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Title

The Planets - The Sun (No. 4 of the series of 7 prints)

Artist

Hans Sebald Beham

Artist Life Dates

1500-1550

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1500-1550

Accession Number

1949/1.133

Medium and Support

woodcut on paper

relevance

rank 10.88068

Primary Keywords

chariots

gods

stars

sun

Title

Goldweight in a geometric shape

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire

Physical Description

Semi-circular goldweight with horizontally incised rays.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1900-1985

Accession Number

1997/1.478

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 10.76236

Primary Keywords

geometric motifs

ghana (nation)

sun

Title

Jina and a monk in a landscape from a Digambara Jain manuscript

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

This painting illustrates a verse from a Digambara Jain manuscript that likens the capacity of praising the Jina to destroy sins to the way the sun obliterates darkness; it shows a sun with the face of a Jina illuminating the sky. The golden-hued Jina and the monk who venerate a Jina are nude, identifying them as belonging to the Digambara (sky-clad) sect of Jainism.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.172

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 10.31372

Primary Keywords

deity

flowers (plants)

nudes

rock

seated

sun

workers

worshippers

Title

Bodhisattva Mañjusri

Artist

Tibet

Physical Description

A woodblock print, with monochromatic black ink. The impression is good, especially given the detail of the design, although the block appears to have been worn at the outside edges.

Century

20th century?

Object Creation Date

20th century (?)

Accession Number

1973/1.808A

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 10.31372

Primary Keywords

bodhisattva

buddhism

himalayan

lion

lotus

manjusri

moon

sun

sword

Title

Empedocles

Artist

René Boyvin

Physical Description

A man wearing a tunic, cape and boots stands in a minimal landscape. His walking stick seems to be falling away from him at the right as the man points upwards toward the sun's rays, as well as extends his right hand towards fire at the lower left.

Artist Life Dates

1525-1598

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1539-1540

Accession Number

1990/1.189

Medium and Support

engraving on laid paper

relevance

rank 10.10315

Primary Keywords

capes (outerwear)

cloaks, inverness

engravings

fire

intaglio printing

philosopher

pilgrims

sun

Title

Sundancer

Artist

Stanley William Hayter

Physical Description

Paper folded under approximately 1 cm at bottom. Colors: black, aqua-green, yellow, rose, blue, yellow-green. Plate size: h 39 1/2cm x w 23 9/10cm.

Artist Life Dates

1901-1988

Accession Number

2008/2.375

Medium and Support

color engraving and soft-ground with scorper on beige Arches wove paper

relevance

rank 9.39981

Primary Keywords

abstraction

color prints

dancers

embossed prints

engraving (printing process)

engravings

soft-ground etchings

sun

Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and monk with Lakshmi-Narayana & Ardhanarishvara (fol. No. 42)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

This work is painted in tones of red, green, dark blue, and orange/gold, against a light background. At the top is a sun with a many rays and a human face. Below this are two seated figures who are unclothed. They are seated on thrones decorated with colorful designs. One has reddish skin and is shown in profile, looking at the sun with hands raised. The other has orange skin and is seated in a lotus posiiton, facing front. Below them is a scene that shows two figures, a woman and a blue-skinned man, turned toward a half-man, half-woman figure who is seated on a tiger rug. These figures are dressed in colorful clothing and adorned with jewelry and hold various objects in their hands.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.166

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 8.96533

Primary Keywords

deity

figures

figures (representations)

flowers

flowers (plants)

nudes

seated

shiva

sitting

sivaism

sun

vishnu

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 8.69067

Primary Keywords

abstract

abstraction

color-field

landscapes

landscapes (representations)

minimal

natural landscapes

oil painting

oil paintings

sky

spirituality

sun

Title

One of a pair of six-fold screens

Artist

Attributed Kanô Tan'yû

Physical Description

This six-fold screen, a half of a pair, is meant to represent six of the twelve months of the year, with keen attention paid to the birds and flowers associated with each. Although this screen bears Kano Tan’yu’s signature, it was probably created by his studio or by followers working in this famous artist’s style.

Artist Life Dates

(Kyoto, 1604 - 1674, Edo)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1965/1.178

Medium and Support

one of a pair of 6-fold screens, ink and light color on paper

relevance

rank 8.46725

Primary Keywords

autumn

birds

cranes (birds)

ducks

flowers (plants)

geese

grass (plant material)

japan (nation)

landscapes (environments)

moon

mountains

rivers

screen prints

seasons

snow

spring

summer

sun

sunrise

trees

winter

Title

California Orange Grove

Artist

David Courlander

Physical Description

Painting of landscape scene with blue sky and green field. Mountains and three houses in background in the upper-left quadrant. Grove with orange trees in center. Two men fishing along the banks of a stream in the lower right foreground.

Artist Life Dates

1866-1961

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

1985/2.89

Medium and Support

oil on canvas board

relevance

rank 7.55330

Primary Keywords

california

california (state)

clouds

figures

figures (representations)

fishing

fishing pole

folk art

groves

houses

landscapes (environments)

mountains

orange tree

orange trees

oranges

outsider art

rock

rocks

rod

rural houses

sky

streams

sun