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Pop Dots; Barbara Levine

Title
Pop Dots
Artist
Barbara Levine
Physical Description
Abstract shape rendered in Styrofoam that has been covered with modeling compound. Base with four columns, three of which have “pop dots” attached to them. Partially painted a bright minty green, which gets darker in the “back” of the sculpture (the side that doesn’t have dots).
Artist Life Dates
(1953 - )
Object Creation Date
1988
Accession Number
2008/2.243
Medium and Support
oil on modeling compound-covered Styrofoam
relevance
rank 0.20134
Secondary Keywords
relation to water
visual arts
abstraction
artistic concepts
associated concepts
buildings and the land
components
components and systems
components by specific context
concepts in the arts
constructions (sculpture)
descriptors
design elements
forms of expression
geometric motifs
gothic scripts
image-making processes and techniques
information form components
international post-1945 styles and movements
islands
landforms
landforms and landform components
landforms by position
landforms by shape or position
landscapes (environments)
latin and greek alphabet scripts
motifs
natural landscapes
objects we use
painting and painting techniques
painting techniques
people and culture
post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
processes and techniques
processes and techniques by specific type
script and type forms
scripts (writing)
scripts by form
sculpture
sculpture by technique
settlements and landscapes
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
visual works
visual works by medium or technique

White Mountains in September, North Conway, New Hampshire; Sylvester Phelps Hodgdon

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 0.20108
Secondary Keywords
downward
upward
americas
animals and creatures
associated concepts
buildings and the land
descriptors
design elements
earth sciences concepts
freewheeled vehicles
freewheeled vehicles by form or function
geographic and political locations
grass (plant material)
land vehicles
land vehicles by form
landforms
landforms and landform components
landforms by shape or position
locality
mammals
materials
materials by origin
natural landscapes
north & central america
north and central america (continent)
objects we use
ornament areas
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people and occupations
people by occupation
people in agriculture
people in agriculture or natural resource occupations
people in science-related occupations
physical sciences concepts
plant material
plants
scientific concepts
scientists and people in science-related occupations
service and utility vehicles
settlements and landscapes
the natural world
transportation vehicles
united states
united states (nation)
vehicles
visual works
visual works by subject type

The Thirty-Six Views of the Eastern Capital: Imado Bridge and Matsuchi Hill; Andô Hiroshige

Title
The Thirty-Six Views of the Eastern Capital: Imado Bridge and Matsuchi Hill
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
A snow scene of a village with falling snowflakes in the sky. The roofs of houses, the trees, the bridge, the boat decks, and the island in the center of the lake are all covered by snow.
Trimmed just outside print frame. Colors: black, blue, green, red, pink-orange. Paper size: lh 34 3/5cm & rh 34 1/2cm x tw 23 9/10cm & bw 24 1/5cm. Image size: lh 33 9/10cm & rh 34cm x tw 22 4/5cm & bw 22 3/5cm.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Object Creation Date
1862
Accession Number
2008/2.394
Medium and Support
color woodcut on beige laid paper
relevance
rank 0.20100
Secondary Keywords
transfer method
asian
associated concepts
buildings and the land
descriptors
dwellings
early modern japanese periods
earth sciences concepts
east asian
inorganic material
japanese
japanese periods
landscapes (environments)
materials
materials by composition
natural landscapes
objects we use
people and culture
physical sciences concepts
plants
precipitation
prints
prints by process
prints by process or technique
relief prints
residential structures
scientific concepts
settlements and landscapes
single built works
single built works by function
single built works by specific type
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
transportation structures
transportation structures by form
transportation vehicles
vegetation and vegetation components
vegetation components
vehicles
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
watercraft
watercraft by general type
weather and related phenomena
weather-related phenomena
woodcuts
woody plants

Smile For Your Lover Comes (Stone Ridge, New York); John Dugdale

Title
Smile For Your Lover Comes (Stone Ridge, New York)
Artist
John Dugdale
Physical Description
Photograph with deep blue tint of a nude man, with his back to viewer, sitting on a porch railing, looking out into into the night. On the viewer's right, along the front of the porch, there is abundant vegetation.
Artist Life Dates
born 1960
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
2000
Accession Number
2003/1.379
Medium and Support
hand-coated cyanotype on paper
relevance
rank 0.19917
Secondary Keywords
americas
architectural elements
architecture
balustrades, railings and their components
barrier elements
barriers and barrier elements
building divisions
buildings and the land
components
components and systems
components by specific context
emotion
exterior covered spaces
figures
figures (representations)
geographic and political locations
herbaceous plants
landscapes (environments)
locality
natural landscapes
new york (state)
north & central america
north and central america (continent)
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people and occupations
people by activity
people by gender
photographic prints
photographic prints by process
photographs
photographs by form
physical activities
physical activities by general context
plants
positives
rooms and spaces
rooms and spaces by location or context
settlements and landscapes
the natural world
united states
united states (nation)
vegetation and vegetation components
vegetation components
vines
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
visual works by subject type
woody plants

Monstrosities of 1825-26; George Cruikshank

Title
Monstrosities of 1825-26
Artist
George Cruikshank
Physical Description
Fashionable figures promenading on a windy day are arrayed in a shallow, congested space across the image field. The blustery wind accents the wind-whipped broad straw hats, ribbons, and skirts of the women, rendering some of them faceless. Three children at the lower left appear as mushrooms while the woman in white behind them has an improbably pinched waistline.
Artist Life Dates
1782-1878
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1825
Accession Number
1989/1.71
Medium and Support
etching with hand-coloring on paper
relevance
rank 0.19902
Secondary Keywords
image form
transfer method
accessories worn on arms or hands
associated concepts
costume
costume accessories
costume accessories carried
costume accessories worn
descriptors
earth sciences concepts
european
european styles and periods
handwear
image-making processes and techniques
intaglio prints
modern british styles and movements
modern british styles by reign
modern european regional styles and movements
modern european styles and movements
objects we use
people and culture
physical sciences concepts
printing
printing and printing processes and techniques
prints
prints by process
prints by process or technique
processes and techniques
processes and techniques by specific type
scientific concepts
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
visual works
visual works by form
visual works by medium or technique
weather and related phenomena
weather-related phenomena

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 4 - Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done on Earth, as It Is in Heaven (Das Vaterunser - Dein Reich komme, Dein Wille geschehe, Wie im Himmel, also auch auf Erden); Max Pechstein

Title
The Lord's Prayer, sheet 4 - Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done on Earth, as It Is in Heaven (Das Vaterunser - Dein Reich komme, Dein Wille geschehe, Wie im Himmel, also auch auf Erden)
Artist
Max Pechstein
Physical Description
Three male figures dressed in dark clothing, with their backs to the viewer, stand on a shore facing the water as shafts of light break through dark clouds overhead. The figure at the viewer's left raises his hands in exultation. The man in the center stands with head tilted back; the figure at the viewer's righ looks down, as if at his hands. The words of the Lord's Prayer are presented in three lines of text, at the top, middle, and bottom of the composition.
Artist Life Dates
1881 - 1955
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1921
Accession Number
1948/1.426
Medium and Support
woodcut with hand-coloring on paper
relevance
rank 0.19897
Secondary Keywords
transfer method
associated concepts
components and systems
daylight
doctrinal concepts
document genres
document genres by form
document genres for literary works
earth sciences concepts
electromagnetic radiation
energy
energy and related concepts
european
european styles and periods
information forms
light (energy)
modern and contemporary art
modern european fine arts styles and movements
modern european styles and movements
movement
object groupings
object groupings and systems
object groupings by specific context
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by gender
physical sciences concepts
physics concepts
prints
prints by process
prints by process or technique
rays
relief prints
religions and religious concepts
religious concepts
scientific concepts
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
visual works groupings
weather and related phenomena
weather-related phenomena

Quilt with Central Diamond Pattern; Anonymous Amish, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Title
Quilt with Central Diamond Pattern
Artist
Anonymous Amish, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Physical Description
A black diamond in the center is positioned within a lavender square surrounded by a pink frame. The entire is surrounded by thick frame of black.
Century
early 20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1920
Accession Number
2000/2.321
Medium and Support
cotton and wool
relevance
rank 0.19796
Secondary Keywords
visual arts
abstraction
animal material
artistic concepts
associated concepts
bed coverings
bedcovers
christianity
components
components and systems
components by specific context
concepts in the arts
coverings and hangings
coverings and hangings by location or context
coverings and hangings by specific type
coverings and hangings components
coverings and hangings for furniture
coverings and hangings for sleeping and reclining furnitur
descriptors
design elements
fiber and fiber products
fiber products
forms of expression
furnishings
furnishings by form or function
furnishings components
geometric motifs
hair
hair and hair components
hair by form
keratinous material
materials
materials by form
materials by origin
materials by physical form
motifs
object genres
object genres by material
objects we use
patterns (design elements)
patterns by specific type
people and culture
protestantism
quilt components
religions
religions and religious concepts
textile materials
textile materials by composition or origin
visual and tactile

Fishermen Returning in the Evening Snow; Jiang Song (Chiang Sung)

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 0.19743
Secondary Keywords
accessories worn on the head
associated concepts
buildings and the land
coating (material)
coating by form
costume
costume accessories
costume accessories worn
descriptors
earth sciences concepts
fishing vessels
fishing vessels by function
hats
headgear
hunting and commercial fishing vessels
image-making processes and techniques
inorganic material
materials
materials by composition
materials by function
object genres
object genres by form
objects we use
painting and painting techniques
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by occupation
people in agriculture or natural resource occupations
people in science-related occupations
physical sciences concepts
precipitation
processes and techniques
processes and techniques by specific type
scientific concepts
scientists and people in science-related occupations
seasons
settlements and landscapes
transportation vehicles
vehicles
watercraft
watercraft by function
watercraft by specific type
weather and related phenomena
weather-related phenomena

View of the Brooklyn Navy Yard; William Merritt Chase

Title
View of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Artist
William Merritt Chase
Physical Description
Horizontal view of harbor scene with water, dock, and boats. Small figures and trees on pier in middle ground. WMC painted in green in lower right corner.
Artist Life Dates
1849 - 1916
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1886-1890
Accession Number
1961/1.170
Medium and Support
oil on panel
relevance
rank 0.19675
Secondary Keywords
architecture
bodies of water
bodies of water and components of bodies of water
bodies of water by location
buildings and the land
built complexes and districts
coastline bodies of water
complexes
complexes by function
descriptors
european
european styles and periods
geography
inorganic material
landscapes (environments)
materials
materials by composition
military bases
military installations
modern and contemporary art
modern european fine arts styles and movements
modern european styles and movements
natural landscapes
objects we use
open spaces
open spaces and site elements
open spaces by location or context
people and culture
plants
settlements and landscapes
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
the natural world
transportation complexes
transportation vehicles
vegetation and vegetation components
vegetation components
vehicles
visual works
visual works by subject type
water transportation complexes
watercraft
watercraft by general type
waterfront spaces
waterfronts and waterfront spaces
waterscapes
woody plants

Hercules; Albrecht Dürer

Title
Hercules
Artist
Albrecht Dürer
Physical Description
A nude man seen from behind raises a staff to ward off the blow of a standing female figure, also with a staff. The woman's swing is directed to two seated figures at the lower left: a nude woman and a satyr. In the distance is an elaborate gated city and landscape.
Artist Life Dates
(Nüremberg, 1471 - 1528)
Century
Late 15th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1498
Accession Number
1956/1.78
Medium and Support
engraving on paper
relevance
rank 0.19523
Secondary Keywords
settlement area
transfer method
buildings and the land
country houses
cultural landscapes
cultural landscapes by location or context
descriptors
document genres
document genres by form
document genres for literary works
dwellings
houses
houses by location
houses by location or context
image-making processes and techniques
information forms
intaglio prints
landscapes (environments)
natural landscapes
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by age group
physical activities
physical activities by general context
plants
printing
printing and printing processes and techniques
prints
prints by process
prints by process or technique
processes and techniques
processes and techniques by specific type
residential structures
rural houses
settlements and landscapes
single built works
single built works by function
single built works by specific type
vegetation and vegetation components
vegetation components
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
wilderness
woody plants
youth

Tôto Meisho Series: White Rain on Nihon Bridge (Nihonbashi no shirazame); Andô Hiroshige

Title
Tôto Meisho Series: White Rain on Nihon Bridge (Nihonbashi no shirazame)
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
Rainy scene in a village. There is a bridge in the foreground, with several figures walking across with umbrellas. Houses and mountains appear in the distance.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1840-1841
Accession Number
1948/1.139
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 0.19478
Secondary Keywords
layout features
transfer method
upward
associated concepts
buildings and the land
components
components and systems
components by specific context
costume
costume accessories
costume accessories carried
descriptors
dwellings
earth sciences concepts
illustrations
illustrations by form
images and ornament
information form components
inorganic material
landforms
landforms and landform components
landforms by shape or position
landscapes (environments)
layout features
materials
materials by composition
natural landscapes
objects we use
people and culture
physical sciences concepts
precipitation
prints
prints by process
prints by process or technique
relief prints
residential structures
scientific concepts
settlements and landscapes
single built works
single built works by function
single built works by specific type
transportation structures
transportation structures by form
transportation vehicles
vehicles
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
watercraft
watercraft by general type
weather and related phenomena
weather-related phenomena

One of a pair of six-fold screens; Attributed Kanô Tan'yû; Manner of

Title
One of a pair of six-fold screens
Artist
Attributed Kanô Tan'yû
Physical Description
These panels represent six of the twelve months. The panels each have calligraphy and a red seal in one corner. In each panel there is a bird and a type of plant, which are suggestive of particular months. On the top left panel there is bamboo, the bow of the boat with a small lamp attached to it, and a type of water fowl. In the bottom middle panel is a blooming sakura tree and a pheasant. In the bottom left panel is blue and white wisteria ans small sparrows. In the bottom right panel there is a willow slowly coming back to life after winter over a thatched building.
Artist Life Dates
(Kyoto, 1604 - 1674, Edo)
Century
19th century?
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
1965/1.179
Medium and Support
ink and light color on paper, one of pair of Six fold screens
relevance
rank 0.19466
Secondary Keywords
upward
animals and creatures
asian
associated concepts
birds
bodies of water
bodies of water and components of bodies of water
bodies of water by size
buildings and the land
deciduous trees
descriptors
dwellings
earth sciences concepts
east asian
furnishings
furnishings by form or function
furniture
furniture by form or function
grass (plant material)
herbaceous plants
japanese
japanese styles
landforms
landforms and landform components
landforms by shape or position
landscapes (environments)
materials
materials by origin
natural landscapes
objects we use
people and culture
physical sciences concepts
plant material
plants
residential structures
riverine bodies
scientific concepts
seasons
settlements and landscapes
shrubs
single built works
single built works by function
single built works by specific type
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
transportation vehicles
trees by leaf life
vegetation and vegetation components
vegetation components
vehicles
watercraft
watercraft by general type
woody plants

Mantel clock with a priestess and Cupid offering a sacriffice to Venus; Joseph Buzot

Title
Mantel clock with a priestess and Cupid offering a sacriffice to Venus
Artist
Joseph Buzot
Physical Description
The dial of this elaborately decorated clock stands upon a two-tiered base. The lower tier consists of a hollow base made of ebony and adorned with a frieze of gilded bronze scrollwork and palmette motifs. The upper tier, made entirely of gilded bronze, features six fluted pilasters with a decorative panel centered on the front below the dial. This panel is composed of a pair of doves touching beaks before a crossed quiver of arrows and a flaming torch framed by leaves. A woman in long flowing robes stands to the right of the dial and empties a small cup onto a dove held by a winged putto who lies on a rocky projection. Behind the dove burns a fire on a small altar inscribed "Altar of Venus" [Autel à Venus].
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1780
Accession Number
2001/2.82
Medium and Support
gilded bronze, ebony, porcelain, and glass
relevance
rank 0.19454
Secondary Keywords
additive and joining processes and techniques
altars and altar components
animals and creatures
architectural elements
architectural elements by building type
birds
ceremonies
components
components and systems
components by specific context
descriptors
design elements
enclosing structural elements
european
european styles and periods
events
figure- and animal-derived motifs
measuring devices
measuring devices for extent
metallizing
modern european regional styles and movements
modern european styles and movements
modern french styles and movements
modern french styles by reign
motifs
objects we use
people and culture
processes and techniques
processes and techniques by specific type
religious building fixtures
religious ceremonies
sculpture
sculpture by material
structural elements
structural elements and structural element components
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
surface covering processes and techniques
timepieces
timepieces by form
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
wall components
wall components by form or function
walls and wall components

Farm Landscape; Jacques Callot

Title
Farm Landscape
Artist
Jacques Callot
Physical Description
Some mold damage. Paper size: lh 20 7/10cm & rh 20 9/10cm x w 32 3/5cm. Image size: h 8 1/2cm x w 21 3/5cm.
Accession Number
2008/2.381
Medium and Support
etching on beige laid paper
relevance
rank 0.19309
Secondary Keywords
transfer method
agricultural complexes
agricultural functions
animals and creatures
buildings and the land
built complexes and districts
complexes
complexes by function
descriptors
functions
functions (activities)
functions by specific context
image-making processes and techniques
intaglio printing processes
intaglio prints
mammals
objects we use
open spaces
open spaces and site elements
open spaces by form
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by gender
people by occupation
people in agriculture
people in agriculture or natural resource occupations
people in science-related occupations
printing and printing processes and techniques
printing processes
prints
prints by process
prints by process or technique
processes and techniques
processes and techniques by specific type
religious buildings
religious structures
scientists and people in science-related occupations
single built works
single built works by function
single built works by specific type
visual works
visual works by medium or technique

The Famous Picnic at Val Kill; Ann Murfee Allen

Title
The Famous Picnic at Val Kill
Artist
Ann Murfee Allen
Physical Description
Primitive painting depicting three sailboats in the foreground, and figures sitting around tables and standing on a lawn in the middle ground, with two houses in the background.
Artist Life Dates
1923 - 1995
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
1975
Accession Number
2002/1.178
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
relevance
rank 0.19272
Secondary Keywords
american regions
art genres
artistic concepts
associated concepts
buildings and the land
concepts in the arts
descriptors
dwellings
furnishings
furnishings by form or function
furniture
furniture by form or function
how we live
identifying artifacts
information artifacts
information artifacts by function
information forms
landscapes (environments)
materials
materials by function
natural landscapes
north american
objects we use
people and culture
people and occupations
plants
political and social issues
residential structures
sailing vessels by size
seating furniture
settlements and landscapes
single built works
single built works by function
single built works by specific type
single seating furniture
standing
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
support furniture
tables (support furniture)
tables by function
the americas
the natural world
transportation vehicles
vegetation and vegetation components
vegetation components
vehicles
visual works
visual works by subject type
watercraft
watercraft by method of propulsion
watercraft by specific type
waterscapes
woody plants

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 11 - The Power and the Glory (Das Vaterunser - Und die Kraft und die Herrlichkeit); Max Pechstein

Title
The Lord's Prayer, sheet 11 - The Power and the Glory (Das Vaterunser - Und die Kraft und die Herrlichkeit)
Artist
Max Pechstein
Physical Description
Positioned in the upper center, a large eye sits inside a black triangle from which five arms and hands radiate. Behind the triangle and extending to the viewer's right edge is a rainbow. Below the triangle is a stylized, mask-like face that radiates beams of light rom its eyes. On each side of this large face is a man's face in profile. In the far background, there are mountains and clouds.
Artist Life Dates
1881 - 1955
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1921
Accession Number
1948/1.433
Medium and Support
woodcut with hand-coloring on paper
relevance
rank 0.19166
Secondary Keywords
transfer method
architecture
arms
associated concepts
biological components
components
components and systems
components by specific context
document genres
document genres by form
document genres for literary works
earth sciences concepts
electromagnetic radiation
energy
energy and related concepts
european
european styles and periods
heads
human body
information forms
modern and contemporary art
modern european fine arts styles and movements
modern european styles and movements
monuments
movement
object groupings
object groupings and systems
object groupings by specific context
objects we use
people and culture
physical sciences concepts
physics concepts
prints
prints by process
prints by process or technique
relief prints
religions and religious concepts
religious concepts
scientific concepts
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
the human body
the natural world
upper body
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
visual works groupings
weather and related phenomena
weather-related phenomena

Durga, seated, with sixteen arms; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title
Durga, seated, with sixteen arms
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, South India
Physical Description
Durga sits with her legs in a half lotus position, crossed in front of her, but not interlaced. She has a narrow waist and rounded pointy breasts with broad shoulders. Her front two hands hold a rosary (also in a reassuring gesture) and a pot. Her other hands fan out around her. Reading clockwise, she carries a wide assortment of weapons, an arrow, sword, feather, club, discus, trident and [?] on her right and conch, bell, noose, trident, club?, shield, bow and a kapala (skull cup). She has large open eyes and a full mouth and nose. She wears jewelry including necklaces and shoulder loops, armlets, bracelets and large floral earrings. Her crown rest atop her head, but there are wing-like elements that fan out behind her ears. She sits on a squared base with stylized lotus petals over simpler moldings.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1981/2.59
Medium and Support
copper
relevance
rank 0.17958
Secondary Keywords
hollow-bodied
animal material
associated concepts
beads and sets of beads
bells and sets of bells
buildings and the land
chordophones
combination inorganic/organic animal material
combination inorganic/organic material
costume
costume accessories
costume accessories worn
descriptors
directly struck idiophones
edged weapons
figures
herbaceous plants
keratinous material
landscapes (environments)
materials
materials by composition
materials by origin
natural landscapes
object genres
object genres by form
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people and occupations
people by state or condition
percussion idiophones
percussive weapons
plants
projectile weapons
projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
recreational artifacts
recreational artifacts for competitive activities
religions
religions and religious concepts
sets of beads
settlements and landscapes
shell (animal material)
shell and shell material
sound devices
sound devices by acoustical characteristics
spears (weapons)
spears by form
sports and athletic equipment
staff weapons
struck idiophones
track and field sports equipment
vegetation and vegetation components
vegetation components
weapons
weapons and ammunition
woody plants

Do yu Get it; Martin Johnson

Title
Do yu Get it
Artist
Martin Johnson
Physical Description
7-sided frame made of reclaimed wood moulding and slats nailed together and backed with strips of green felt, possibly from a pool table. Gold wire traces the wood frame, and is accented with a fuzz ball or googly eye at each corner. A toy car is placed on the gold wire “track” at bottom center; car racing flag stickers attached to the frame in a couple places. Three pieces of thread are strung horizontally across the frame, a “spider web” attached to top two lines with puffy paint. A wood (?) cutout of a smiling joker mouth hung from web by wire.
Artist Life Dates
(1951 - )
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1996
Accession Number
2008/2.235
Medium and Support
mixed media consruction, paint, wood, wire, toy car
relevance
rank 0.17930
Secondary Keywords
abstract expressionist
animals and creatures
applied decoration
arthropods
associated concepts
biological components
biological concepts
buildings and the land
built complexes and districts
complexes
complexes by function
components
components and systems
components by specific context
descriptors
design elements
faces
found object sculpture
freewheeled vehicles
freewheeled vehicles by form or function
heads
image-making processes and techniques
international post-1945 styles and movements
land vehicles
land vehicles by form
leisure and competition vehicles
life
life stages
metalwork
object genres
object genres by material
object-making processes and techniques
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by occupation
people in the arts
people in the arts and related occupations
people in the humanities
people in the performing arts
performing artists
post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
processes and techniques
processes and techniques by specific type
recreation areas
recreational artifacts
recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities
scientific concepts
sculpture
sculpture by material
sculpture techniques
sports complexes
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
the human body
transportation vehicles
upper body
vehicles
visual works
visual works by medium or technique

The Orchid Pavilion Gathering; Sheng Maoye (Sheng Mao-yeh)

Title
The Orchid Pavilion Gathering
Artist
Sheng Maoye (Sheng Mao-yeh)
Physical Description
Handscroll depicting figures (42 men and 6 boys) in a landscape, most of whom are sitting along the banks of a stream as cups on lotus leaves float by. A small cluster of figures sits in a shelter over the water examining a handscroll. The painting includes an inscription, six artist’s seals and one collector’s seal.
Artist Life Dates
active 1594-164
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
1621
Accession Number
1974/1.244
Medium and Support
handscroll, ink and color on silk
relevance
rank 0.17841
Secondary Keywords
architecture
asian
bodies of water
bodies of water and components of bodies of water
bodies of water by size
bridges (built works)
bridges by function
buildings and the land
chinese
chinese painting styles
chinese styles
chinese styles and periods
containers
containers by function or context
containers for serving and consuming food
culinary containers
descriptors
drinking vessels
east asian
figures
flowers
geography
grass (plant material)
history
how we live
inorganic material
landscapes (environments)
materials
materials by composition
materials by origin
natural landscapes
objects we use
paintings
paintings by form
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people and occupations
people by gender
physical activities
physical activities by general context
plant material
plants
riverine bodies
scroll paintings
settlements and landscapes
single built works
single built works by function
single built works by specific type
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
the natural world
transportation structures
transportation structures by form
vegetation and vegetation components
vegetation components
vessels for serving and consuming food
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
woody plants

California Orange Grove; David Courlander

Title
California Orange Grove
Artist
David Courlander
Physical Description
Painting of landscape scene with blue sky and green field. Mountains and three houses in background in the upper-left quadrant. Grove with orange trees in center. Two men fishing along the banks of a stream in the lower right foreground.
Artist Life Dates
1866-1961
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1950
Accession Number
1985/2.89
Medium and Support
oil on canvas board
relevance
rank 0.16840
Secondary Keywords
settlement area
upward
americas
art genres
artistic concepts
associated concepts
atmospheric effects
bodies of water
bodies of water and components of bodies of water
bodies of water by size
buildings and the land
concepts in the arts
deciduous trees
descriptors
dwellings
earth sciences concepts
equipment
equipment by context
fishing and trapping tools and equipment
food
fruit
geographic and political locations
geography
houses by location
houses by location or context
inorganic material
landforms
landforms and landform components
landforms by shape or position
locality
materials
materials by composition
materials by function
modern and contemporary art
natural landscapes
north & central america
north and central america (continent)
objects we use
people and culture
people and occupations
physical activities
physical activities by location
physical activities by specific context
physical sciences concepts
plant communities
plants
residential structures
riverine bodies
scientific concepts
settlements and landscapes
single built works
single built works by function
single built works by specific type
the natural world
tools and equipment
trees
trees by leaf life
united states
united states (nation)
vegetation and vegetation components
vegetation components
visual works
visual works by subject type
water activities
weather and related phenomena
weather-related phenomena
woods
woody plants
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