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Title

Trees in Fall - France

Artist

Ilse Bing

Physical Description

A tree-lined field with trees losing their leaves scattered throughout.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998

Object Creation Date

1935

Accession Number

2012/2.39

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 8.91021

Secondary Keywords

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Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Jimbutsu Edition): #15 Yoshiwara

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

Fishermen in boats in shallow water with mountain n the distance. Writing in the upper left corner. Flock of birds in the distance in front of the mountain.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

1852

Accession Number

2008/2.317

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 8.89072

Secondary Keywords

upward

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Title

Classical Scene after Panini

Artist

Anonymous French

Physical Description

An outdoor scene of a man next to a stone fountain, with a man on a horse and various other people around. The fountain has an arched top and is part of a stone wall with other rounded arched openings. There is a decoration of an ornate handled urn. There is also a fleur-de-lis watermark.

Century

18th-19th century

Accession Number

2013/2.538

Medium and Support

pen and wash on paper

relevance

rank 8.88987

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Illustration for Tristian Tzara, 'La Bonne Heure'

Artist

Georges Braque

Physical Description

In this Dadaist piece, created by Georges Braque while working with poet Tristan Tzara, a flower emerges from several puddles of ink, which resemble the buds of other plants. Behind the foremost bud and the flower itself, a light blue shadow exists, mimicking the form of the surrounding plants.

Artist Life Dates

1882-1963

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1955

Accession Number

1983/1.245

Medium and Support

color etching on paper

relevance

rank 8.88987

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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Title

Kind zwischen Bäumen (Child Among Trees)

Artist

Paula Modersohn-Becker

Physical Description

Drawing featuring a small child seated with its hands in its lap stares out at the viewer amid a forest of birch trees.

Artist Life Dates

1876 - 1907

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1905

Accession Number

2000/2.176

Medium and Support

black chalk on medium thick cream laid paper

relevance

rank 8.88802

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Plate with white plum blossom design

Artist

Arakawa Toyozô

Physical Description

It is a round, stoneware plate. Clay is red covered with mottled grayish glaze and painted with underglaze iron and white slip. Imperfection of clay was resulted in occasional bumps on surface. Six spur marks are visible on the bottom. Slab is roughly cut (deliberately); the plate is in slightly convex shape. Artist’s seal with underglaze iron appears on the bottom.

Artist Life Dates

1894 - 1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1960

Accession Number

1963/2.64

Medium and Support

Stoneware with iron and white slip painting

relevance

rank 8.87909

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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Title

Champigny

Artist

Camille Pissarro

Physical Description

A bridge with three arches extends from the left edge towards the right near the center of the image. There are trees behind it and different types of trees cut the right edge of the bridge off from view. Squiggly lines indicate a hill or water along the bottom half.

Artist Life Dates

1830-1903

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1863

Accession Number

1997/1.98

Medium and Support

pen, brown ink and graphite on cream laid paper

relevance

rank 8.87543

Secondary Keywords

upward

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Title

Plate with gourd and vine design (one of five with 1964/1.100 and 102-104)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Nabeshima ware, Japan

Physical Description

The circular, smaller white porcelain plate has a design of gourds, flowers, vines and leaves around the rim. The gourds are outlined with blue underglaze and colored with yellow overglaze. Blue underglaze and transparent green overglaze are used for the leaves. The flowers and vines are drawn with red. The red enamel is worn off from some of the tendrils, a characteristic of 18th century Nabeshima. The reverse side has four clustered jewel or treasure motifs with four bows and streamers repeated three times. On the shallow foot, bold lines are drawn in a row like a comb. The design on the back is all drawn with blue underglaze. (Referencce: Becker, Sister Johanna. “A Group of Nabeshima Porcelain.")

Century

Early 18th century

Object Creation Date

early 18th century

Accession Number

1964/1.101

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze and enamel overglaze painting

relevance

rank 8.87232

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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Title

Sandino en la montana

Artist

Armando Morales

Physical Description

Seven faceless men are shown on horseback riding through a jungle. They have weapons and a dog is leading their group.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1927

Object Creation Date

1993

Accession Number

2011/1.96.1

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 8.87014

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Untitled (Tree)

Artist

Jean Paul Slusser

Physical Description

This is a watercolor painting in a vertical format painted in tones of blue and green. It shows a large tree, with a black trunk and branches and without any leaves, in front of two houses. The sky is painted in a bright blue.

Artist Life Dates

1886 -1981

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2009/1.541

Medium and Support

watercolor on paper

relevance

rank 8.86270

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium sp.), from "Woodland Portraits"

Artist

Jeannette Klute

Physical Description

A close-up image of small blue flowers blooming from tall grass-like shoots. The background is out of focus, green with a few bright colors of other plants.

Artist Life Dates

(1917 - 2009)

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

2012/2.14.6

Medium and Support

vintage dye transfer print on paper

relevance

rank 8.85963

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Title

The Labors of Hercules: The Nemean Lion (one of the set of 13 prints)

Artist

Heinrich Aldegrever

Artist Life Dates

1502- circa 1561

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1550

Accession Number

1956/1.62

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 8.85244

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

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Title

Tasza-Szalka, from "Hungarian Memories"

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

A woman is shown seated, bowl in her lap and ducks at her feet. She sits on what appears to be a stone bench and is covered by the shade of a tree.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

July 6, 1924; printed 1981

Accession Number

1985/1.125.2

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 8.85011

Secondary Keywords

agricultural structures

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Title

Courtesan Relaxing with Attendant

Artist

Okumura Masanobu

Physical Description

A colored image depicting a woman lounging in her chambers. She wears a kimono of red and blue with an artistic stylized pattern. Outside is a cherry tree blooming and the woman's young attendant in a grey kimono.

Artist Life Dates

1686-1764

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1st half of 18th century

Accession Number

1963/1.94

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 8.85002

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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Title

Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Nissaka, Sayo Mountain Pass

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

A mountain path which forms a diagonal of the print. Several travelers are walking along the road with trees on both sides.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1833-1834

Accession Number

1948/1.126

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 8.84845

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

Untitled (Four of Four), from "Portfolio of Four Lithographs"

Artist

Henry Moore

Physical Description

A black and white lithograph of a tree.

Object Creation Date

1973

Accession Number

2011/1.124

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 8.84613

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

Glassu ni sashita hana (Flowers in a Glass)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

A girl with patterned dress is holding and looking at a drinking wine glass, in which there is a flower inside the wine glass.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1975

Accession Number

2011/2.30

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 8.84613

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Sunset Near Darien

Artist

John Frederick Kensett

Physical Description

Landscape painting of costal scene overlooking a body of water using an aerial perspective; three tree tops in center in darkened foreground in front of a glowing sky

Artist Life Dates

1816 - 1872

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1872

Accession Number

1975/2.99

Medium and Support

oil on board

relevance

rank 8.83935

Secondary Keywords

relation to water

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Title

One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Obi Brocades

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

The colorful strips of brocade at the top and bottom of this panel feature a woven design of ivy and peonies entwined around cartwheels, bamboo, and stylized diamonds. A wide rectangular fragment of an obi (sash for kimono) lie at the center of the textile. It is an almost abstract design of boats tossed in a frothy sea. The warm, muted tones of the gold are matched in color selections of mauve, and muted purple, blue, and green threads.

Century

17th to 19th centuries

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1972/2.44.2

Medium and Support

brocade with gilt paper (kinran nishiki) & float stitch embroidery (watashi nui)

relevance

rank 8.83635

Secondary Keywords

patterning

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Title

Warriors

Artist

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Physical Description

A woodblock print of two men entangled in combat at the base of a tree. Tree trunk takes up left side of print, in the distance are two green mountain peaks. A brown horse and rider are in the background (center right).

Artist Life Dates

1797 - 1861

Object Creation Date

1849-1853

Accession Number

2011/2.194

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 8.83499

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

Winter in Weehawken

Artist

Henry Reuterdahl

Physical Description

This winter landscape scene is painted in light pastel colors including, white, blue, pink and gray. The artist has used vigorous brushstrokes and the paint has been applied thickly on the canvas. The scenery is not painted in detail but done in an impressionistic manner.

In the foreground, a snow-covered hill slopes downward from the upper right side of the composition to the lower left. There is one tall tree that frames the scene on the far right and several others clustered on the left. In the middleground area, seen through the branches of these trees, there are factories and buildings of a town. Also, there are figures ice skating on a pond, at the far left of the composition. In the far distance, seen over the edge of the slope, is the skyline of a city, the shapes of skyscrapers silhouetted against a cloudy sky.

Artist Life Dates

1871-1925

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1907

Accession Number

1931.15

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 8.82652

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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Title

Oiso Station, tora-ga-ame (Tora's Rain), Plate 9 from Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi (Fifty-three Stations of the Eastern Road)

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

A landscape of the bank by the river with mountains in the distance. There are trees, huts, and several tombstones in the foreground. Two figures are walking toward a hut.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1855

Accession Number

1974/1.102

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper, ôban yoko-e size

relevance

rank 8.81791

Secondary Keywords

layout features

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Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #3 Kawasaki

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

A group of figures with parasols and hats wait on shore for two approaching boats filled with passengers. Trees and a village are seen on the opposite shore. Writing in the upper left corner. Title in red box in upper right corner.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

circa 1850

Accession Number

2008/2.314

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 8.81578

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Untitled

Artist

Robert Owen

Object Creation Date

1991; printed 1992

Accession Number

2014/2.146

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on matte paper

relevance

rank 8.81336

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Obidome (obi brooch) with iris design in inlaid stone

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Gold-toned metal with inlaid stone (pietra dura) design on face, cut-out iris on reverse,

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1925-1940

Accession Number

2005/1.367

Medium and Support

gold-toned metal with stone inlay (pietra dura)

relevance

rank 8.81336

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn at the waist or below

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Title

Clearing After Snow

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

In this scene mountains and a pavillion are covered by snow and dormant trees bear no leaves. Calligraphic text is in the upper right corner.

Artist Life Dates

1906 - 1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1981

Accession Number

2006/1.110

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 8.80763

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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Title

Bamboo in Snow

Artist

Obaku Seikon (Taiho)

Physical Description

Gold and tan colored cloth with a scene of two bamboo shoots.

Artist Life Dates

1691-1774

Object Creation Date

circa 1760-1774

Accession Number

2014/2.252

Medium and Support

ink on silk, silk and paper backing

relevance

rank 8.80300

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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Title

Hôeido Tôkaidô Series: Sakanoshita, Fudesute-mine (Toss-away-the-brush Mountain)

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

A print of tavelers in the mountains. Some are walking, some resting in the tent, some looking into the distance at the mountains across the canyon.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1833-1834

Accession Number

1983/2.94

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 8.78936

Secondary Keywords

upward

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

demountable buildings

descriptors

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materials

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woody plants

Title

Interior of a Pompeiian Home with Figures (The Impluvium)

Artist

Eugène Viollet-le-Duc

Physical Description

An ink drawing in shades of gray with very exact detailing of objects and architectural elements in the scene. It shows the interior of a Roman house with sunlight streaming into an open courtyard with a fountain. The stone fountain has a square basin supported by a pedestal and a standing nude sculpture above it. One wall of the courtyard is decorated with floral designs and two figural scenes. A small bush is growing in a dirt area of the floor and there are two large vessels against the wall. Two figures are standing in a colonnade to the left of the courtyard. One is a woman dressed in a toga who is looking at a man dressed in a short sleeved tunic. The decorations of the floor, walls and ceiling depict ancient classical designs such as ascanthus leaves, meander and scroll patterns and the roof tiles have floral plume decorations and lion's head spouts.

Artist Life Dates

1814-1879

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1873

Accession Number

1976/2.20

Medium and Support

ink and wash over graphite on cream wove paper

relevance

rank 8.76926

Secondary Keywords

architecture

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buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

containers

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descriptors

dwellings

figures

genres

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the natural world

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Détails de la frise de la retraite des Apôtres, Valée de Hinnom, Jérusalem

Artist

Auguste Salzmann

Physical Description

A large stone carving occupies the center of the image. Above is rough-cut stone, indicating that the carving is part of a larger stone setting; below is a recess and darkness, indicating that the carving acts as a kind of decorative lintel above a cave entrance. The carving itself consists of eight square zones (or metopes) and within each is a decorative pattern of radial symetry (circles) or vegetative imagery.

Artist Life Dates

1824-1872

Object Creation Date

1854-1856

Accession Number

2014/2.104

Medium and Support

Blanquart-Evrard process salted paper print from a paper negative on cream colored plate paper

relevance

rank 8.76194

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

herbaceous plants

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intaglio printing processes

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materials

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plants

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processes and techniques by specific type

rock

rock by form

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Plum Blossoms at Tsukigase

Artist

Nakabayashi Chikkei

Physical Description

The painting is nearly entirely dominated by mountains, yet nestled among them lie two small buildings. Around these structures and near the placement of the viewer are dark plum trees with spiky branches and pink and white blossoms.

Artist Life Dates

1816-1867

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

mid 19th century

Accession Number

1987/1.362

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 8.73503

Secondary Keywords

upward

asian

buildings and the land

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paintings

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scroll paintings

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styles and periods

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trees

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vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

Rain (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Artist

Saitô Kiyoshi

Physical Description

This work portrays a dynamic, umbrella-studded view of the University of Michigan Diag, based on sketches Saitô made during his trip to Ann Arbor in the fifties.

Artist Life Dates

(active 1907 - 1997)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1956

Accession Number

1959/2.28

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 8.72220

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

costume

costume accessories

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natural landscapes

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overcoats

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physical sciences concepts

plants

precipitation

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

woody plants

Title

Mirror Box

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

This mirror box is decorated with lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlaid designs. Thelid of the box opens upwards, and has brass hinges and a closure in the sahpe of a flower. The lower drawer has a handle in the shape of a bat.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2006/2.61

Medium and Support

lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay and brass? fittings

relevance

rank 8.71917

Secondary Keywords

ball game equipment

ball striking or snaring and throwing equipment

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coating (material)

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materials

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people

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vegetation and vegetation components

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woody plants

Title

Teabowl, white glaze with overglaze copper painting of pine tree (1 of 2)

Artist

Seifû Yohei III

Artist Life Dates

1854-1914

Century

Late 19th-early 20th century

Object Creation Date

1880s-1914

Accession Number

1954/1.494

Medium and Support

porcelain with Hagi-style glaze and copper overglaze painting

relevance

rank 8.71525

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

ceramics

containers

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

descriptors

drinking vessels

evergreens

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

plants

pottery (object genre)

settlements and landscapes

stoneware

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vessels for serving and consuming food

woody plants

Title

The Destruction of Sodom

Artist

John Martin

Physical Description

This is a brown ink and wash drawing on a light background that depicts an expansive landscape with three figures in a row in the center area. The foreground shows a rocky, mountainous area with the figures standing on a ledge and square-shaped buildings, or walls, on a rise to the right. One figure is an old man with long white hair and a beard, who is wearing a draped robe and holding a staff. A woman is walking behind him on the path and balancing a vessel on her head. Another woman, behind her, has her arms at her side and looks downward. In the middle and far section of the drawing there is a walled city being destroyed with violent flooding of the city gates and eathquake-like destruction of the buildings. Far down the path a lone woman raises her hands in a gesture of distress. There are turbulent cloud formations in the sky.

Artist Life Dates

1789-1854

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1833

Accession Number

1962/1.117

Medium and Support

sepia wash over graphite on cream wove paper, mounted on paper

relevance

rank 8.71410

Secondary Keywords

architecture

buildings and the land

containers

containers by form

deciduous trees

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects

objects we use

plants

settlements and landscapes

single built works

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single built works by specific type

the natural world

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Jina venerated by a monk and a royal devotee from a Digambara Jain manuscript

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

This painting is a rare depiction of the Jina’s first preaching. It is said that the speech of the Jina is like no other and that miracles occur upon hearing it. Here the Jina is depicted with four heads, representing the miraculous ability to see from all four directions at once. 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

1975/2.173

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 8.70787

Secondary Keywords

massing or shape

buildings and the land

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

plants

settlements and landscapes

single built works

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single built works by specific type

vegetation and vegetation components

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visual works

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

The Orchard, Grantchester

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

Trees in a field with tables and chairs below.

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.159

Medium and Support

toned black and white photograph on paper

relevance

rank 8.69236

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

design elements

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

ornament areas

plants

settlements and landscapes

support furniture

tables (support furniture)

tables by function

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

Pine and Hibiscus

Artist

Shen Zhou

Physical Description

Horizontally long. Ink on paper. Mostly calligraphy with a foliage imagery at the beginning.

Artist Life Dates

1427-1509

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

1489

Accession Number

1961/1.173

Medium and Support

handscroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 8.69101

Secondary Keywords

animals

asian

buildings and the land

descriptors

forms

herbaceous plants

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scroll paintings

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visual works

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writing (processes)

Title

Kimono

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Purple silk damask with hitome kanoko floral design in graduated scale, from small at collar to large at hem. Lining is plain white silk at the top, the lower third and sleeve ends are purple.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1960-1979

Accession Number

2005/1.360

Medium and Support

purple silk with tie dye floral design

relevance

rank 8.67966

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

costume

costume by form

descriptors

flowers (plants)

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

main garments

natural landscapes

objects we use

plants

processes and techniques

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resist dyeing

settlements and landscapes

textile dyeing processes and techniques

textile finishing processes and techniques

textile processes and techniques

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

A Han Dynasty Envoy Navigating on a Tree-Raft

Artist

Yu Zhiding (Yü Chih-ting)

Physical Description

This is a dense but muted landscape painting. The lines are very well defined. The colors consit of muted greens and browns, with a bid of red in some places. There is a river flowing through the center of the painting, running down the landscape and toward the viewer. There is a figure sitting on a gnarled tree-raft towards the bottom left of the painting, with another figure looking upon the scene from the opposite bank of the river. There are ornate buildings present toward the top of the panting. The viewer can see a lone figure in an interior covered by stylized clouds.

Artist Life Dates

1647 - circa 1705

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1696

Accession Number

1985/2.30

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and light color on silk

relevance

rank 8.67530

Secondary Keywords

upward

animals and creatures

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

buildings and the land

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mammals

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objects we use

people

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transportation vehicles

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vehicles

visual works

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watercraft

watercraft by displacement

watercraft by operating environment

watercraft by specific type

woody plants

Title

Tsuba (sword guard) with iris design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

It is a round, openwork iron tsuba, in the design of three interconnected irises. The two holes are plugged with gold.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1780

Accession Number

1978/2.8

Medium and Support

iron and gold

relevance

rank 8.66419

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

edged weapons

herbaceous plants

inorganic material

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natural landscapes

objects we use

plant material

plants

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

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weapons

weapons and ammunition

woody plants

Title

Sight in Hangzhou, West Lake

Artist

Wang Chao

Physical Description

Ink on paper print

Artist Life Dates

(1974 - )

Object Creation Date

2009

Accession Number

2010/2.55

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 8.66347

Secondary Keywords

upward

asia (continent)

associated concepts

bodies of water

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descriptors

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woody plants

Title

In the Mountain Fastness

Artist

Daniel Huntington

Physical Description

Dark landscape set atop a rocky mountain with sparse vegetation. There is a small boulder in the left foreground space with a dead tree standing beside it; in the right foreground there is what appears to be a small cave. A dead and broken tree lies across the bottom of the picture frame. There are mountains in the distance and a dark stormy sky above with a break in the clouds near the center of the canvas that reveals a sunny blue sky.

Artist Life Dates

1816 - 1906

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1850

Accession Number

1916.1

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 8.64723

Secondary Keywords

upward

artistic concepts

associated concepts

atmospheric effects

buildings and the land

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descriptors

earth sciences concepts

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woody plants

Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Tate-e Edition): #11 Hakone, Crossing the Pass at Night

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

Several travelers are walking up along the mountain path. Some carry heavy goods, and some hold touches. There are trees on the edge of the road. A river flows below cut a steep-sided canyon between the two mountains. The title is written in the red box on the right side of the print, and there is also a yellow box next to it and a red box on the lower left side.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1855

Accession Number

1948/1.133

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 8.64459

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

upward

buildings and the land

descriptors

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

inorganic material

landforms

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landscapes (environments)

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materials

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objects we use

people

people (agents)

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plants

prints

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settlements and landscapes

torches and torch holders

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woody plants

Title

Blue-and-white small jar with peony and 'cloud collar' designs

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2004/1.285

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 8.63297

Secondary Keywords

attributes and properties

attributes and properties by specific type

buildings and the land

ceramics

containers

containers by form

descriptors

form attributes

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

plants

pottery (object genre)

settlements and landscapes

shrubs

size (extent)

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stoneware

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vessels

woody plants

Title

Himawari o dako (Holding a Sunflower)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

A young girl in a checkered shirt holds a sunflower in her arms. She is looking down at the flower and her hair is brushed to the side.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1957

Accession Number

2011/2.12

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 8.63297

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

design elements

geometric patterns

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

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patterns by specific type

people

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plants

prints

prints by process or technique

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

White Mountains (Mount Washington from Sunset Hill, North Conway)

Artist

L. Luthy

Physical Description

Landscape painting with mountain peak at center and rolling mountains to either side; valley in foreground with houses hidden among trees in deep shadow and along hillside; blue sky above with wispy clouds.

Artist Life Dates

1803 - 1863

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1854

Accession Number

1895.44

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 8.63194

Secondary Keywords

scale

upward

associated concepts

atmospheric effects

buildings and the land

dwellings

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geography

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the natural world

vegetation and vegetation components

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weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

woody plants

Title

In the Spirit of Li Bai's Poetry

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

Green mountains create the edge of a river. Red flowers grow on the hill framing the scene in the right corner, and two boats sail the waters below. In the upper center of the painting is calligraphic text.

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1975

Accession Number

2006/1.120

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 8.62559

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

coating (material)

coating by form

concepts in the arts

descriptors

genres in the arts

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

literary, oral and motion picture genres

materials

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natural landscapes

objects we use

paintings

paintings by form

people and culture

plants

scroll paintings

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

Seated Virgin

Artist

Heinrich Aldegrever

Artist Life Dates

1502- circa 1561

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1553

Accession Number

1952/1.88

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 8.60887

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

associated concepts

bible

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figures

herbaceous plants

holy figures and saints

how we live

jesus christ

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natural landscapes

new testament

objects

people

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physical activities

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plants

religion

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subject matter

the natural world

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vessels

woody plants

Title

Blue-and-white brush holder with human figures and pine tree

Artist

Artist Unknown Hirado ware, Japan

Physical Description

A hexagonal container of white porcelain. Each of six rectangular panels has delicate rendering of figures or plants with blue underglaze. On one panel there is a male figure dancing and playing a drum. On another panel, dancing male figure appears as well. Next to the drumming figure, a pine tree is drawn.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1966/2.25

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 8.60395

Secondary Keywords

double-headed

buildings and the land

drums (membranophones)

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membranophones

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objects we use

people

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settlements and landscapes

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

struck drums

trees

trees by leaf life

tubular drums

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants