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- Title
- A Group of Strolling Peasants
- Artist
- Saverio della Gatta
- Physical Description
- This watercolor depicts a group of three children, three adult females, two adult males, and one small dog. An adult male plays a string instrument on the far left side, and an adult female sits on the lower right side; the rest stand. All the figures wear vividly colored clothes.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1777-1811
- Object Creation Date
- 1777-1811
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.528
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 15.73675
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- farmers
- mammals
- 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
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- scientists and people in science-related occupations
- Title
- Martha Graham and Erick Hawkins
- Artist
- Barbara Morgan
- Artist Life Dates
- 1900-1992
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1938
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.45
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 15.41786
- Secondary Keywords
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- atmospheric effects
- dances
- disciplines
- figures
- humanities
- modern and contemporary art
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- 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
- performing arts
- the natural world
- Title
- Monkey Dance Under White Plum Blossoms (pair with Lion Dance, 1987/1.363.1)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- 6-fold screen decorated with ink, color and gold pigment on paper. This screen is a part of a pair. It's partner depicts a lion dance.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1730s - 1740s
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.363.2
- Medium and Support
- one of pair of 6-fold screens ink, color, and gold pigment on paper
- relevance
- rank 15.13875
- Secondary Keywords
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- asia (continent)
- buildings and the land
- disciplines
- geographic and political locations
- humanities
- 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
- performing arts
- settlements and landscapes
- Title
- Shishimai (Lion Dance) Under Red Plum Blossoms (Pair with Monkey Dance, #1987/1.263.2)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- 6-fold screen decorated with ink, color and gold pigment on paper. This screen is a part of a pair. It's partner depicts a monkey dance.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 1730s - early 1740s
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.363.1
- Medium and Support
- one of a pair of 6-fold screens, ink, color, and gold pigment on paper
- relevance
- rank 15.13875
- Secondary Keywords
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- asia (continent)
- buildings and the land
- disciplines
- geographic and political locations
- humanities
- 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
- performing arts
- settlements and landscapes
- Title
- Lamentation
- Artist
- Barbara Morgan
- Artist Life Dates
- 1900-1992
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1935
- Accession Number
- 1992/1.132
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 15.11048
- Secondary Keywords
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- disciplines
- drapery
- genres
- humanities
- modern and contemporary art
- movement
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- 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
- performing arts
- Title
- Valerie Bettis
- Artist
- Barbara Morgan
- Artist Life Dates
- 1900-1992
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1944
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.48
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 15.08861
- Secondary Keywords
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- dances
- disciplines
- humanities
- legs
- modern and contemporary art
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by activity
- 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
- performing arts
- Title
- Merce Cunningham in 'Root of the Unfocus'
- Artist
- Barbara Morgan
- Artist Life Dates
- 1900-1992
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1944
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.44
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 14.96159
- Secondary Keywords
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- dances
- disciplines
- figures
- humanities
- modern and contemporary art
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- 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
- performing arts
- Title
- Martha Graham in 'War Theme'
- Artist
- Barbara Morgan
- Artist Life Dates
- 1900-1992
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1941
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.46
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 14.96159
- Secondary Keywords
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- dances
- disciplines
- figures
- humanities
- modern and contemporary art
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- 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
- performing arts
- Title
- Martha Graham in 'Death and Entrances'
- Artist
- Barbara Morgan
- Artist Life Dates
- 1900-1992
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1945
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.47
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 14.96159
- Secondary Keywords
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- dances
- disciplines
- figures
- humanities
- modern and contemporary art
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- 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
- performing arts
- Title
- Erick Hawkins in 'El Penitente'
- Artist
- Barbara Morgan
- Artist Life Dates
- 1900-1992
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.50
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 14.93729
- Secondary Keywords
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- dances
- disciplines
- humanities
- modern and contemporary art
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by activity
- 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
- performing arts
- Title
- Martha Graham in 'Letter to the World' (Swirl)
- Artist
- Barbara Morgan
- Artist Life Dates
- 1900-1992
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.52
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 14.78366
- Secondary Keywords
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- dances
- disciplines
- humanities
- modern and contemporary art
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- 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
- performing arts
- Title
- Martha Graham in 'Lamentation' (Oblique)
- Artist
- Barbara Morgan
- Artist Life Dates
- 1900-1992
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1935
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.49
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 14.78366
- Secondary Keywords
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- dances
- disciplines
- humanities
- modern and contemporary art
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- 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
- performing arts
- Title
- The Village Voice
- Artist
- Conrad Atkinson
- Physical Description
- The cover format of the New York weekly newspaper The Village Voice is appropriated, with satirical headlines related to topical current events.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1940
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1988
- Accession Number
- 2004/2.36
- Medium and Support
- acrylic on canvas
- relevance
- rank 14.35989
- Secondary Keywords
- armed conflicts
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- artistic devices
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- document genres
- document genres by conditions of production
- events
- historical, theoretical and critical concepts
- information forms
- 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 visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- publications
- serials
- wars
- Title
- Celestial Musician (Japanese, Hiten; Sanskrit, Apsara)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- The figure is kneeling musician on lotus seat, made of separately carved petals. Below the seat, there is a base, which consists of two lotus-shaped half-sphere, connected up-side-down. The head has two buns, elongated ears, simplified facial parts; the figure wears a pink robe with wide sleeves, holding a sort of instrument with hands.
- Century
- 7th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 670-700
- Accession Number
- 1999/2.14
- Medium and Support
- polychromed camphor wood on lacquered wood base
- relevance
- rank 14.32172
- Secondary Keywords
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- disciplines
- humanities
- motifs
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people by state or condition
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performing arts
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- Title
- Dancers [Five Couples (recto); Three Couples (verso)]
- Artist
- Isaac Cruikshank
- Artist Life Dates
- 1756 - 1810
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1756-1810
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.97
- Medium and Support
- graphite and watercolor on white paper
- relevance
- rank 14.23165
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- artistic concepts
- artistic devices
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- culture and related concepts
- culture-related concepts
- dances
- how we live
- leisure
- 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
- Title
- Alexander Dumas (père)
- Artist
- Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
- Artist Life Dates
- 1820-1910
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1855
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.12
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on carte-de-viste mount
- relevance
- rank 14.13432
- Secondary Keywords
- document genres
- figures
- information forms
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by occupation
- people in literature
- people in literature and related occupations
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performing artists
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Pablo Picasso
- Artist
- Lucien Clergue
- Physical Description
- A black and white photo of Pablo Picasso sitting on a step. Picasso stares directly into the camera.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1955
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.163
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 14.10982
- Secondary Keywords
- color
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- photographs
- photographs by form
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Minor White, Arlington, MA
- Artist
- David Vestal
- Physical Description
- A man with white hair and glasses sorting through a pile of papers on a desk.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1924
- Object Creation Date
- April 1970; printed 1998
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.182
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.97096
- Secondary Keywords
- artists
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- 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 visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- Title
- Portait of Ansel Adams, Yosemite
- Artist
- Bill Wright
- Physical Description
- Ansel Adams seated in a chair, graphic curtains behind. His hand is to his head and he is wearing glasses.
- Object Creation Date
- 1981
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.192
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.97096
- Secondary Keywords
- artists
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- 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 visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- Title
- Self-Portrait
- Artist
- Käthe Kollwitz
- Physical Description
- This etching depicts a three-quarter profile portrait of a woman’s face. The woman looks contemplatively toward the right with a solemn expression as her head rests against her right hand. The edge of her left shoulder is loosely sketched in the lower right of the composition.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1867-1945
- Object Creation Date
- 1921
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.212
- Medium and Support
- etching with burnishing on heavy wove paper
- relevance
- rank 13.95361
- Secondary Keywords
- arms
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- portraits
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- The Rialto, from the "Second Venice Set," or the "Twenty-six Etchings"
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- The corner of a massive building with awnings on both sides is seen on the right side; it has arched windows above the street level windows and several stories with balconies above. To the left is a long sloping stairway with awnings projecting above the stairway. In the distance beyond the stairway can be see the tower of a church. Buildings at the far left of the composition are barely indicated. Pediestrians are visible throughout, adjacent to the buildings on either side as well as ascending the stairs.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1879-1880
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.3
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on Asian laid paper
- relevance
- rank 13.87516
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- bridges
- europe
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- italy
- italy (nation)
- locality
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by age group
- people by occupation
- people by state or condition
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- religious figures
- veneto (region)
- venezia (province)
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- youth
- Title
- Bamboo in snow
- Artist
- Zhu Sheng (Chu Sheng)
- Physical Description
- In this image of bamboo bent under heavy snow the leaves are depicted with vigorous yet controlled strokes of the brush, while the snow is indicated by surrounding areas of blank paper with dark ink, a traditional technique in monochrome ink painting.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1618 - circa 1690
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1690
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.351
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on satin
- relevance
- rank 13.84027
- Secondary Keywords
- artists
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- grass (plant material)
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- painters (artists)
- painters by subject of work
- paintings
- paintings by form
- 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 visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- physical sciences concepts
- plant material
- precipitation
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- seasons
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Portrait of the Artist at Work and Play
- Artist
- Les Klug
- Physical Description
- Mannequin pieces and artist in a room with many windows and mirrors.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1930-1988
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.252
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.65837
- Secondary Keywords
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- interior spaces
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by location or context
- Title
- Jean Arp, 1949
- Artist
- Arnold Newman
- Physical Description
- Portrait of a man with his head resting on his hand showing only his right eye, cheek, forehead, hand and a bit of his shirt cuff with a curving unidentifiable vertical form to the right obscuring the sitter’s face.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1918-2006
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1949
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.18
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.65708
- Secondary Keywords
- arms
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- heads
- human body
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- the human body
- the natural world
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Portait of Berthe Morisot
- Artist
- Marcellin Desboutin
- Physical Description
- This etching and drypoint is a full-length portrait of a woman dressed in black and seated in an armchair holding a fan at her knees. The chair is turned to the side but the figure is seen frontally and looks directly out at the viewer. The figure and her costume are described in full while the chair and fan are depicted loosely in outline.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1823-1902
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.190
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on heavy wove paper
- relevance
- rank 13.51239
- Secondary Keywords
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Joseph Beuys
- Artist
- Andy Warhol
- Physical Description
- Four identical portraits, two by two, of a portrait of man wearing a cowboy hat. The upper two prints are black, purple, green and red, while the bottom two are yellow, green and white.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1928-1987
- Object Creation Date
- 1980; printed 1983
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.583
- Medium and Support
- screenprint and rayon flock on Lenox Museum board
- relevance
- rank 13.51163
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- headgear
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- Title
- Dancer #36, Los Angeles, 1979
- Artist
- Lynn Davis
- Physical Description
- A nude in a dance pose. The female dancer is posed with an arched back and her arms extended, one knee is brought up as if in an exaggerated step motion. Her head is tilted back with her face covered and hair hanging down. A light source to her right casts a shadow of her body onto a white background.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born 1944
- Object Creation Date
- 1997
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.100
- Medium and Support
- selenium-toned gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.14403
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- figures (representations)
- image-making processes and techniques
- light-related concepts
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- 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
- photographic processes
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientific concepts
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Becquet, one of the "Sixteen Etchings," or the "Thames Set"
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A man with and a moustache and scraggly hair visible under a cap sits facing the viewer, a cello cradled between his arms. The lower portion of both the figure and the musical instrument are only summarily indicated; the background consists of passages of rapidly drawn parallel lines.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1859
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.340
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 13.10668
- Secondary Keywords
- bowed
- accessories worn on the head
- allegory and literature
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- chordophones
- clothing
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- disciplines
- fiddles
- figures
- headgear
- humanities
- lutelike chordophones
- objects
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performing arts
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- sound devices by function
- violin family instruments
- Title
- Handstand
- Artist
- Erich Heckel
- Physical Description
- Print featuring a stage with a figure of a man with his feet touching his head while doing a handstand on a small table flanked by two chairs. His large shadow is cast on the wall behind him. The head and hands of a conductor are visible in the lower right.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1883-1970
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1916
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.20
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.02533
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- atmospheric effects
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- european
- european styles and periods
- faces
- figures
- genres
- groups
- hands
- human body
- light-related concepts
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- movement
- objects
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performance and backstage spaces
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by building type
- scientific concepts
- stages and stage components
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the natural world
- theater spaces
- Title
- Begin the Beguine
- Artist
- Max Beckmann
- Physical Description
- Interior composition with male and female dancers positioned at center with seated female at lower left, standing male on crutches at right and a group of birds in the leftmost background.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1884-1950
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1946
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.103
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 12.35758
- Secondary Keywords
- amputation
- animals
- animals and creatures
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- buildings and the land
- disciplines
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- european
- european styles and periods
- genres
- humanities
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- movement
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- people
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- 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
- tools and equipment
- Title
- Hirado Ware Mizusashi blue-and-white water covered jar with design of Chinese sages
- Artist
- Artist Unknown Hirado ware, Japan
- Physical Description
- This white porcelain jar has the design of six Chinese sages and an attendant boy with blue underglaze in delicate brushwork. One sage is reading a book, while another is listening. The attendant boy is standing next to the sage with a book. Other four sages are looking at a long hand scroll. Some sages hold staffs on their hands. One sage has a string instrument. The jar has a broad shoulder and an inverted mouth, where the lid is placed. The knob of the lid is in a shape of a reclining boy (unpainted), surrounded by books, hanging scrolls, a cane, and a fan, which are painted with blue underglaze. It also has a shallow foot.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.51A&B
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 12.31383
- Secondary Keywords
- artists
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- information artifacts
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- walking sticks
- Title
- Ode on a Wanli-era Imperial Brush
- Artist
- Shitao (Shih-t'ao)
- Physical Description
- Calligraphy of a poem written in running script and including three artist's seals and the artist's signature.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1642-1707
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1705
- Accession Number
- 1965/2.75
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 12.17091
- Secondary Keywords
- artists
- descriptors
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- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Emilio Sanchez: Lithographs
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A poster of a building in a two-point perspective; wiith the artist's name on the top of the poster and the date of the exhibition on the bottom.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1980
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.65
- Medium and Support
- poster on paper
- relevance
- rank 12.11321
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- linear perspective
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- people
- people (agents)
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- perspective
- perspective and shading techniques
- planographic prints
- 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
- Uniform
- Artist
- Kanako Sasaki
- Physical Description
- Girl doing a handstand against a grey wall. Her underwear is showing.
- Object Creation Date
- 2003
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.172
- Medium and Support
- pigmented inkjet print on paper
- relevance
- rank 12.05850
- Secondary Keywords
- costume
- costume by function
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- people
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- people and culture
- people by family relationship
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- performing artists
- Title
- Modern Mirrors (Imayô Oshie Kagami): Tedai Jûzaburô
- Artist
- Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
- Physical Description
- An image of a miror with the reflection of a kabuki actor. The mirror's rim is black with gold designs and draped with decorative fabircs; red cloth with starbursts in pink, white cloth wth grey starbursts, and blue fabric with white squares and green designs. The man depicted in the mirror wears a blue striped kimono with occasional green, black, and white stripes. The inner cloth is black near the neck. The cloth is also red, and then a seperate piece is blue with scale prints.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1786-1864
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1864
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.489
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 11.89214
- Secondary Keywords
- entertainment events
- events
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
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- performances
- performing artists
- Title
- Six Scenes of Theatrical Figures
- Artist
- Jacques Callot
- Physical Description
- Twp actors performing six different scenes, wearing bird masks.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1592-1635
- Century
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.557
- Medium and Support
- etching, woodcut on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 11.89214
- Secondary Keywords
- costume
- costume by function
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
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- performing artists
- Title
- Sawamura Tanosuke [III] as Otani, younger sister of Minezô
- Artist
- Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
- Physical Description
- An image of a kabuki actor dressed as a geisha. The actor wears a kimono of black with geometric designs in red, yellow, and green colors. The under kimono is grey/green with designs that resemble flowers. These designs are yellow at the center with blue and green designs on the outside and curling yellow lines coming from the edges. This is tied with a red rope around the waste. Other layers of fabric can be seen near the neckline. One is grey with white spots, and the others are red. Trailing from the back of the kimono is a piece of red and white striped fabric. The actor's hair is pulled back with red fabric, and the hair piece is yellow with red and blue flowers, dangling tassels. The background contains mountains and green trees.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1786-1864
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1861
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.497
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 11.89214
- Secondary Keywords
- entertainment events
- events
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
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- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performances
- performing artists
- Title
- Sawamura Tanosuke [III] as ...ya no Iroha
- Artist
- Hirasawa Kuniaki I
- Physical Description
- An image of a kabuki actor dressed as a geisha. Behind the actor is a set of stairs and to the left of her is a red standing lantern. In the front left corner is a partial image of an ink set with brushes and inkstone. The actor is dressed in a kimono of two distinct patterns. Near the base of the kimono and the end of the sleeves the cloth is checkered with blue and black. The second layer of fabric is red with white stripes. The base of the kimono is bordered grey, and a piece of a grey obi with white dots can be seen. The actor's hair is pulled back with red fabric and the hair ornaments are yellow. The actor is holding a brush in his right hand while a scroll with writing is held in his left hand which drapes down over his knee and onto the floor.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1850-1860
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1862 ?
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.582
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 11.89214
- Secondary Keywords
- entertainment events
- events
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
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- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performances
- performing artists
- Title
- Unidentified actors as the geisha Koman and Satsuma Gengobei
- Artist
- Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
- Physical Description
- A colorful image of two kabuki actors. One is portraying a geisha and wearing a gold hair piece and a dark blue kimono. The kimono has images of white cherry blossoms. The under layers of the kimono are red and light blue. She is also holding a brush and writing on the base of a shamisen in her lap.
- The male character is dressed in a black kimono with white crosshatch designs. He is holding a pipe and looking up at the geisha.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1786-1864
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1856
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.469
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 11.89214
- Secondary Keywords
- entertainment events
- events
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
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- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performances
- performing artists
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- Children outside playing, a girl in front is wearing a clown costume and has a painted face.
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.168
- Medium and Support
- black and white photograph on Kodak paper
- relevance
- rank 11.83574
- Secondary Keywords
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
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- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performing artists
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- youth
- Title
- The Sculptor
- Artist
- Peter Grippe
- Physical Description
- On the left the sculptor is shown working on a model of the woman on the right. There is an angel at the feet of the woman/muse.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1912-2002
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1957
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.531
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on paper
- relevance
- rank 11.80917
- Secondary Keywords
- abstract expressionist
- animals and creatures
- architectural elements
- artists
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- european
- european styles and periods
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- legendary creatures
- masts
- modern european revival styles
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
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- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- styles and periods
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- supporting and resisting elements
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Modern Mirrors (Imayô Oshie Kagami): the shinzô Nakoso
- Artist
- Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
- Physical Description
- An image of a mirror with the reflection of a kabuki actor dressed as a geisha with his hands clasped. The mirror is rimmed in black with gold designs with pieces of decorated cloth hanging near the top and bottom of the mirror. The actor depicted wears a kimono of dark blue with white geometric designs. The inner layers of the kimono are red with white star bursts and white with black designs. His hair is pulled back with red and blue material and he wears a gold head piece.
- Above the image if a small amount of writing.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1786-1864
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1859?
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.488
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 11.79996
- Secondary Keywords
- entertainment events
- events
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
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- people in the performing arts
- performances
- performing artists
- Title
- St. Luke and St. Mark with a Portrait of the Virgin and Child
- Artist
- Ludolphe Buesinck
- Physical Description
- Two seated men, depicted in three-quarter length, with flowing beards and long robes look out from this print. A painting of a seated woman holding a child on her lap sits on an easel between them. A closed book is placed before the man on the left, and a second book sits open next to the figure on the right. This man holds a mahlstick, used by painters to steady their hand as they work, in his right hand. A palette and brushes are placed on a ledge in front of him.
- Artist Life Dates
- c.1590-after 1643
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.144
- Medium and Support
- chiaroscuro woodcut on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 11.77318
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- artists
- equipment
- equipment by process
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- image-making equipment
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
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- painting equipment
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- prints
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- relief prints
- support furniture
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woodcuts
- Title
- The Dancing Girl
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A woman, nude but for a diaphanous elbow-length drapery and a cap over her hair, stands facing the viewer with her head turned towards the right. The figure's right arm is extended gracefully from the side of her body, hand facing downward. Her left hand is extened at nearly a right angle, holding her drapery out, which further devines the curves of her body. Her weight is on her right leg as the left leg points forward.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1890
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.430
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 11.74662
- Secondary Keywords
- child
- dances
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
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- Title
- Pas de Deux - Brown Dancer (A two-part piece)
- Artist
- Joan Rosenberg
- Physical Description
- Second part of the hand built ceramic black color figure of a dancer.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born 1942
- Object Creation Date
- 1978-1980
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.204.2
- Medium and Support
- ceramic with polychrome glazes on oxidation, hand built
- relevance
- rank 11.56521
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
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- Title
- Pas de Deux - Black Dancer (A two-part piece)
- Artist
- Joan Rosenberg
- Physical Description
- First part of the hand built ceramic black color figure of a dancer.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born 1942
- Object Creation Date
- 1978-1980
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.204.1
- Medium and Support
- ceramic with polychrome glazes on oxidation, hand built
- relevance
- rank 11.56521
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
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- Title
- A police officer at his post during the filming of a movie. There is a growing “police cult”; aficionados wear the odds and ends of uniforms, swagger along the street with handcuffs, keys and whistles dangling from their belts.
- Artist
- Leonard Freed
- Physical Description
- An actual police officer looking at the camera and an actor playing a police officer walking behind him.
- Object Creation Date
- 1976
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.338
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 11.54788
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- people in the arts
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- performing artists
- roads
- roads by form
- transportation spaces
- Title
- 'Sung Sang Kala' (Sunday in "Pelelintangan" —Balinese calendar)
- Artist
- Indonesia, Bali
- Century
- Late 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1966/2.15
- Medium and Support
- ink and opaque watercolor on hand-woven cotton
- relevance
- rank 11.54261
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- document genres
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- information forms
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- Title
- La Danse au Cabaret (Villagers Merrymaking at an Inn)
- Artist
- Adriaen Jansz van Ostade
- Physical Description
- This print portrays a lively interior scene in the 17th century Dutch Republic. There are many figures around the large room, including men, women, and children. At the far right a man tries to embrace a resisting woman. Beside them, a man and a woman dance while a fiddler plays and others look on. On the left, a woman tends to a child as behind her a couple descend a wooden stairway from an upper floor. There are items such as cured meat, a lantern, a chair and laundry, hanging around this room.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1610-1685
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1652
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.115
- Medium and Support
- etching, engraving and drypoint on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 11.53980
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- dances
- figures
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
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- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performing artists
- public accommodations
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- Title
- Changsha ware pitcher with short spout, appliqued figures, and bi-colored glaze
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Stoneware pitcher with handle and short polygonal spout, flaring mouth, wide neck, decorated with appliquéd decor of musicians and dancers, white slip, and splashed brown glaze
- Century
- 9th century
- Object Creation Date
- 9th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.50
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with applique decor, white slip, transparent brown glaze
- relevance
- rank 11.39466
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
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- people
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- vessels