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Title

Two Designs for Jewelry

Artist

Étienne Delaune

Physical Description

Two vertical designs dominate the drawing. Natural forms such as vines and other vegetal forms create designs that are symmetrical and organized around a central vertical axis.

Artist Life Dates

1518/9-1583

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

mid 16th century

Accession Number

1963/2.6A

Medium and Support

graphite, pen and brown ink with yellow watercolor, mounted

relevance

rank 18.00843

Secondary Keywords

artistic concepts

associated concepts

building divisions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

concepts relating to the creative process

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

objects we use

people and culture

reading and writing spaces

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by function

Title

Girls of Lincoln Bench School Studying their Reading Lessons, New Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon

Artist

Dorothea Lange

Physical Description

A group of little girls sitting on the stairs in front of a school.

Artist Life Dates

1895-1965

Object Creation Date

1939; printed 1990

Accession Number

2013/2.153

Medium and Support

toned gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 17.98448

Secondary Keywords

building divisions

buildings and the land

built complexes and districts

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people

people (agents)

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people by family relationship

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Title

Portrait of a Man (Self-Portrait?) (recto); Sketch of head of a young woman with

Artist

Jean Boissieu

Artist Life Dates

(Lyon, France, 1736 - 1810, Lyon, France)

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

1736-1810

Accession Number

1970/2.72

Medium and Support

charcoal and gray wash on paper

relevance

rank 17.76319

Secondary Keywords

image form

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views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

visual works by form

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Title

"Bhagavata Purana" series: Krishna and Balarama Studying with the Brahman Sandipani

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Uttar Pradesh, Chaurapancasika Style

Physical Description

Krishna, in blue, and Balarama are portrayed in identical poses and wearing peacock-feather headdresses. The paunchy bearded figure at right is their mentor, Sandipani. Two other, older students appear at left. They are seated, approximately equidistantly spaced, in an architectural structure that organizes the space.

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1525-1550

Accession Number

1983/2.104

Medium and Support

ink and opaque watercolor on paper

relevance

rank 17.21881

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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components

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people

people (agents)

people and culture

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reading and writing spaces

religions

religions and religious concepts

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by function

Title

Elevation of a Small Domed Church

Artist

Giuseppe Barberi

Physical Description

The sketch for a church is presented with the view towards the door. The church has a portico entrance with columns and and pediment. Above that his a high glazed drum supporting the dome. Atop the dome is a lantern and cross. At the ends of the entableture are sculptures of standing figures. The sides of the stucture appear to be quite shallow, suggesting that the church is a short-armed Greek cross or even round in plan.

Artist Life Dates

1746-1809

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

1777-1784

Accession Number

1958/1.64

Medium and Support

pen and brown ink with ink wash

relevance

rank 15.78192

Secondary Keywords

agricultural structures

building divisions

buildings and the land

components

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religious buildings

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rooms and spaces by function

single built works

single built works by function

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Title

Corner Decoration of a Painted Ceiling

Artist

Flaminio Innocenzo Minozzi

Physical Description

The viewer is presented with an illusionistic rendering of a corner an ornate celiing. Architectural moldings, windows, and a still life in the corner with a globe and measuring instruments suggest that this might have been intended for a library

Artist Life Dates

1735-1817

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

1735-1817

Accession Number

1959/2.77

Medium and Support

pen and brown ink with watercolor

relevance

rank 14.32892

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

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