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Title

Moon Shot

Artist

Lowell Nesbitt

Physical Description

The scene depicts a quarter section of the moon on the left side of the composition. The face of the moon is made up of swirling, circular shapes, with two lines that cut through vertically, and two shorter lines on the top left that cut through horizontally. The right side of the composition is solid black, and the details of the moon fade to black near the bottom.

Artist Life Dates

1933-1993

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1969

Accession Number

1991/2.109.3

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 10.18351

Primary Keywords

abstract

moon

Title

Claire de lune a Vilmondis

Artist

Charles-François Daubigny

Physical Description

Paper previously folded (approx. 2cm) at top, now flattened. Puncture hole at top center on fold line. Paper size: lh 21cm & rh 21 3/10cm x tw 27 4/5cm & bw 27 7/10cm. Plate size: lh 16 4/5cm & rh 16 9/10cm x tw 23 3/5cm & bw 23 1/2cm. Image size: h 13 1/2cm x w 21 1/2cm.

Artist Life Dates

1817-1878

Accession Number

2008/2.447

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on beige laid paper

relevance

rank 10.07030

Primary Keywords

cows

etchings

moon

Title

Evening Scene in Tokyo: Bon Dance

Artist

Takahashi Hiroaki

Physical Description

A circle of festival-goers dances under a full moon. They only appear in silhouette, but the shapes of their kimono and fans in hand can be seen.

Artist Life Dates

1871-1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1900-1921

Accession Number

1991/2.113

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.85128

Primary Keywords

dance

festival

moon

night

ukiyo-e

Title

Umagome no tsuki (Moon at Umagome), from the series Tôkyô nijûkei (Twenty Views of Tokyo)

Artist

Kawase Hasui

Physical Description

A large, dark tree looms over a field with neat rows of crops. A full moon hangs low in the sky, peeking from behind tree branches and thin gray clouds.

Artist Life Dates

1883-1957

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1930

Accession Number

1993/2.29

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.85128

Primary Keywords

farm

field

moon

moonlight

tree

Title

The Deva Idaten

Artist

Yamawaki Tôki

Physical Description

Idaten is depicted here, fierce, standing on clouds. His garments blow in the breeze, and a halo showing his power and godliness encircles his head.

Artist Life Dates

1777-1839

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1800-1839

Accession Number

2003/1.391

Medium and Support

ink, color and gold on silk

relevance

rank 9.85128

Primary Keywords

cloud

deity

hanging scrolls

moon

Title

Famous Views of Snow, Moon and Flowers: Trout Fishing by Moonlight on the Tamagawa River

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

The dark color pallette and the moon indicate that the image is set at night. There are people standing in the water, bending over in search of fish. Others stand on the bank, helping with the fishing process. Also shown are the silhouettes of a bridge over the water and the mountains in the distance.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1846

Accession Number

1948/1.137

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.85128

Primary Keywords

fishing

moon

night

waterscapes

woodcuts

Title

The Pleading (Die Flehende), from O Eternity—thou thundering word (O Ewigkeit—du Donnerwort), Bach Cantata (Bachkantate) series

Artist

Oskar Kokoschka

Physical Description

In the foreground, illuminated white, a woman, her long hair hanging down her back, kneels and gazes upward, her arms extended in front of her, her hands pointing skyward. The sky is nearly all dark, with a full moon appearing in the center top of the image.

Artist Life Dates

1886 - 1980

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1914

Accession Number

2007/2.121

Medium and Support

lithograph on laid cream paper mounted on cardboard

relevance

rank 9.85128

Primary Keywords

females

illustrations

moon

moonlight

nudes

Title

Moon Over Cypress

Artist

Italo Scanga

Physical Description

This is a colorful abstract print with geometric shapes in blue, yellow, green and red outlined in black. There are also three white areas with black line drawings that depict a plant in a flower pot and two cypress trees in the bottom section and a landscape with mountains and a yellow moon in the upper right portion.

Artist Life Dates

Born 1932

Object Creation Date

1989

Accession Number

2010/2.40

Medium and Support

lithograph on cream Rives BFK

relevance

rank 9.74530

Primary Keywords

flowers (plants)

geometric motifs

moon

trees

Title

Evening Scene in Tokyo: Strolling Musicians

Artist

Takahashi Hiroaki

Physical Description

A man and a woman amble down the street under a crescent moon. The woman plays a stringed instrument, and a woman on a balcony above leans out to listen. Two small dogs in the street appear to howl up at the moon, perhaps joining in the chorus.

Artist Life Dates

1871-1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1900-1921

Accession Number

1991/2.111

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.74530

Primary Keywords

dogs

kimono

moon

musicians

night

walking

Title

Untitled

Artist

e e cummings

Physical Description

Abstract painting with low horizon line, deep blue above horizon and dark greenish-brown below horizon; brown abstract form left of center, and bright white swirling brushstroke right of center.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1962

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1950

Accession Number

1988/1.120

Medium and Support

oil on cardboard

relevance

rank 9.64158

Primary Keywords

abstract

abstraction

landscapes (environments)

moon

night

trees

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 9.54004

Primary Keywords

landscapes (representations)

moon

switzerland (nation)

valleys (landforms)

watercolors

Title

Virgin of the Apocalypse

Artist

Gaetano Gandolfi

Physical Description

A woman dressed in a rose-colored robe with a blue mantle and flowing white veil stands on a silver crescent moon among a bank of dark clouds. A halo of stars encircles her head. She clasps both hands before her. The heads of two putti peak out from beneath her mantle next to her left hip. Her right foot treads upon a long serpent that curves back upon itself with an open mouth.

Artist Life Dates

(1728 - 1781)

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1770-1780

Accession Number

2009/1.537

Medium and Support

oil on canvas, mounted on board

relevance

rank 9.54004

Primary Keywords

clouds

crescents (shapes)

moon

oil painting

putti

stars

Title

Autumn Moon at Mt. Dongting

Artist

Wu Qingyun (Wu Ch'ing-yun)

Physical Description

Dark, wet ink wash and light accents of color capture the lyrical mood of an autumnal moonlit night at Lake Tai and Mount Dongting. A round moon hangs low in the sky at top right, with a diffuse glow slightly brightening the clouds and sky below. Two islands sit in the water below, the larger (closer) of the two has four boats moored just offshore. Up close the boats appear as freely brushed lines, and yet at a distance, their forms come into focus. A building sits on the closer island, light shining in the windows. The silhouette of a pagoda can be seen on the further island.

Artist Life Dates

died 1916

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1903

Accession Number

1998/2.7

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

relevance

rank 9.54004

Primary Keywords

autumn

boats

houses

landscape

landscapes

moon

trees

water

Title

Bodhisattva Mañjusri

Artist

Tibet

Physical Description

A woodblock print, with monochromatic black ink. The impression is good, especially given the detail of the design, although the block appears to have been worn at the outside edges.

Century

20th century?

Object Creation Date

20th century (?)

Accession Number

1973/1.808A

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.44062

Primary Keywords

bodhisattva

buddhism

himalayan

lion

lotus

manjusri

moon

sun

sword

Title

Rubbing of Journey of the Soul to the Paradise of the Queen Mother of the West (2000/2.1) - Front

Artist

Bo Yang

Physical Description

Rubbing of limestone slab carved bas-relief with six registers. The lower register depicts a chariot procession above fish-inhabited waters. The central three registers depict figures carrying out funerary rites. The top register shows a winged creature with a human face flanked by two writhing dragons and other animals, including two rabbits and a nine-tailed fox.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1961

Century

21st century

Object Creation Date

2008

Accession Number

2008/1.154.1

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 9.24787

Primary Keywords

chariot (ancient vehicle)

dragons

fish

fox

moon

murals

rabbits

rubbings

water

Title

Sight in Hangzhou, West Lake

Artist

Wang Chao

Physical Description

Ink on paper print

Artist Life Dates

(1974 - )

Object Creation Date

2009

Accession Number

2010/2.55

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 9.15442

Primary Keywords

black and white prints

china (nation)

lakes

moon

mountains

natural landscapes

printmaking

trees

Title

Journey of the Soul to the Paradise of the Queen Mother of the West

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Limestone slab carved bas-relief with six registers. The lower register depicts a chariot procession above fish-inhabited waters. The central three registers depict figures carrying out funerary rites. The top register shows a winged creature with a human face flanked by two writhing dragons and other animals, including two rabbits and a nine-tailed fox.

Century

2nd century

Object Creation Date

2nd century

Accession Number

2000/2.1

Medium and Support

carved limestone slab

relevance

rank 8.63109

Primary Keywords

chariot (ancient vehicle)

dragons

fish

fox

funerary object

moon

rabbits

relief

ricing sticks

sculpture

shrines

stone

tomb

water

Title

Tsuba (sword guard) with design of Kanzan (Chinese, Han Shan) and Jittoku (Chinese, Shihde), two Zen eccentrics

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Circular tsuba, made of iron. It has two holes in the middle. Two figures, Kanzan and Jittoku, are carved on the lower right corner. Kanzan, who holds a scroll on his hand, and Jittoku, who holds a bloom stick and pointing to the sky, are looking upward. The two figures are carved slightly higher than the surface. On the back, there is the moon partially obscured by clouds. Gold and silver alloy inlays are applied to the moon and the clouds. Gold is also inlayed in their eyes, parts of the garments, and Kanzan's scroll. Shakudô (copper-gold alloy) is inlayed in Jittoku's bloom and his jacket collars.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

early 18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.5

Medium and Support

iron with gold, silver, and shakudô (copper-gold alloy) inlays

relevance

rank 8.18055

Primary Keywords

hilt

monks

moon

scroll (motif)

scroll painting

sword

zen

zen masters

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 7.75046

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