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Title

Close, No. 157 Bridgegate

Artist

Thomas Annan

Artist Life Dates

1829-1886

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1868; printed 1978

Accession Number

1979/1.157

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 4.28328

Primary Keywords

alleys

buildings

lamp

lamps (lighting devices)

townscapes (built environment)

urban (region)

urban landscapes

Title

Brewing Tea under Pines by a Stream

Artist

Zhou Chen (Chou Ch'en)

Physical Description

Vertically oriented. Ink on silk with silk edging. Three figures at a stream in a wooded area.

Artist Life Dates

active 1515-1535

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

mid 16th century - late 16th century

Accession Number

1963/2.3

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 4.28328

Primary Keywords

figures (illustrations)

hanging scrolls

hills

landscapes (environments)

painting

pine trees

streams

teapots

trees

Title

Red Cliff of China

Artist

Mori Kansai

Artist Life Dates

1814-1894

Century

mid- to late 19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1844-1894

Accession Number

1986/1.163

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 4.28328

Primary Keywords

boat

china

cliffs

figures

figures in landscape

hanging scroll

japan

landscapes

poems

trees

water

Title

Cantley Wherries Waiting for the Turn of the Tide, plate XIV from "Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads"

Artist

Peter Henry Emerson

Physical Description

This photograph is horizontally oriented and portrays a marshy shoreline. The foreground is filled with rushes. The horizon line, in the upper portion of the work, depicts homes, a windmill in the distance, and patches of water. Bare trees also dot this outdoor scene.

Artist Life Dates

1856-1936

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1887

Accession Number

2002/2.234.2

Medium and Support

platinum print on paper

relevance

rank 4.28198

Primary Keywords

landscapes

marshes

photographs

photographs by subject type

Title

White Territory

Artist

Joan Mitchell

Physical Description

Abstract painting, primarily white with a large squarish area of dark green in the top left quadrant. Loose brushwork varies from wide, full strokes to the short, rapid strokes at the compositions center. Pigment application ranges from a very thin wash to heavy impasto.

Artist Life Dates

(Chicago, Illinois , 2/12/1925 - 10/30/1992, Paris, France)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1970-1971

Accession Number

1974/2.21

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 4.28198

Primary Keywords

abstract

abstract expressionist

abstraction

landscapes (environments)

Title

Fishermen Returning in the Evening Snow

Artist

Jiang Song (Chiang Sung)

Physical Description

Swift, spontaneous brushwork is used to capture a winter landscape. Two fishermen, wearing wide-brimmed straw hats and thatched grass rain capes, work their way through the heavy snow as they cross a bridge, carrying nets on their shoulders.

Artist Life Dates

(1478 - after 1567)

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

early 16th century

Accession Number

1976/2.139

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on silk

relevance

rank 4.27169

Primary Keywords

fishermen (people)

ink

landscapes (environments)

net fishing vessels

nets (objects)

painting (image-making)

rocks

snow

straw (hats)

winter

Title

Mountain Hut among Pines

Artist

Ôhara Tonshû (Donshû)

Physical Description

Primarily black and grey ink painting. Signature stamp in the lower right side of the image. Background contains mountains and a river runs from them down to the base of the image. A small hut or structure is shown next to the cliff and some trees on the left side. A figure of a person stands near the river at the base of the image.

Artist Life Dates

died 1857

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1831-1844

Accession Number

1985/2.27

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 4.23144

Primary Keywords

bridges

figures

figures in landscape

gates

hanging scrolls

house

japan

landscapes

mountains

pines

rocks

streams

trees

Title

Reading "The Book of Changes" at a Pavilion in Autumn

Artist

Zhang Hong [Chang Hung]

Physical Description

Inscription: … painted at Mr. Zhu’s Plum Hut Studio in the winter of 1639. Zhang Hong of Suzhou

Two seals of the artist

One collector’s seal

A solitary scholar, dwarfed by the surrounding autumnal landscape, seated inside a pavilion as he contemplates the ancient classic, The Book of Changes.

Artist Life Dates

1577 - after 1668

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1639

Accession Number

1978/2.60

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 4.23144

Primary Keywords

autumn

bridge (built work)

bridges

buildings

figures in landscape

landscape

landscapes

mountain

pavilion

pines

trees

water

Title

Ocean Park No. 52

Artist

Richard Diebenkorn

Physical Description

A canvas saturated in layered shades of muted browns, oranges, ochres, and yellows is crossed by lines, some dark some light, some on the surface, some buried beneath the surface color. A bold horizontal line cuts across about a quarter of the way from the bottom. On the right are several faint verticals. At the top two horizontal lines underlap and overlap with two diagonals.

Artist Life Dates

1922 - 1993

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1972

Accession Number

1974/2.22

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 4.23144

Primary Keywords

abstract

abstraction

color-field

lyrical abstraction

natural landscapes

oil painting

santa monica (inhabited place)

sunlight

Title

Genji espies Murasaki for the first time, from the Wakamurasaki chapter of The Tale of Genji

Artist

Kanô Tsunenobu

Physical Description

Among a gold and bright mineral pigmented landscape, Genji stands below a cherry tree in full bloom and watches Murasaki, who stands in an architectural structure. A distant stream and hilltops indicate the isolated setting.

Artist Life Dates

active 1636-1713

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1670-1680

Accession Number

2002/1.168

Medium and Support

ink, color, and gold pigment and foil on paper

relevance

rank 4.17385

Primary Keywords

allegory

buildings

cherry tree

figures

flowers

gold

gold (metal)

hills

house

landscape

landscapes

literature

lovers

stream

trees

Title

Travelers on a Mountain Pass

Artist

Wu Wei

Physical Description

This large hanging scroll depicts a man on a donkey traveling along a mountain pass, accompanied by two other men and surrounded by huge overhanging craggy cliffs on both the left and right sides in the background with several overlapping vertical layers.

Artist Life Dates

1459-1508

Century

15th-16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1490-1508

Accession Number

1981/1.312

Medium and Support

Hanging Scroll, ink and light color on silk

relevance

rank 4.14382

Primary Keywords

cliffs

donkey

donkeys

figures in landscape

hanging scrolls

landscapes

mountain passes

passes

rocks

servants

traveler

travellers

trees

voyagers

waterfalls

Title

Budafolk, from "Hungarian Memories"

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

A rural cityscape is depicted, showing both the buildings and agriculture of the town. Houses are mostly uniform in shape and detail and bordered by wooden fences. Some of the inhabitants of the town can also be seen.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1919; printed 1981

Accession Number

1985/1.125.10

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 4.06149

Primary Keywords

fences

houses

jewish

people in agriculture or natural resource occupations

rural architecture

rural houses

urban landscapes

Title

Italian Landscape (Paysage d' Italie)

Artist

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Physical Description

The right two-thirds of the image is filled with tree foliage from 6 distinguishable trees. One of those trees is on the far right edge separated from the others with faint drawing of a church-like structure in between them. Two figures sit in the lower left side of the image, one of them has arm outstretched towards the trees and buildings.

Artist Life Dates

1796-1875

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1866

Accession Number

2008/2.437

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on cream calendered laid paper

relevance

rank 4.04871

Primary Keywords

drypoint (printing process)

etching (printing process)

italy (nation)

landscapes (environments)

trees

Title

The Road to Shu

Artist

Matsumura Goshun

Physical Description

Travelers are seen on a winding mountain pathway, among overlapping layers of mountains.

Artist Life Dates

1752-1811

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

late 18th century - early 19th century

Accession Number

1970/2.152

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 4.02029

Primary Keywords

bridge (built work)

bridges

child

emperor

figures

figures in landscape

horse

horses

landscapes

mountains

passes

rivers

road

saint

snow

travelers

trees

warriors

winter

Title

One of a pair of six-fold screens

Artist

Attributed Kanô Tan'yû

Physical Description

This six-fold screen, a half of a pair, is meant to represent six of the twelve months of the year, with keen attention paid to the birds and flowers associated with each. Although this screen bears Kano Tan’yu’s signature, it was probably created by his studio or by followers working in this famous artist’s style.

Artist Life Dates

(Kyoto, 1604 - 1674, Edo)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1965/1.178

Medium and Support

one of a pair of 6-fold screens, ink and light color on paper

relevance

rank 3.83585

Primary Keywords

autumn

birds

cranes (birds)

ducks

flowers (plants)

geese

grass (plant material)

japan (nation)

landscapes (environments)

moon

mountains

rivers

screen prints

seasons

snow

spring

summer

sun

sunrise

trees

winter