Danny Lyon

Physical Description

A man taking a swing with a bat in hand. He is wearing a baseball cap and one foot is off the ground. There is a painted brick background, on top of asphalt.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1942

Object Creation Date

1992-1993; printed 2010

Accession Number

2013/2.353

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 11.20219

Secondary Keywords

scale

buildings and the land

field sports

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

open spaces by function

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

physical activities

physical activities by location

physical activities by specific context

roads

roads by form

settlements

settlements and landscapes

settlements by form

transportation spaces

Title

Wiffleball Player, from "Let Them Kill Themselves, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY"

Artist

Danny Lyon

Physical Description

Man taking a hit with a wifflebat in position. He is on top of asphalt and a painted brick wall behind him.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1942

Object Creation Date

1992; printed 2010

Accession Number

2013/2.356

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 11.20219

Secondary Keywords

scale

buildings and the land

field sports

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

open spaces by function

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

physical activities

physical activities by location

physical activities by specific context

roads

roads by form

settlements

settlements and landscapes

settlements by form

transportation spaces

Title

The Michigan Stadium

Artist

Wilfred Byron Shaw

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1959

Accession Number

2008/2.284

Medium and Support

print on paper

relevance

rank 9.78681

Secondary Keywords

athletic fields

buildings and the land

field sports

geographic and political locations

institutional buildings

north and central america (continent)

objects we use

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

open spaces by function

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

physical activities

physical activities by location

physical activities by specific context

schools

schools by level of education

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

united states (nation)

universities and colleges

visual works

visual works by subject type

washtenaw (county)

Title

Durga, seated, with sixteen arms

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Physical Description

Durga sits with her legs in a half lotus position, crossed in front of her, but not interlaced. She has a narrow waist and rounded pointy breasts with broad shoulders. Her front two hands hold a rosary (also in a reassuring gesture) and a pot. Her other hands fan out around her. Reading clockwise, she carries a wide assortment of weapons, an arrow, sword, feather, club, discus, trident and [?] on her right and conch, bell, noose, trident, club?, shield, bow and a kapala (skull cup). She has large open eyes and a full mouth and nose. She wears jewelry including necklaces and shoulder loops, armlets, bracelets and large floral earrings. Her crown rest atop her head, but there are wing-like elements that fan out behind her ears. She sits on a squared base with stylized lotus petals over simpler moldings.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1981/2.59

Medium and Support

copper

relevance

rank 9.58804

Secondary Keywords

hollow-bodied

animal material

associated concepts

beads and sets of beads

bells and sets of bells

buildings and the land

chordophones

combination inorganic/organic animal material

combination inorganic/organic material

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

descriptors

directly struck idiophones

edged weapons

figures

herbaceous plants

keratinous material

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by composition

materials by origin

natural landscapes

object genres

object genres by form

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by state or condition

percussion idiophones

percussive weapons

plants

projectile weapons

projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant

projectiles with nonexplosive propellant

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for competitive activities

religions

religions and religious concepts

sets of beads

settlements and landscapes

shell (animal material)

shell and shell material

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

spears (weapons)

spears by form

sports and athletic equipment

staff weapons

struck idiophones

track and field sports equipment

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

weapons

weapons and ammunition

woody plants