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Title

Petra, Jordan

Artist

Lynn Davis

Physical Description

Dark on either side with a long sliver through the center, in the back is a rock formation with a building on the base.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1944

Object Creation Date

1995; printed 1997

Accession Number

2014/2.318

Medium and Support

selenium toned gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 10.41336

Primary Keywords

cracking

passes (landforms)

Title

Untitled (Aerial View of Shoreline)

Artist

Al Weber

Physical Description

An aerial view of land meeting water. The water is a deep emerald green and the land, a varying shade of ochre and brown. The lower section is the water and there is a boat dock on the lower right section of the image. The land mass is the upper portion of the image, but seems to be separated at one section in a horizontal format.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1930

Accession Number

2012/1.243

Medium and Support

chromogenic print on paper

relevance

rank 10.29887

Primary Keywords

abstract

aerial views

landforms

Title

Untitled (Aerial View of Beach)

Artist

Steve Crouch

Physical Description

An aerial view of where water meets land. The image is full of texture representing the different landforms. The water creates a "C" curve on the right hand side of the image, while the sand creates a reverse "C" curve on the left side.

Artist Life Dates

(1915 - 1983)

Accession Number

2012/1.237

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 10.29887

Primary Keywords

aerial views

landforms

water

Title

Spirit Surf, Big Sur, California

Artist

Marilyn Bridges

Physical Description

A black and white aerial photograph of an ocean surf approaching a ridged shore.

Artist Life Dates

American, born 1957

Object Creation Date

1988

Accession Number

2012/2.13

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 10.18687

Primary Keywords

aerial photography

oceans

shores (landforms)

Title

Serpent Mound, Ohio

Artist

Marilyn Bridges

Physical Description

A black and white aerial landscape photograph of a long and winding mound land formation in the shape of a large snake. The serpent-like mound is surrounded by trees.

Artist Life Dates

American, born 1957

Object Creation Date

1982

Accession Number

2012/2.12

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print, AP on paper

relevance

rank 10.18687

Primary Keywords

aerial photography

landforms

landscapes (environments)

Title

Nude in a Landscape

Artist

Albert Sterner

Physical Description

A framed painting of a nude woman posed as if reclining against rocks in a small stream. The landscape she is in looks like a mountain valley; on either side of the painting are tall cliffs that come together as a river valley in the middle. The sky is dark and full of dark clouds, but in the distance rays of sunlight break through them to illuminate the distant cliffs and river.

Artist Life Dates

1863-1946

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1943

Accession Number

2009/1.486

Medium and Support

oil on board

relevance

rank 10.07728

Primary Keywords

landscape

nudes

rivers

valleys (landforms)

women

Title

Near Rome (Environs de Rome)

Artist

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Physical Description

The foreground is trees which frame, in the distance, a church-like structure. On the right are two tree trunks with little foliage. The left side from the bottom and halfway up is darkened area. There are 3 distinguishable trees near the center of the image that are full of foliage. Just to the right of those trees is a tree just as big as the church-like structure.

Artist Life Dates

1796-1875

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1866

Accession Number

1930.7

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 10.07728

Primary Keywords

buildings

rock

rocks

trees

valleys (landforms)

Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #31 Maisaka

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

Boats with white and yellow bowed square sails on a coastal inlet.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

circa 1850

Accession Number

2008/2.329

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 10.07728

Primary Keywords

sailboats

shores (landforms)

trees

ukiyo e

water

Title

Creek Valley

Artist

Ilse Bing

Physical Description

A mountain valley in the sunlight, with a stone bridge and an old stone structure to the left.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998

Object Creation Date

1938

Accession Number

2012/2.32

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 9.97003

Primary Keywords

gelatin silver process

mountains

photograph

valleys (landforms)

Title

Moon over Lausanne

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Physical Description

Three figures stand in the bottom left corner. The image is mostly tan and light blue except very dark in the center. The blue horizon line is in the top third of the image stretching from a cityscape on the left side to a sweeping hill on the right side. There is a small moon in the middle at the very top of the image.

Artist Life Dates

1775-1851

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1836

Accession Number

1991/2.72

Medium and Support

watercolor and graphite on paper

relevance

rank 9.86503

Primary Keywords

landscapes (representations)

moon

switzerland (nation)

valleys (landforms)

watercolors

Title

Solicitudo Rustica (Rustic Cares) from the Large Landscapes after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Artist

Pieter Brueghel

Physical Description

This print offers an expansive vista over a river valley bordered by high mountains in the distance. In the foreground a peasant sits on the ground hammering the blade of his scythe as another man leans against a tree and gazes into the valley. Boats, towns, and villages dot the landscape.

Artist Life Dates

c. 1525-1569)

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1530-1569

Accession Number

1959/2.92

Medium and Support

etching with engraving on paper

relevance

rank 9.86503

Primary Keywords

etchings

landscapes (representations)

mountains

peasants

rivers

valleys (landforms)

Title

Luxembourg

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Physical Description

The top third of the landscape image is the sky with two tower-structures silhouetted on the far right side. There is a structure in the middle of the image with a bridge connecting the cliffs. The bottom right corner of the image is darker and more blue than the rest.

Artist Life Dates

1775-1851

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1839

Accession Number

1991/2.73

Medium and Support

watercolor and gouache on blue paper

relevance

rank 9.66154

Primary Keywords

buildings, historic

landscape (representation)

luxembourg (inhabited place)

valleys (landforms)

watercolor

Title

Eight Views of Edo Suburbs: Fishing Boats Returning to Gyôtoku

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

The pyramid shaped hills in the background of this print are those of the boiling houses and salt piles of Gyôtoku’s salt industry. A ferry boat, or watashi-bune, carries passengers in the foreground of this picture. In this print a shipman steers using the large rudder located in the back of the boat.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1835-1842

Accession Number

1948/1.138

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 8.99604

Primary Keywords

edo, late

fishing

fishing vessels

sailboats

shores (landforms)

streams

ukiyo-e

woodblock prints

Title

Sunset Near Darien

Artist

John Frederick Kensett

Physical Description

Landscape painting of costal scene overlooking a body of water using an aerial perspective; three tree tops in center in darkened foreground in front of a glowing sky

Artist Life Dates

1816 - 1872

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1872

Accession Number

1975/2.99

Medium and Support

oil on board

relevance

rank 8.49261

Primary Keywords

clouds

coastlines

landscapes

landscapes (environments)

seascapes

shores

shores (landforms)

sky

sunset

trees

water

Title

White Mountains in September, North Conway, New Hampshire

Artist

Sylvester Phelps Hodgdon

Physical Description

Landscape with trees in foreground, valley in middle ground dotted with minute figures of sheep and a farmer with a team of oxen pulling well-filled haywain. Mountains in distance with a snow-capped mountain in center background.

Artist Life Dates

1830 - 1906

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1853

Accession Number

1895.57

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 7.96875

Primary Keywords

carts

farmers

field

fields

figures

figures (representations)

hay

landscapes

landscapes (environments)

mountains

new hampshire

new hampshire (state)

oxen

seasons

sheep

trees

valleys (landforms)

workers