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- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 1/22
- Artist
- Dan Kvitka
- Physical Description
- On a large, sinuous platform, twenty-two finished wood pieces are nestled within their respective positions; the pieces are comprised of large and small flat cylindrical shapes in shades of red and black.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153B
- Medium and Support
- Burmese Afzelia burl
- relevance
- rank 0.25362
- Secondary Keywords
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 17/22
- Artist
- Dan Kvitka
- Physical Description
- On a large, sinuous platform, twenty-two finished wood pieces are nestled within their respective positions; the pieces are comprised of large and small flat cylindrical shapes in shades of red and black.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153R
- Medium and Support
- Nigerian black ebony
- relevance
- rank 0.25362
- Secondary Keywords
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 10/22
- Artist
- Dan Kvitka
- Physical Description
- On a large, sinuous platform, twenty-two finished wood pieces are nestled within their respective positions; the pieces are comprised of large and small flat cylindrical shapes in shades of red and black.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153K
- Medium and Support
- Burmese Afzelia burl
- relevance
- rank 0.25362
- Secondary Keywords
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 3/22
- Artist
- Dan Kvitka
- Physical Description
- On a large, sinuous platform, twenty-two finished wood pieces are nestled within their respective positions; the pieces are comprised of large and small flat cylindrical shapes in shades of red and black.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153D
- Medium and Support
- Burmese Afzelia burl
- relevance
- rank 0.25362
- Secondary Keywords
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 19/22
- Artist
- Dan Kvitka
- Physical Description
- On a large, sinuous platform, twenty-two finished wood pieces are nestled within their respective positions; the pieces are comprised of large and small flat cylindrical shapes in shades of red and black.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153T
- Medium and Support
- Nigerian black ebony
- relevance
- rank 0.25362
- Secondary Keywords
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 12/22
- Artist
- Dan Kvitka
- Physical Description
- On a large, sinuous platform, twenty-two finished wood pieces are nestled within their respective positions; the pieces are comprised of large and small flat cylindrical shapes in shades of red and black.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153M
- Medium and Support
- Burmese Afzelia burl
- relevance
- rank 0.25362
- Secondary Keywords
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 5/22
- Artist
- Dan Kvitka
- Physical Description
- On a large, sinuous platform, twenty-two finished wood pieces are nestled within their respective positions; the pieces are comprised of large and small flat cylindrical shapes in shades of red and black.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153F
- Medium and Support
- Burmese Afzelia burl
- relevance
- rank 0.25362
- Secondary Keywords
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 21/22
- Artist
- Dan Kvitka
- Physical Description
- On a large, sinuous platform, twenty-two finished wood pieces are nestled within their respective positions; the pieces are comprised of large and small flat cylindrical shapes in shades of red and black.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153V
- Medium and Support
- Nigerian black ebony
- relevance
- rank 0.25362
- Secondary Keywords
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Stones from the River. vessel 14/22
- Artist
- Dan Kvitka
- Physical Description
- On a large, sinuous platform, twenty-two finished wood pieces are nestled within their respective positions; the pieces are comprised of large and small flat cylindrical shapes in shades of red and black.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153O
- Medium and Support
- Nigerian black ebony
- relevance
- rank 0.25362
- Secondary Keywords
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 7/22
- Artist
- Dan Kvitka
- Physical Description
- On a large, sinuous platform, twenty-two finished wood pieces are nestled within their respective positions; the pieces are comprised of large and small flat cylindrical shapes in shades of red and black.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153H
- Medium and Support
- Burmese Afzelia burl
- relevance
- rank 0.25362
- Secondary Keywords
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Flores de Campo
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A black and white print of flowers in a glass of water.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1998
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.101
- Medium and Support
- black and white lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25360
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- drinking vessels
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by color
- photographs
- photographs by form
- plants
- positives
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- Title
- Black supplementary weft brocade haori with woven design of sparrows and bamboo
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black crepe silk with woven metallic threads. Lining is made of white damask silk with sayagata pattern; white gofun painted lines between pattern repeats and then bokashizome in "stripes" of colors. Woven design of sparrow and bamboo is on the back only.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.353
- Medium and Support
- black crepe silk with woven metallic threads
- relevance
- rank 0.25358
- Secondary Keywords
- patterning
- animals and creatures
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- grass (plant material)
- main garments
- main garments for the upper body
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile construction processes and techniques
- textile processes and techniques
- textile weaving processes and techniques
- textile weaving techniques
- weft patterning
- Title
- Needlework
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A young woman seated at a slight angle in an upholstered armchair looks towards the viewer. In her lap and hands is a piece of fabric. The woman has a dark dress and hair worn back and bangs.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Object Creation Date
- 1896
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.390
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on cream laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25350
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- Title
- Smiling Woman in Floral Dress
- Artist
- Mike Disfarmer
- Physical Description
- Portrait of a woman, seen from the waist up, wearing a short sleeve, floral dress and smiling. Her shoulder length, dark hair is curled and tied back with a ribbon.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, 1884 - 1959
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.27
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver contact print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25350
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- design elements
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- photographic processes
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Black saga brocade zôri (shoes)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black silk damask with interwoven black lacquered threads that create a shiny effect in the light. Marked "Shizuko" on the bottom.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.370A&B
- Medium and Support
- black saga nishiki brocade uppers with rubber soles
- relevance
- rank 0.25344
- Secondary Keywords
- patterning
- accessories worn on the legs or feet
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- footwear
- footwear by form
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile construction processes and techniques
- textile processes and techniques
- textile weaving processes and techniques
- textile weaving techniques
- weft patterning
- Title
- Design for a square plate, signed
- Artist
- Hamada Shôji
- Physical Description
- Design for a square plate with stylized plant design painted on paper in ink. Signed.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1894 - 1978
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.221
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper, unmounted
- relevance
- rank 0.25333
- Secondary Keywords
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- concepts in the arts
- concepts relating to the creative process
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- image-making processes and techniques
- materials
- materials by function
- mathematical concepts
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- quadrilaterals
- rectangles
- scientific concepts
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Black crepe haori with kotobuki designs in several colors
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black crepe silk with wax-resist design in several colors, touch of gold paint. White silk damask lining with stenciled (katztome) (?) designs of large, abstract flowers (design of white flowers on red ground)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.352
- Medium and Support
- black crepe silk with wax resist design with red and white silk twill lining
- relevance
- rank 0.25330
- Secondary Keywords
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- equipment
- equipment by process
- image-making equipment
- image-making processes and techniques
- main garments
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- photographic processes
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- salted paper processes
- tools and equipment
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Buddhist Bronze
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- mid 7th-early 8th centuries
- Object Creation Date
- circa 650-725
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.78
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.25327
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious visual works
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by function
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- The Adirondacks
- Artist
- William M. Hart
- Physical Description
- Landscape with minute figure standing on the banks of a lake among trees and boulders in the foreground and mountains in the distance; blue sky with dark storm clouds on left and white cumulonimbus cloud on right.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1823-1894
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1848
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.136
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.25324
- Secondary Keywords
- relation to water
- upward
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- geography
- lacustrine bodies
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by position
- landforms by shape or position
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- shores (landforms)
- the natural world
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- woody plants
- Title
- Village Square
- Artist
- Berenice Abbott
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1991
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1898-1991
- Accession Number
- 1989/1.73
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25324
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- passenger vehicles
- roads
- roads by form
- transportation spaces
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Venice
- Artist
- Sir Frank William Brangwyn
- Artist Life Dates
- 1867-1956
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1867-1956
- Accession Number
- 1931.11
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25311
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- europe
- european
- european styles and periods
- flat-bottomed watercraft
- italy
- locality
- modern and contemporary art
- modern british styles and movements
- modern british styles by reign
- modern european regional styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- monohulls
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the natural world
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by form
- watercraft by general type
- watercraft by sectional form
- watercraft by specific type
- waterscapes
- Title
- Empedocles
- Artist
- René Boyvin
- Physical Description
- A man wearing a tunic, cape and boots stands in a minimal landscape. His walking stick seems to be falling away from him at the right as the man points upwards toward the sun's rays, as well as extends his right hand towards fire at the lower left.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1525-1598
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1539-1540
- Accession Number
- 1990/1.189
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25310
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- associated concepts
- atmospheric effects
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio prints
- objects we use
- outerwear
- overcoats
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- 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
- religious figures
- scientific concepts
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- worshippers
- Title
- La Cigarette
- Artist
- Jacques Villon
- Physical Description
- Colors: rose, brown, blue, green, grey, yellow. Paper size: lh 63 1/5cm & rh 63cm x w 45cm. Image size: lh 41 4/5cm & rh 41 1/2cm x w 34 2/5cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1875-1963
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.369
- Medium and Support
- color etching and aquatint on calendered beige wove paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25309
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- intaglio prints
- leaf (plant material)
- mammals
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- 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
- tobacco
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Sketch of a Seated Beggar
- Artist
- Pablo Picasso
- Physical Description
- A sketch of a man seated and begging for money with a bowl in his left hand. He is drawn from the left angle and is facing forawrds, away from the artist. He is unshaved and wearing tattered clothing and no shoes. The shadows of the beggar suggest he is sitting on the street against a wall.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1881 - 1973
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1950
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.531
- Medium and Support
- graphite and ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25307
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- light-related concepts
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- roads
- roads by form
- scientific concepts
- transportation spaces
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- 'Les Gueux' or 'Les Mendiants'. Les Deux Pèlerins (The Two Pilgrims)
- Artist
- Jacques Callot
- Physical Description
- Two rough figures dominate the composition with a lightly etched landscape behind them. Both figures hold a staff and each is dressed in ragged clothes. In addition, the scallop shell, indicating that they are pilgrims to the shrine of St. James the Greater at Santiago de Compostela, is visible on the brims of their hats, and on the left shoulder of the man standing to the right.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1592/3-1635
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1622-1628
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.146
- Medium and Support
- etching on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25302
- Secondary Keywords
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- farmers
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by activity
- people by occupation
- people in agriculture
- people in agriculture or natural resource occupations
- people in science-related occupations
- religious figures
- scientists and people in science-related occupations
- shell and shell material
- tools and equipment
- walking sticks
- worshippers
- Title
- Head of a Buddha, probably a 'kebutsu' (Buddha in a transformation body) from the crown of an Eleven-headed Avalokitesvara
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.38
- Medium and Support
- gilt wood
- relevance
- rank 0.25297
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- biological components
- bodhisattva
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- devotional images
- doctrinal concepts
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- religious visual works
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by function
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- The Hermit Tao Yuanming Enjoying Chrysanthemums
- Artist
- Li Shida (Li Shih-ta)
- Physical Description
- Inscription: Painted in the fall of 1619. Li Shida
- Two seals of the artist
- Ten collectors’ seals, including five imperial seals of the Qing dynasty
- Tao Yuanming intently watches an attendant water the chrysanthemums. His brushwork is detailed and the composition elegant.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1573 - 1619)
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1619
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.184
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 0.25291
- Secondary Keywords
- authors
- buildings and the land
- costumes
- descriptors
- geography
- herbaceous plants
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by occupation
- people by state or condition
- people in literature
- people in literature and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- plants
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- the natural world
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- Title
- Self-Portrait with carnations
- Artist
- Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder
- Physical Description
- This elegant self-portrait depicts a half-length figure of a man in three-quarters profile with his left arm resting on a stone ledge. The somber colors of his garb, consisting of a white shirt with a dark robe, is offset by luxurious details: the fur collar of his robe, the black ribbon and gold chain around his neck, the embroidered collar and cuffs of his shirt, and the three rings on his right hand. Two pink carnations appear on the ledge before him.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1493-1555
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1525
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.43
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel
- relevance
- rank 0.25289
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- europe (continent)
- flowers (plants)
- geographic and political locations
- germany (nation)
- headgear
- herbaceous plants
- jewelry
- jewelry by location
- jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body
- jewelry worn on arms and hands
- kˆln (national district)
- landscapes (environments)
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- north rhine-westphalia (state)
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- Title
- Bodhisattva, possibly Padmapani, seated in lalitasana and holding a lotus bud in the left hand: part of a Buddhist altar group
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.71
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.25285
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- doctrinal concepts
- form attributes
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- people and culture
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- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
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- size (extent)
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- Title
- Bodhisattva or royal donor figure: part of a Buddhist altar
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.76
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.25285
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
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- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- religious visual works
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by function
- Title
- Fat Man with Eyes Closed, from "Beggar Series" or "Les Gueux"
- Artist
- Jacques Callot
- Physical Description
- The single figure of a beggar dominates the composition. Dressed in rags and leaning on a staff, the figure faces the viewer and is shown walking with only slight indication of setting, principally the man's shadows.
- Two punctures approximately 4cm apart at the upper center. Paper size: h 21 2/5cm x w 15 1/10cm. Plate size: lh 13 7/10cm & rh 13 2/5cm x tw 8 3/5cm & bw 8 7/10cm.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1621
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.383.2
- Medium and Support
- etching on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25279
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- intaglio prints
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
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- 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
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Cloudy Mountains and Misty Trees, after Dong Yuan
- Artist
- Zha Shibiao (Cha Shih-piao)
- Physical Description
- This vertical composition consists of tall, thin trees in the foreground, with a lone boatman floating beneath and behind them. As the scene stretches upwars, mountains take up a dominant position in the picture, stretching toward the sky. Above them is calligraphic text.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Haiyang, Anhui, 1615 - 1698)
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd half of 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/1.73
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25275
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- 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 0.25256
- 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
- Political Poster, Massachusetts, from "Ives Sillman Portfolio"
- Artist
- Walker Evans
- Physical Description
- Exterior shot of a window, old sill, inside are flowers and a portrait of a man. Window is a four over three.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1903-1975
- Object Creation Date
- 1936; printed 1971
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.261
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25252
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- coverings and hangings
- coverings and hangings by location or context
- coverings and hangings by specific type
- coverings and hangings for openings
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- objects we use
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- windows and window components
- Title
- Sketch Drawing for North Elevation at Main Lobby, Mott Children's Hospital
- Artist
- Michele Oka Doner
- Physical Description
- This is a drawing for the installation of a terrazzo floor installation at the Mott Children's Hospital in Michigan. It includes notes and comments by the artist.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1945
- Century
- 21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 2009
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.1
- Medium and Support
- pencil and ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25239
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- drafting, drawing and writing equipment
- drawing and drawing techniques
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- floors and floor components
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- surface elements
- surface elements and surface element components
- tools and equipment
- Title
- Portrait of Pan Qintai
- Artist
- Zeng Jing (Tseng Ching)
- Physical Description
- Painting of a standing male figure facing forward and holding a walking stick, against a blank background surrounded by an inscription, two artist’s seals, seven colophons and accompanying seals of contemporary scholars and artists.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1564-1657
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1621
- Accession Number
- 1966/1.110
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25231
- Secondary Keywords
- layout features
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- document genres
- document genres by form
- illustrations
- illustrations by form
- images and ornament
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- information forms
- layout features
- objects we use
- paintings
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- people
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- people and culture
- people by gender
- scroll paintings
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- The Sisters
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- Two women dressed in dark clothing sit in an interior setting. The nearer woman leans far back in an armchair, head resting on her left hand, legs crossed. The other woman is sitting more upright at the center of the composition. The women look at one another in an attitude of quiet conversation. To the left of the composition is a round table.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Object Creation Date
- 1894-1895
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.75
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph, with scraping on antique cream laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25228
- Secondary Keywords
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- lithography
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by family relationship
- people by gender
- planographic printing processes
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by function
- siblings
- social and sitting spaces
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Copy of a Print by Gilray
- Artist
- George Cruikshank
- Artist Life Dates
- 1782-1878
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1782-1878
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.128
- Medium and Support
- graphite on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25226
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- atmospheric effects
- european
- european styles and periods
- geography
- houses
- mammals
- modern british styles and movements
- modern british styles by reign
- modern european regional styles and movements
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- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- plants
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the natural world
- waterscapes
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Racer, Griffin, Georgia, from "The Bikeriders"
- Artist
- Danny Lyon
- Physical Description
- Two people talking, one is wearing riding gear including googles.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1942
- Object Creation Date
- 1964; printed later
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.290
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25212
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- passenger vehicles
- people
- people and culture
- transportation spaces
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- Title
- Souvenir d'Italie
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
- Physical Description
- Vertically orientated image with trees along a hil like sketching on the right side of the image. Two tree trunks and foliage are distinguishable in the foreground. To the left of the trees and in the bottom third of the image is a small church-like structure barely visible at all. There is a a cloud in the upper half of the left side of the image, just barely extending into the tree foliage, also very faint in tone.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1796-1875
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1973/1.722
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25209
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- woody plants
- Title
- Articulation: Formulation, from the portfolio "Formulation: Articulation"
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.336.57
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25205
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- aegean
- aegean periods
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- early western world
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- greek
- mathematical concepts
- mediterranean
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- quadrilaterals
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Locket
- Artist
- David Shapiro
- Physical Description
- An abstract oil painting, similar to a blank canvas.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1922
- Object Creation Date
- 1971
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.86
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.25203
- Secondary Keywords
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- european
- european styles and periods
- jewelry
- jewelry by form
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
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- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
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- 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 0.25194
- 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
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- paintings
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- south asian
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- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Head of a Woman (Frauenkopf)
- Artist
- Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
- Physical Description
- A monumentally stylized head of a woman. Her head is tilted slighty to the viewer's right. Her eyes, nose, and lips are large and almost mask-like. She appears to be wearing a hat of a modern style. Shading is executed with powerful parallel lines and cross-hatching. The year of the work's execution, 1916, appears in the lower right.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1884 - 1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1916
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.175
- Medium and Support
- wood cut on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25190
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- biological components
- components
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- european
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- styles and periods
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- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- _sen Edo Meisho: Ryogoku Bridge, Evening Fireworks
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige III
- Physical Description
- People are standing on the huge arch bridge over water, viewing the boats with red lanterns sailing on the water.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1843 - 1894)
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1865-1875
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.143
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper, ôban yoko-e size
- relevance
- rank 0.25183
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- inorganic material
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- prints
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- relief prints
- single built works
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- transportation structures by form
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- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- woodcuts
- Title
- Restaurant and Cafe in Little Italy
- Artist
- Duncan Hartley
- Physical Description
- Two men inside a store looking out the window with three rows of bottles in front. "Alemagna" sign is on top of the window.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1941
- Object Creation Date
- 1975; printed 2013
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.10
- Medium and Support
- digital print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Baryta
- relevance
- rank 0.25173
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- cultural landscapes
- cultural landscapes by location or context
- electronic images
- enclosing structural elements
- exterior walls
- facades
- facades and facade components
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- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- walls
- walls and wall components
- walls by location or context
- Title
- Summer crested kimono with orchid design on purple crackled ground (hibiware)
- Artist
- Minagawa Gekka
- Physical Description
- It is a grayish purple silk crepe kimono with wax-resist patterns, hand-painted design and metallic threads embroidery. The kimono is in full length and has elongated sleeves. The fabric is dyed with purple, leaving the family crest under the collar and the floral design part white. The dark purple scale pattern is added using wax-resist technique. Then the design of multiple kinds of plants is hand-painted with white, red, yellow, pale and blue green, and black colors. The half bottom of the family crest is also dyed with pink. There are mix of tropical flowers and foliage including four kinds of orchids, gladiolus, ferns, and ginger in red, yellow, green, purple, black and white hue. Embroidery is added in various metallic threads around the contours of flowers and leaves.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1892-1987
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.359
- Medium and Support
- crepe silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
- relevance
- rank 0.25164
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- flowers (plants)
- herbaceous plants
- image-making processes and techniques
- landscapes (environments)
- main garments
- natural landscapes
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- nonwoody plants
- objects we use
- photographic processes
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
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- salted paper processes
- settlements and landscapes
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Plate with incised floral scrolls
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Physical Description
- A plate with incised floral patterns and splashed green glaze.
- Century
- 11th-12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 11th century - 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1957/1.52
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with cream-colored slip and splashed green glaze
- relevance
- rank 0.25161
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- design elements
- dishes
- geographic and political locations
- middle east (general region)
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
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- people and culture
- processes and techniques
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- surface marking processes and techniques
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- From Dayton to Columbus, Ohio, from "The Bikeriders"
- Artist
- Danny Lyon
- Physical Description
- An action shot of two motorcycles on the road. The motorcycle closest is being riden by a woman, the one in the background has two people riding,
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1942
- Object Creation Date
- 1966; printed later
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.297
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25158
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
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- passenger vehicles
- people
- people (agents)
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- transportation spaces
- transportation vehicles
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- Title
- Cal, Springfield, Illinois, from "The Bikeriders"
- Artist
- Danny Lyon
- Physical Description
- An overhead view of a man lying down, looking up. He is wearing a white tshirt and is smoking a cigarette.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1942
- Object Creation Date
- 1965-1966; printed later
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.299
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25158
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- freewheeled vehicles
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- people
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- vehicles