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Title

Landscape

Artist

Adolph Gottlieb

Physical Description

A landscape reduced to minimal abstract elements. The lower half of the painting is black. The upper half, various shades of white and blue. Two black squares are suspended in the white above the black. A small pale blue circle is between the squares.

Artist Life Dates

1903 - 1974)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1952

Accession Number

1968/1.81

Medium and Support

oil on board

relevance

rank 21.10274

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

european

european styles and periods

genres

image-making processes and techniques

international post-1945 styles and movements

landscapes (environments)

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

painting and painting techniques

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painting techniques by medium

paintings

paintings by material or technique

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

processes and techniques

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religions and religious concepts

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settlements and landscapes

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the natural world

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

The Bullfight (Courses de taureaux)

Artist

Pablo Picasso

Physical Description

A bull in the center charges to the left toward a horse rearing up with a bullfighter on its back. The bullfighter leans forward to plunge a spear into the bull's shoulder area. Flags and spectator stands lie in the background.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1973

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1934

Accession Number

1994/1.70

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 21.01802

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

genres

image-making processes and techniques

mammals

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

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painting and painting techniques

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paintings

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people

people (agents)

people and culture

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processes and techniques

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recreation buildings

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single built works

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single built works by specific type

sports buildings

sports buildings by function

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

A celebration of the rains

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School

Physical Description

Fresh greens for the foliage and dark blue clouds sprinkled with lightning set the rain celebration scene. Court ladies have gathered on the lawn, and some swing under a blossoming tree, while the raja and a woman watch the exciement below from a balcony of his white palace.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

early 19th century

Accession Number

1964/2.114

Medium and Support

Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 20.99623

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

building divisions

buildings and the land

card, table and board game elements

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culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

descriptors

dwellings

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houses

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image-making processes and techniques

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

official residences

painting and painting techniques

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painting techniques by medium

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

recreation

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for competitive activities

residential structures

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by form

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

D&H Rogue

Artist

Richard Francisco

Physical Description

Ombre orange and black abstract forms painted on paper cut out and attached to wood, laid on top of another larger cutout of pink abstract form with “shadows” from the cutout above it painted in red; the paper collage is centered on a large sheet of white paper. Signed “D[orothy] & H[erb] Rogue” in bottom left corner, “R. J. Francisco ‘82” in bottom right corner.

Artist Life Dates

(1942 - )

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1982

Accession Number

2008/2.229

Medium and Support

watercolor and ink wash on paper and painted wood

relevance

rank 20.75379

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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associated concepts

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descriptors

european

european styles and periods

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materials

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objects we use

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paintings

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people and culture

plant material

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wood and wood products

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 18.34365

Secondary Keywords

relation to water

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motifs

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painting and painting techniques

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people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

processes and techniques

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script and type forms

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sculpture

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settlements and landscapes

styles and periods

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visual works

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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 14.99827

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

associated concepts

buildings and the land

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costume accessories

costume accessories worn

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

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fishing vessels by function

hats

headgear

hunting and commercial fishing vessels

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materials

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people

people (agents)

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people in agriculture or natural resource occupations

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