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Title

Tonnerre, Rue de l'hopital, Roof with Seventeenth-Century Weathervanes

Artist

Emile Bernard

Physical Description

An ink drawing of a thatched roof and chimney. There are four windows, three to the front of the house and one on the side next to the chimney. At both ends of the roof are two wheathervanes, identified as being from the 17th century.

Artist Life Dates

(1868 - 1941)

Object Creation Date

1903-1941

Accession Number

2009/1.530

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 18.59898

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

chimneys and chimney components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

enclosing structural elements

heating and cooking elements

openings (architectural elements)

openings and opening components

openings by form

roofs and roof components

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

windows and window components

Title

The Visitation

Artist

Anonymous

Physical Description

Two women on a staircase in an embrace. A man on one side with an arm raised in greeting. Another man is on the other side with a bag over his shoulder.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1827

Accession Number

2013/2.560

Medium and Support

pencil, pen and brown ink on laid paper

relevance

rank 16.60800

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

associated concepts

biological concepts

chimneys and chimney components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

food

fruit

heating and cooking elements

materials

materials by function

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

religions

religions and religious concepts

scientific concepts

Title

Brick Building

Artist

Ben Shahn

Physical Description

A large, brick, factory building encompasses the canvas. The building is topped with smokestacks and features large, dark, rectangular windows across the sides of the building.

Artist Life Dates

1898-1969

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1948

Accession Number

1950/1.204

Medium and Support

India ink on paper

relevance

rank 15.58841

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

buildings and the land

chimneys (architectural elements)

chimneys and chimney components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

heating and cooking elements

industrial buildings

industrial structures

openings (architectural elements)

openings and opening components

openings by form

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

windows and window components

Title

Chimineas

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

A woodblock print on toned paper of an abstract rendition of a skyline of chimneys. There is perspective in the use of tall chimneys attached to their base structures, while chimenys in the distance remain shorter and thinner.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1956

Accession Number

2011/2.94

Medium and Support

woodblock print on on paper

relevance

rank 15.44907

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

architectural elements

chimneys and chimney components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

drawings

drawings by method of projection

drawings by method of representation

heating and cooking elements

objects we use

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

relief prints

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

The Seated Violinist

Artist

Cornelis Dusart

Physical Description

This etching portrays a lively tavern scene in the 17th century Dutch Republic.The large room has rough plank walls and a stone floor. There is an open hearth on the right and a long table with a bench in the background. There are many figures engaged in various activities, but most are clustered around a seated man playing a violin. One man stands to watch, another, with arms upraised, is singing and a woman tends to a young child. The scene is depicted in great detail and there is lettering on the bottom of the print.

Artist Life Dates

1660-1704

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1685

Accession Number

1992/2.18

Medium and Support

etching on laid paper

relevance

rank 14.97614

Secondary Keywords

bowed

architectural elements

chordophones

components

components and systems

components by specific context

fiddles

fireplaces and fireplace components

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

heating and cooking elements

lutelike chordophones

multiple-seating furniture

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

seating furniture

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

violin family instruments

Title

Boyhood of Lincoln

Artist

Eastman Johnson

Physical Description

Painting of a young boy sitting in front of a fireplace reading a book in a dark interior setting.

Artist Life Dates

1824-1906

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1868

Accession Number

1895.90

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 13.19214

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

buildings and the land

child

components

components and systems

components by specific context

dwellings

figures

fireplaces and fireplace components

furniture

genres

heating and cooking elements

historical figures

houses

houses by form

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

man

men on horseback

objects

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

physical activities

physical activities by general context

political figures

president

residential structures

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

Title

Untitled (Dollhouse); from the 2002 Peter Norton Family Christmas Project

Artist

Yinka Shonibare

Physical Description

Dollhouse replica of a two-storey Victorian-style flat in the East End of London. The façade is red brick with white molding. The upper storey has two tall windows that face onto the street; the door into the flat is on the left, and to the right of it is a large bay window. The split-level interior holds a bedroom and parlor, both of which are decorated with wallpaper and furnishings, including cabinets, chairs, tables, fireplaces, and a canopy bed. Reproductions of paintings by Shonibare and Jean-Honoré Fragonard hang on the walls. A seal on the right-facing outside wall reads: “Yinka Shonibare, artist, lives here.”

Artist Life Dates

born 1962

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

2002

Accession Number

2008/2.256

Medium and Support

resin, plastic, wood, paper and fabric

relevance

rank 10.44713

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

associated concepts

british

case furniture

components

components and systems

components by specific context

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

derivative objects

descriptors

england (country)

europe (continent)

european

european regions

european styles and periods

fireplaces and fireplace components

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture by form or function

geographic and political locations

greater london (metropolitan area)

heating and cooking elements

image-making processes and techniques

modern british styles and movements

modern british styles by reign

modern european regional styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

object genres

object-making processes and techniques

objects we use

originals and derivative objects

paintings

paintings by form

people and culture

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

recreation

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities

sculpture techniques

seating furniture

single seating furniture

sleeping and reclining furniture

storage and display furniture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

support furniture

united kingdom (nation)

visual works

visual works by medium or technique