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Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 2 - Our Father Who Art in Heaven (Das Vaterunser - Vater Unser Der Du bist im Himmel)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

A large central figure represents God towers seen in the radiating rays of light and clouds that surround him.. On the forehead of his blocky, totemic head is a third eye. His left arm crosses over his middle and holds fire. His right hand extends down to the lower right corner as reaching down. The words "Vater Unser" are at the very top; "Der Du Bist" across God's waistline; "im Himmel" along the bottom.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.424

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 4.19661

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Standing figure of a monk, in anjalî mudrâ

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

7th century

Object Creation Date

7th century

Accession Number

1961/2.72

Medium and Support

gilt bronze figure on wooden base

relevance

rank 4.17737

Secondary Keywords

figures

people and occupations

religious figures

Title

Street Scene, from 'Paris 1937'

Artist

Albert Marquet

Artist Life Dates

1875-1947

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1937

Accession Number

1959/1.100

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 4.16806

Secondary Keywords

architecture

europe

france

locality

man

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transportation

vehicles

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women

Title

An Apostle

Artist

Wallerant Vaillant

Artist Life Dates

1623-1677

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1623-1677

Accession Number

1978/1.172

Medium and Support

mezzotint on paper

relevance

rank 4.16571

Secondary Keywords

objects

people and culture

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religious figures

Title

Lycurgus Consulting the Pythia

Artist

Eugène Delacroix

Artist Life Dates

1798-1863

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1840

Accession Number

1968/2.75

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 4.16531

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

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reptiles

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the natural world

Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 9 - But Deliver Us from Evil (Das Vaterunser - Sondern erlöse uns von dem Übel)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

At viewer's left, two reclining figures lie side-by-side in a bed, covered by a sheet up to their chins. At the foot of the bed at the viewer's right, a man sits with his eyes closed and his hands on his head. To the viewer's left, in the foreground , a woman sits, crying, wiping her eyes with the back of her left hand.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.431

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 4.16529

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Jina venerated by a monk, Harihara, Garuda, and Nandi from Digambara Jain manuscript

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

A nude monk on the top left sits before a Jina at top right. Three Hindu gods, Harihara, Garuda, and Nandi venerate the Jina in the bottom registers.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.164

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 4.15811

Secondary Keywords

animals

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Title

Markendeya purana series: Bhavana on tiger confronts a demon / Rama and Hanuman

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Northern Andhra Pradesh

Physical Description

The image is split into two unequal parts; a lower and upper. In the lower half of the image the figures are all holding weapons. The background of the image is red with the majority of the figures being yellow in color. A single blue figure is located in the lower left. This figure is seated on a wheeled, vehicle.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

late 18th century

Accession Number

1980/2.304

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth

relevance

rank 4.15535

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Shiva, seated (small folk bronze)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Northwest India

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

18th century - 19th century

Accession Number

1977/2.77

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.15535

Secondary Keywords

art genres

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people

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religions

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Title

Negro Holiday

Artist

Alessandro Mastro-Valerio

Artist Life Dates

1887-1953

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1933

Accession Number

1940.265

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 4.15020

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

inorganic material

materials

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modern and contemporary art

people and occupations

plants

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waterscapes

Title

Portrait of the Poet 'Basho'

Artist

Yokoi Kinkoku

Artist Life Dates

1761-1832

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

late 18th century - early 19th century

Accession Number

1968/2.22

Medium and Support

album leaf mounted as hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 4.15020

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

asia

asian

clothing

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making art

objects

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Title

Pagoda of Hommon Temple, Ikegami

Artist

Kawase Hasui

Physical Description

Tall color print of Hommon Temple. A bright blue sky characterizes the top portion of the image, getting darker in the lower registers. The spire of the red temple stretches up into the sky.

Artist Life Dates

1883-1957

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1928

Accession Number

1982/1.202

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 4.14602

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

associated concepts

buildings and the land

earth sciences concepts

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

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people and culture

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plants

prints

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settlements and landscapes

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woody plants

Title

Virabhadra plaque

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Physical Description

Shiva as Virabhadra stand in a relaxed posture under an elaborate arch placed above a goose form on either side. The arch curves inward and forms a heart shape at the center meeting in a mask of glory, a kirtimukha. Against the pillars holding up the arch are figures of the goat-headed Daksha on his right and saintly figure on his right. Both are in posed of devotion with their hands in a prayer pose, namaskara. Virabhadra has four arms (reading clockwise from his front right hand) holding a sword, an axe, a trident and resting on a club. He wears a lower garment covered by a series of belts and a multi-tiered necklace coving much of his chest. He also wears a long garland decorated with small human heads at the bottom across his thighs. A five-headed snake hood is spread behind his crown and coils of the snake project above each of his shoulders.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1979/2.42

Medium and Support

copper

relevance

rank 4.14464

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Vishnu

Artist

India, Central India

Century

11th - 12th century

Object Creation Date

11th century - 12th century

Accession Number

2000/2.159

Medium and Support

sandstone

relevance

rank 4.14464

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people

people (agents)

people and culture

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religions

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Title

Bala Krishna

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1977/2.97

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.14464

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people

people (agents)

people and culture

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religions

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Title

Durga, standing (small folk bronze)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1977/2.67

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.14464

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people

people (agents)

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Title

Krishna

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Bengal

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.132

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 4.14464

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people

people (agents)

people and culture

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religions and religious concepts

Title

Rubbing of a Folk Carving of the Buddhist King of Hell (Enma Ô)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

1991/1.74

Medium and Support

rubbing: ink on paper

relevance

rank 4.14464

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people

people (agents)

people and culture

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Title

Rubbing of a Folk Buddhist Carving of a Buddhist Guardian King (a Lokapala or one of the four Shitennô)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

1991/1.78

Medium and Support

rubbing: ink on paper

relevance

rank 4.14464

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people

people (agents)

people and culture

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religions

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Title

The Four Avenging Angels from the 'Apocalypse'

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

This woodcut print is vertically oriented. The upper half of the piece is celestial with an angel standing on a cloud blowing a trumpet. Men on fire-breathing beasts exit from the clouds. At the very top center, a white-bearded figure, shown from the torso to the head, holds four trumpets. Rays emanate from his head to form a halo, and he is framed in a half circle. Directly below him is an altar with vines on the sides and four child-faces spitting water out. The upper right corner features an angel blowing a trumpet and the upper left features a smiling angel with hands clasped in prayer. The lower half of the print is terrestrial and depicts a chaotic battle scene. Four angels with wings and swords attack a crowd of men, including a pope, a bishop and a king, as well as commoners. These figures are all crowded into the foreground with contorted postures. There is a city on a hill visible in the distance. The center bottom has Dürer’s signature of letter "D" contained within a letter "A".

Artist Life Dates

(Nüremberg, 1471 - 1528)

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

1496-1498

Accession Number

1980/1.214

Medium and Support

woodcut on laid paper

relevance

rank 4.14274

Secondary Keywords

religion

religions

subject matter

themes (religious)

Title

Man of Sorrows

Artist

Artist Unknown, Germany

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1460

Accession Number

1949/1.167

Medium and Support

offset print on paper

relevance

rank 4.14274

Secondary Keywords

new testament

religion

subject matter

themes (religious)

Title

A Rabbi Studying, from a drawing by Rembrandt

Artist

Augustus John

Physical Description

A bearded man sits stooped over his literature. He is adorned in thick robes and his head wrapped. He sits at a table that is also covered in cloth.

Artist Life Dates

1878-1961

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1906

Accession Number

1949/1.70

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 4.13101

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

clergy

descriptors

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people

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Title

He's Got You and Me Brother

Artist

Ronald E. Cooper

Artist Life Dates

born 1931

Century

late 20th century

Object Creation Date

1992

Accession Number

2002/1.213

Medium and Support

carved and painted wood

relevance

rank 4.12422

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

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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 4.11180

Secondary Keywords

agricultural structures

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Title

Ganesha, seated on a double lotus throne

Artist

Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java

Physical Description

Ganesha is shown here seated on a double lotus throne, in a royal posture with the soles of his feet together. He has four arms, and holds two of his attributes in the rear pair: an ax and a rosary. His trunk curls down across his rotund belly to reach for a bowl of sweets that rests in his left forward arm. The cobra slung across his shoulder, now hard to make out because of the centuries of wear of the stone, indicates Ganesha's lineage as the son of the Shiva, in his aspect as the great ascetic. Almost 27 inches high, this sculpture of the Hindu god Ganesha is carved of andesite, a volcanic stone common to the island of Java in Indonesia. Andesite is a soft stone and erodes easily, which is why the carving is no longer crisp.

Century

11th century

Object Creation Date

11th century

Accession Number

1957/2.56

Medium and Support

andesite (volcanic stone)

relevance

rank 4.10163

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Title

Varahi

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nandu, Kanchipuran

Physical Description

Varahi has a crowned boar’s head on a woman’s body. She sits with her ankles crosses and originally had four arms, the back two have broken away as has the front right hand which had probably been held up in a reassuring gesture. Her left from hand is held down at her left knee with the palm held facing out in a gesture of giving. Her body is softly modeled with a narrow waist and full breasts. She wears jewelry that is in sharp but low relief and includes a series of necklaces forming a collar of decoration and a longer one that falls between her breasts which suggests the sacred thread extending down to her waist at her right. She is naked from the waist up and the lower garment is merely suggested by the heavier folds at the waist. Her head is tilted and her chin/snout had jutted out to the left, but the lower snout is broken away. She wears a conical crown that accents the long diagonal of her face. Originally there was an arch behind the image which would have supported her back arms, so the image would have appeared denser, with only the cut away empty space to the sides of her waist.

Century

10th century

Object Creation Date

circa early 10th century

Accession Number

1960/1.113

Medium and Support

granite

relevance

rank 4.10163

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and worshipper

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

In the upper register of this folio a woman holds a child who is crowned and adorned with jewels. The golden hue of the infant, along with the fan held above their heads signifies the child’s importance. They sit in devotion before a Jina, indicated by his nudity—a trademark of Digambara Jina and a sign of purity.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.165

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 4.09240

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

children (people by age group)

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parents

people

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religions and religious concepts

visual works

visual works by subject type

youth

Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 5 - Give Us this Day Our Daily Bread (Das Vaterunser - Unser täglich Brot gieb uns heute)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

Four men in plain, dark clothing sit, with hands folded in prayer, around a rectangular table, in the center of which is a fish on an oval platter. The man at the far end has his eyes closed. The other three raise their faces to heaven.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.427

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 4.08742

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

Hassidic Men Walking Amongst Sand Piles, Israel

Artist

Leonard Freed

Physical Description

A man in hassidic clothing standing in the middle of a sand pile. There is another man farther back in the distance.

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

2014/2.330

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 4.08546

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

combination inorganic/organic material

descriptors

materials

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people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

religions and religious concepts

soil

soil by composition or origin

Title

Mukha-Linga, Cobra head

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Physical Description

This phallic representation of the god Shiva appears as a columnar head placed on a base with two rounded moldings on top of a series of square ones. His neck is fully cylindrical and the face is modeled on that cylinder. The eyes are wide open and a bow shaped eyebrow curves over them. He has a flared nose and luxuriant moustache over a narrow but full lips and a short ball like chin. A ‘U’ shaped element consisting of lines and a pearl motif probably represents his beard, perhaps held up in a tight net. His forehead is decorated with three raise lines that go straight across and his crown is basically flat over his hear decorated with a bunch of peak forms in the center with a finial surmounting the whole. His ears fan out almost like handles to a jar and are decorated with stylized arabesques. A five-headed snake hood rises behind the head and has a rib down its center and scale motives incised towards the bottom an ‘S’ shapes t denote the cobra ‘eyes’ to each side.

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

18th century - 19th century

Accession Number

1981/2.52C

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.08546

Secondary Keywords

animals

animals and creatures

associated concepts

hinduism

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

reptiles

reptiles and amphibians

snakes

the natural world

Title

Dancing Krishna holding butter-balls

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Physical Description

small bronze figurine made by lost wax process. The child Krishna dances on one leg with his right one raised. He hold balls of butter in his hands, one outstretched to this side and the right one extended forward as if offering it to the viewer. He stands on a round lotus base placed on a square slab. He is naked, but is decorated with a vast assortment of jewelry. Necklaces that cross his chest and drop to his waist, decorated belts, shoulder pieces, rings, bracelets and earrings and elaborate decorations on his head fanning out from his ears and decorating his hair which is arranged in a flat chignon on the top of his head.

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1976/2.42

Medium and Support

copper alloy with gilt

relevance

rank 4.08374

Secondary Keywords

arts

arts and related disciplines

associated concepts

disciplines

hindu

humanities

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people

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performing arts

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vishnu

youth

Title

View of Amsterdam

Artist

Auguste Louis Lepère

Physical Description

In the right foreground, cutting across diagonally, is a pier with figures moving around. At the pier are some ships, and in the middle ground is a strip of water and a row of darkly shadowed buildings. In the background are some faint towers that jut into the sky.

Artist Life Dates

1849-1918

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1849-1918

Accession Number

1965/2.63

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 4.08065

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

churches

churches by location or context

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

hydraulic structures

hydraulic structures by form

modern and contemporary art

netherlands (nation)

north holland (province)

objects we use

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vehicles

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watercraft

watercraft by general type

Title

Miniature altar fragment: Seated Buddha flanked by two attendants

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

6th century

Object Creation Date

6th century

Accession Number

1981/2.73

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.07794

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

figures

people and culture

people and occupations

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Votive tablet of a seated Buddha in dhyana mudra

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Accession Number

1990/1.177

Medium and Support

terracotta

relevance

rank 4.07794

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

figures

people and culture

people and occupations

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Visnhu triad: goddess Shri Devi, 1 of 3 figures

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Physical Description

Shridevi stands in a tribhanga pose (with three bends) with her right arm hanging pendant to her side and holding a lotus bud in her left hand. She leans towards the figure of Vishnu in the grouping of three bronzes. She stands on a base consisting of a flat square element topped with a series of five round rings. She wears a decorated lower garment flared out on either side in a pattern. She wears a decorated belt and necklaces, bracelets and armlets, with shoulder loops, earrings and a crown. The jewelry and crown is highlighted with gold paint as is his clothing and the two attributes. She also wears a band across her breasts, a characteristic of Shridevi in groupings with Vishnu and his other consort, Bhudevi.

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.131

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.07794

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

figures

people and culture

people and occupations

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Basílica do Palácio Nacional de Mafra

Artist

Candida Höfer

Physical Description

chromogenic print

Artist Life Dates

born 1944

Century

21st century

Object Creation Date

2006

Accession Number

2007/2.15

Medium and Support

chromogenic color print on paper

relevance

rank 4.06427

Secondary Keywords

architecture

building divisions

buildings

buildings and the land

churches

churches by location or context

components

components and systems

components by specific context

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

interior spaces

modern and contemporary art

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Title

Vajra bell (Lontjeng) (one of a pair)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java

Physical Description

This is one of a pair of Javanese bells. A talon-like vajra sits atop the bronze handle. Lotus petals decorate the base, and the faces encircling the the bell above them depict Prajnaparamita, the bodhisattva aspect of “Perfection of Wisdom.”

Century

16th -17th century

Object Creation Date

16th century - 17th century

Accession Number

1957/2.54

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.06388

Secondary Keywords

hollow-bodied

associated concepts

bells and sets of bells

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Title

Calvario, Patzuaro, from "The Mexican Portfolio", 2nd Edition

Artist

Paul Strand

Artist Life Dates

1890-1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

1971/2.126.12

Medium and Support

photogravure on paper

relevance

rank 4.05931

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

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Title

Scene from the life of the Buddha: Buddha triumphs over the fire snake at the Fire Temple of Uruvilva Kasyapa (architectural fragment)

Artist

Artist Unknown,Gandhara (ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)

Physical Description

A fragment of a stone slab, originally a facing on the drum of a small stupa, carved with a narrative scene. In this relief, he is converting devotees of the fire god Agni, the three ascetic Kasyapa brothers and their disciples. In this narrative, the Buddha asked to spend the night in the fire temple of Uruvilva Kasyapa. The temple’s fire god worshipers thought the fearsome fire serpent that dwelled within the temple would vanquish the Buddha. Instead, the fiery radiance of the meditating Buddha overwhelmed the serpent, who crawled into the Buddha’s alms bowl; the defeated snake appears in this sculpture below the Buddha. Meanwhile, the dazzling radiance the Buddha emits has been mistaken for flames and a fire brigade using ladders and pots of water has been formed to put out the fire, as can be seen here. Seated in the posture and gesture of meditation, the Buddha’s calm presence is in contrast to the action unfolding around him. The three Kasyapa brothers, with their beards and matted hair, are at the bottom directing it all – two are on the right and the other is seated at the far left.

Century

3rd century

Object Creation Date

200-232

Accession Number

1972/2.41

Medium and Support

grey schist

relevance

rank 4.05619

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Title

Forced March to the Front between Lonie and Mitulen, Poland

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

A long row of male soldiers march down a Hungarian landscape. They are dressed in uniform and carrying artilery. They are boardered by a field of vegetation and an arid mountain range.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

July 19, 1915; printed 1981

Accession Number

1985/1.125.9

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 4.05458

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Sketch of the Baths of Caracalla (?)

Artist

Anonymous

Physical Description

This sketch shows ancient ruins. The top half of the page is left empty with sky. At the righ is an apsed portico and from it, to the left of the page, runs a wall studded with windows. In the foreground is a set of stairs with shrubbery overgrowing.

Century

18th century?

Accession Number

2013/2.559.2

Medium and Support

red crayon on laid paper

relevance

rank 4.05332

Secondary Keywords

bath, dressing and sanitary spaces

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Title

Snuff bottle with relief images of luohan (Buddhist sages/arhats)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1800-1880

Accession Number

1980/2.129

Medium and Support

porcelain, molded, with overglaze enamel painting

relevance

rank 4.04712

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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Title

Jewish Men Praying, Jerusalem, Israel

Artist

Leonard Freed

Physical Description

A group of Hassidic men praying inside of a religious place. They are all standing, facing forward.

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

2014/2.331

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 4.04470

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Buddha Asyura (Ashura, Kôfukuji, Nara)

Artist

Saitô Kiyoshi

Artist Life Dates

(active 1907 - 1997)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1959

Accession Number

1986/2.65

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 4.04020

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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Title

Vishnu Stele, four-armed Vishnu with two of his attributes personified

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

Vishnu stand in a strict unbending pose, samabhanga and has four hands. Reading clockwise from the front right hand, he holds lotus, a club, a discus and a conch. The lotus and conch are also personified with full standing figures at the base below his tow front hands, the lotus as a female figure to his right and the conch as a male figure to his left. On the pointed arch behind the figure a flying figure holding garlands is carved in shallow relief to either side of his crown. He wears a diaphanous lower cloth, the folds of the garment are articulated with a flared section down the center. He wears a long garland down to his knees, a sacred thread and various pieces of jewelry, including bracelets, armlets, a necklace and large earrings and an elaborate crown.

Century

10th century

Object Creation Date

circa 10th century

Accession Number

2003/1.385

Medium and Support

black schist

relevance

rank 4.03848

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

hindu

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Title

Bhairava: Shiva as Lord of the Cremation Grounds

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Karnataka

Physical Description

Shiva as Bhairava stands against a plain pointed arch supported by pilasters with a kirtimukha or face of glory at the top. He stands in a trihanga pose, with his hip thrust to his right and wears platform sandals. He originally has four arms, the front two of which are broken away. His back two arms hold a decorated trident and a drum. He would have held a sword in one hand and a kapala, a cup made out of a scull and a hanging severed head in the other. He is naked, but wears much of jewelry including belts with pendant elements, anklets, armlets, bracelets, necklaces, a band just under his breasts and large circular earrings. He also wears a decorated sacred thread over his left shoulder. His has an elaborate coiffure in curls around the top of his head with a large topknot to one side. His face is badly damaged. Emaciated hungry ghosts attend him, the one to his right dancing with his hands raised above his head with a pot between his legs. The ghost who is on his left stands behind a dog, whose head has broken away. The ghost and the dog would have been playing with the absent severed head, adding to the ghoulish nature of the image.

Century

12th - 13th century

Object Creation Date

12th century -13th century

Accession Number

2001/2.131

Medium and Support

stone

relevance

rank 4.03848

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

hindu

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Title

Friction Oracle (Itombwa)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Physical Description

Carved wood figure of a quadraped, probably a dog. The figure's back is concave and smooth from use. The figure's back was rubbed with a stick, dowel, or cloth to create friction. A small bell or gong hangs from the figure's neck. Details of the face (nose, mouth eyes) are carved in.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1997/1.358

Medium and Support

carved wood, metal, glass beads and cowrie shell

relevance

rank 4.03814

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

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Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 10 - For Thine Is the Kingdom (Das Vaterunser - Denn Dein ist das Reich)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

A man, a woman, and a child facing the viewer with their hands folded in prayer. The man and woman sit on a mattress and look to heaven. The child stands in front of them with his head bowed. Next to the child is a diminutive cow. In the background behind the family are images of fish and birds.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.432

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 4.03654

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Paestum

Artist

Luigi Kasimir

Physical Description

Print depicting the city of Paestum in Rome from the inside of a temple. The etching is in color, and the image was probably colored after the printing process was complete. The perspective is from the ground level, as if the viewer was standing inside the structure and looking towards the outside.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1881, active 1905-1925

Object Creation Date

1923

Accession Number

2009/2.97

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 4.03562

Secondary Keywords

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Title

St. Michael Overcoming Satan

Artist

Giovanni Rovere

Artist Life Dates

1575-1640

Century

Late 16th or early 17th century

Object Creation Date

1575-1640

Accession Number

1970/2.60

Medium and Support

pen, brown ink and brown wash, heightened with white

relevance

rank 4.03018

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