Search Results
Options
Filters
1 to 50 of 86 results
Showing results for "object genres by form" in Secondary Keywords.
- Title
- Bi (Pi; disc)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Large, flat disk made of gray and green jade with touches of black and brown with a hole in the center. Incised circle around outer edge of disk and around edge of interior hole.
- Century
- 8th BCE - 3rd BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 771 BCE - 256 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.85A&B
- Medium and Support
- cloudy light green nephrite with black and brown mottling
- relevance
- rank 10.78543
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonial objects
- descriptors
- events
- object genres
- object genres by cultural or intellectual valuation
- object genres by form
- object genres by function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Bone
- Artist
- Michele Oka Doner
- Physical Description
- Realistic bone that looks like a femur. The texture and the glazing give it an aged look. The stoneware is porous like a bone.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1945
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1978
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.97
- Medium and Support
- stoneware
- relevance
- rank 10.76021
- Secondary Keywords
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- biological concepts
- ceramics
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- forms of expression
- modern and contemporary art
- object genres
- object genres by form
- object genres by material
- people and culture
- philosophical concepts
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- pottery (object genre)
- scientific concepts
- Title
- Terracotta Mold
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- This is a wood-colored, stump-like figure that is narrower on the bottom and blossoms towards its top. The surface has multiple, engraved designs. The top and bottom have jagged edges.
- Century
- ca. 1st Century BC
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1st century BCE
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.57
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 10.35331
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- fragments
- object genres
- object genres by form
- object genres by function
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Protective Amulet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown Taiwan
- Physical Description
- Plaque in the form of a snarling lion's face holding a double-edged "severn star" (here only three of the seven stars are depicted as large dots connected by lines) sword in its mouth and ornamented with a red octagon containing the characters for "daqi" surrounded by eight trigrams on its forehead.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.44
- Medium and Support
- polychrome on wood
- relevance
- rank 10.13780
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- legendary creatures
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by form
- object genres by function
- objects we use
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Textile Fragment
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.94
- Medium and Support
- Raffia and velour
- relevance
- rank 10.13780
- Secondary Keywords
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- coverings and hangings components
- descriptors
- furnishings components
- object genres
- object genres by form
- object genres by material
- quilt components
- Title
- Scene of People Signing
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A group of men seated underneath an awning. The man on the left has a laurel wreath on his head. They are sitting in a circle singing.
- Century
- 16th-17th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.527
- Medium and Support
- pen and brown wash on laid paper, laid down on paper
- relevance
- rank 10.05253
- Secondary Keywords
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- descriptors
- disciplines
- document genres
- document genres by form
- document genres for music
- document genres for oral or performed works
- humanities
- information forms
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- performing arts
- Title
- Chandelier Fragments
- Artist
- Louis Comfort Tiffany
- Physical Description
- Clouded glass and metal fragments of a chandelier. A ring of metal strands hold clouded glass orbs.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1848-1933
- Object Creation Date
- 1890-1891
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.2.1
- Medium and Support
- glass and metal
- relevance
- rank 9.84317
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- inorganic material
- lighting devices
- lighting devices by form
- materials
- materials by composition
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- Title
- Standing Buddha (or possibly Maitreya) in abhaya mudra, with flask in left hand
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 4th century
- Object Creation Date
- 4th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/1.91
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.55262
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- bottles
- bottles by form
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- motifs
- natural element motifs
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- vessels
- Title
- Indian Terracottas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- An engraved terracotta shard.
- Object Creation Date
- n. d.
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.147
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 9.46321
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- fragments
- object genres
- object genres by form
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Indian Terracottas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- An engraved terracotta shard.
- Object Creation Date
- n. d.
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.149
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 9.46321
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- fragments
- object genres
- object genres by form
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Indian Terracottas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- An engraved terracotta shard.
- Object Creation Date
- n. d.
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.142
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 9.46321
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- fragments
- object genres
- object genres by form
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Indian Terracottas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- An engraved terracotta shard.
- Object Creation Date
- n. d.
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.146
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 9.46321
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- fragments
- object genres
- object genres by form
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Indian Terracottas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- An engraved terracotta shard.
- Object Creation Date
- n. d.
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.148
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 9.46321
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- fragments
- object genres
- object genres by form
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Indian Terracottas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- A terracotta shard.
- Object Creation Date
- n. d.
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.145
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 9.46321
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- fragments
- object genres
- object genres by form
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Lion attacking a quadruped (architectural fragment)
- Artist
- India, Madhya Pradesh, Mathura
- Physical Description
- A terracotta block, probably originally part of a frieze around a building, with molded and incised design.
- Century
- 3rd-4th century
- Object Creation Date
- 3rd century - 4th century
- Accession Number
- 1994/1.77
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 9.38188
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by form
- object-making processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- sculpture techniques
- Title
- Crucifixion with Saint Bartholomew and Two Male Saints
- Artist
- Domenico Campagnola
- Physical Description
- An ink drawing of Jesus Christ crucified on the cross. Around the cross are three male saints, one of whom is identified as Saint Bartholomew. All three look up at Jesus while one kneels on the ground, holding with his left hand the bottom of the cross. In the distant background are buildings of a city.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1500 - 1564)
- Object Creation Date
- 1525-1564
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.524
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.18855
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- bible
- descriptors
- events
- executions
- new testament
- object genres
- object genres by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- Title
- Indian Terracottas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- Terracotta fragment of two figures carved on one side of the peice in raised relief. One figure has head and shoulders visible, the second figure has only the head visible.
- Object Creation Date
- n. d.
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.161
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 9.17061
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by form
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Medium Metal Pipe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Physical Description
- A brown, metal pipe with a lid and three utensils attached by chains.
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.6
- Medium and Support
- metal
- relevance
- rank 8.96325
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- object genres
- object genres by form
- Title
- Mother Goddess
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, North India
- Physical Description
- This black terracotta is broken at the waste and depicts a simple body decorated with globs of clay decorated with punch-marked decorations. The face is modeled a bit more realistically with wide-open eyes and a full mouth. The front of her hair is in a series of rounded ball-like curls and a circular starburst decoration is at the top. The other oval globs frame the face of the goddess and cascade down what is left of her body.
- Century
- 1st century BCE-1st century CE
- Object Creation Date
- 1st century BCE - 1st century CE
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.148
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 8.90605
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- figures
- object genres
- object genres by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by state or condition
- Title
- Lion head (fragment of a Buddha throne?)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Accession Number
- 1990/1.178
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 8.84364
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by form
- the human body
- upper body
- Title
- That Which Must Not Come; Threat Over Mexico
- Artist
- Leopoldo Méndez
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1903
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1945
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.181
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.79633
- Secondary Keywords
- americas
- animals
- associated concepts
- birds
- descriptors
- locality
- modern and contemporary art
- north & central america
- object genres
- object genres by form
- people and culture
- political concepts
- political ideologies and attitudes
- social science concepts
- the natural world
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.44
- Medium and Support
- wood with beads
- relevance
- rank 8.60773
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- beads and sets of beads
- beadwork
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- object genres
- object genres by form
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- southern nigerian styles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- tools and equipment
- west african styles
- Title
- The Discovery of Mars and Venus
- Artist
- Jacob Cornelisz. Cobaert
- Physical Description
- A nude man and woman recline together on the right side of this octagonal plaque. They lay upon the mesh of a net, which is being pulled by a nude male figure seated nearby next to an anvil. Behind the seated man appear two standing figures working at a brick forge. Another pair of figures stands in the middle ground with a row of trees behind them. A diminutive figure mounted on horses appears against a disk in the sky.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1602-1621
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1602-1621
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.158
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 8.59102
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- europe (continent)
- genres in the arts
- geographic and political locations
- italy (nation)
- lazio (region)
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- roma (province)
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Prayer scroll fragment, from a prayer wheel
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet
- Physical Description
- A fragment of a horizontal scroll, which would originally have been rolled up and tucked inside a Tibetan prayer wheel, with the text of a prayer printed in red and black ink.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.158
- Medium and Support
- red and black ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.53146
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by conditions of production
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- scroll paintings
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Think What You Can Afford to Give - Then Double It - Red Cross War Fund
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- Text: Think what you can afford to give - then double it - A life may depend on it - you you dare do less? - All of the Red Cross War Fund goes to War Relief
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1917
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.148
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.42115
- Secondary Keywords
- armed conflicts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- crosses
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- descriptors
- events
- how we live
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information form components
- information forms
- layout features
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- text-based art
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- war
- wars
- world wars
- Title
- Buddha, standing on a table-like pedestal, with a flame mandorla
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 4th century
- Object Creation Date
- 4th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/1.92
- Medium and Support
- cast and incised bronze
- relevance
- rank 8.40003
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- design elements
- form attributes
- motifs
- natural element motifs
- object genres
- object genres by form
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- Title
- Saint Maria, Saint Claude, Saint Norbert, and Saint Robert from Israel Henriet's "Images of the Saints" (Plate 48)
- Artist
- Jacques Callot
- Physical Description
- Four oval illustrations of different scenes of saints helping others.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1592-1635
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1636
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.540
- Medium and Support
- etching on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 8.34606
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- bishops (prelates)
- christian clergy
- clergy
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by function
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people by state or condition
- people in religion
- people in religion and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- prelates
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious texts
- tools and equipment
- walking sticks
- Title
- Sanctification cross with scenes from the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary and the Evangelists
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Greece
- Physical Description
- This small carved boxwood cross is divided on each face into five compartments containing Christian religious scenes. The cross is set in a stand decorated with mother-of-pearl and green glass-paste stones.
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1650-1800
- Accession Number
- 1961/1.177
- Medium and Support
- boxwood with pearls and glass-paste stones
- relevance
- rank 8.18506
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- ceremonies
- descriptors
- doctrinal concepts
- europe (continent)
- events
- executions
- geographic and political locations
- object genres
- object genres by form
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious ceremonies
- religious concepts
- Title
- Seraph, half of a medallion from the west rose window of Reims Cathedral
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Reims, France
- Physical Description
- A lunette-shaped panel composed of red, blue, white, brownish purple and yellowish brown stained glass joined together by lead cames depicting a seraph. Four leafy fronds, taken from another medieval window, have been inserted here between the seraph's head and shoulders. The panel is the upper half of a roundel originally installed in the west rose window of Reims Cathedral.
- Century
- late 13th-early 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1280-1310
- Accession Number
- 1979/1.161
- Medium and Support
- colored and painted glass and lead
- relevance
- rank 8.13574
- Secondary Keywords
- angels
- animals and creatures
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- doctrinal concepts
- europe (continent)
- france (nation)
- geographic and political locations
- glass
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- glass by technique
- inorganic material
- legendary creatures
- materials
- materials by composition
- object genres
- object genres by form
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- people and culture
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- windows
- windows and window components
- windows by form
- Title
- Processional cross with triumphant Christ (Christus triumphans) flanked by busts of the evangelists, Saints Matthew, John, Mark, and Luke (obverse); and suffering Christ (Christus patiens) flanked by busts of the Virgin Mary, God the father, Saint John and unidentified male saint with cross (Saint Philip?) (reverse)
- Artist
- Neri di Bicci
- Physical Description
- The arms of the cross end in quatrefoil-shaped terminals. The front (obverse) is gilded and features a molding along the edges. The back (reverse) has a deep azurite blue ground and a gilded band punched with tiny rosettes that runs along the border.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1418-1492
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1475
- Accession Number
- 1942.6
- Medium and Support
- tempera and gold on wood
- relevance
- rank 8.12205
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonies
- cultural ceremonies
- descriptors
- europe (continent)
- european
- european styles and periods
- events
- executions
- firenze (province)
- geographic and political locations
- italy (nation)
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- renaissance
- renaissance-baroque styles and periods
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- tuscany (region)
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Uma, torso (Khmer-Bayon style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
- Century
- 12th-13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century - 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.49
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- relevance
- rank 8.10926
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- the human body
- Title
- Divination figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Sierra Leone, Pa Santigie Kahn, Temene
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1910
- Accession Number
- 1986/1.159
- Medium and Support
- wood and glass beads
- relevance
- rank 8.10926
- Secondary Keywords
- beads and sets of beads
- beadwork
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Tianwang (Heavenly King; a Buddhist protective deity)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief figure.
- Century
- 7th-9th century
- Object Creation Date
- 9th century - 10th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.22
- Medium and Support
- terracotta, molded
- relevance
- rank 8.09274
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- costume
- costume by function
- descriptors
- form attributes
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- protective wear
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- Title
- Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu), seated on a lion: architectural fragment
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1605
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.91
- Medium and Support
- wall painting fragment,ink and color on wood panel
- relevance
- rank 8.06950
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- doctrinal concepts
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by form
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- Title
- Fragment of base of a seated Buddha, with incense burner, lion, and attendant
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 6th-7th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 580 - 620
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.24
- Medium and Support
- marble
- relevance
- rank 8.00915
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- containers
- containers by function or context
- descriptors
- doctrinal concepts
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- Title
- A Votive plaque depicting a Bodhisattva in Amitabha's (Chinese. Amitofou's) Western Paradise, giving rebirth to new souls from lotus buds
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
- Century
- 7th-9th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.17
- Medium and Support
- terracotta, molded
- relevance
- rank 7.95694
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- doctrinal concepts
- form attributes
- geographic and political locations
- lancaster (county)
- motifs
- north and central america (continent)
- object genres
- object genres by form
- pennsylvania (state)
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- united states (nation)
- Title
- Pipe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.355
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 7.94101
- Secondary Keywords
- smoking and tobacco use
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- reptiles
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Christ in Limbo (The Harrowing of Hell) from "The Small Woodcut Passion"
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer
- Physical Description
- A group of figures at the left stand in a vaulted space under a cross. They look towards the lower right of the composition where a man holding a standard with a cross on top is bending forward and offering his hand to an old bearded man in an arched doorway. Above the doorway are several fantastical figures with beaked or animal heads and arms with claws.
- Artist Life Dates
- Nüremberg, 1471-1528
- Century
- Early 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1509-1511
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.55
- Medium and Support
- woodcut print on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 7.90923
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- associated concepts
- bible
- demons
- descriptors
- doctrinal concepts
- object genres
- object genres by form
- old testament
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in religion and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- religion
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- subject matter
- themes (religious)
- Title
- Long Wood and Metal Pipe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Physical Description
- A long, wood and metal pipe. A metal lid is attached to the end by a chain.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.5
- Medium and Support
- wood and metal
- relevance
- rank 7.90702
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by origin
- metal and metal products
- object genres
- object genres by form
- plant material
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Lintel, Baphuon Style
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
- Century
- 11th century
- Object Creation Date
- 11th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.315
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- relevance
- rank 7.87546
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by form
- spanning and projecting structural elements
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- Title
- Study of Louis XV Bust for a Gold Medal (1767)
- Artist
- Anonymous
- Physical Description
- A profile portrait of a man with a laurel wreath in his hair.
- Century
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.546
- Medium and Support
- pencil on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.86194
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- figures (representations)
- medals
- modern european revival styles
- modern european styles and movements
- monarchs
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in government and administration
- rulers (people)
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by form
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra, with mandorla
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Small gilt bronze seated Buddha with Indian and Central Asian characteristics, including the pedestal he is seated on, folds of his robe, and the incised flames in the body halo encompassing him.
- Century
- 5th century
- Object Creation Date
- 433-466
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.94
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 7.83783
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- design elements
- figures (representations)
- form attributes
- motifs
- natural element motifs
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Beaded Miniature Hat
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.164
- Medium and Support
- wool cloth, raffia, leather, glass beads and shells
- relevance
- rank 7.81687
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- african
- african styles by region
- beads and sets of beads
- central and equatorial african styles
- central democratic republic of congo styles
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- headgear
- object genres
- object genres by form
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- western democratic republic of congo styles
- Title
- Bust of the Virgin
- Artist
- Bartolomeo Coriolano
- Physical Description
- This small print depicts a bust-length portrait of a woman within an oval frame. She turns slightly to her left and gazes downward. A bright halo encircles her head.
- Artist Life Dates
- (ca. 1599 - ca. 1676)
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.141
- Medium and Support
- chiaroscuro woodcut on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 7.77174
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- woodcuts
- Title
- Necklace
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet
- Physical Description
- A necklace of turquoise, mountain coral, and dzi (patterned agate) beads strung on thread.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1995/1.60
- Medium and Support
- turqoise, coral and dzi beads
- relevance
- rank 7.76185
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- beads and sets of beads
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- jewelry
- jewelry by location
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Necklace
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet
- Physical Description
- A necklace of turquoise, mountain coral, and dzi (patterned agate) beads strung on thread, with a large turquose pendant at the center.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1995/1.59
- Medium and Support
- turquoise, coral and dzi beads
- relevance
- rank 7.76185
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- beads and sets of beads
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- jewelry
- jewelry by location
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Necklace
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet
- Physical Description
- A necklace of faceted coral beads, in graduated sizes, with a coral-inlaid silver clasp.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1995/1.61
- Medium and Support
- faceted coral beads with silver and coral clasp
- relevance
- rank 7.76185
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- beads and sets of beads
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- jewelry
- jewelry by location
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Crucifixion
- Artist
- Oskar Kokoschka
- Physical Description
- A traditional crucifixion scene, with Christ on the cross, and Mary and John at his feet gazing upward. The background is a series of watercolor washes, and parts of the figures, particularly most of the sitting figure of John, is "inked" in over the background washes. A goblet (the cup of Christ) is inked in at the foot of the cross. Signed by the artist, b.r., followed by "VI - 58."
- Artist Life Dates
- 1886 - 1980
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1958
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.90
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.75075
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- bible
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- cups
- cups by function
- descriptors
- drinking vessels
- holy figures and saints
- new testament
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- religion
- subject matter
- themes (religious)
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- A Votive plaque depicting the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha (Ch. Dizang), in Amitabha's Western Paradise
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
- Century
- 7th-9th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.19
- Medium and Support
- terracotta, molded
- relevance
- rank 7.73372
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- doctrinal concepts
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- form attributes
- motifs
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- tools and equipment
- walking sticks
- Title
- Bracelet with Orange Beads and Metal Squares
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Physical Description
- a bracelet consisting of horizontal orange beads and metal squares. The metal squares are painted with a blue and green design.
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.13
- Medium and Support
- beads, metal, string
- relevance
- rank 7.67342
- Secondary Keywords
- beads and sets of beads
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- jewelry
- jewelry by location
- jewelry worn on arms and hands
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use