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Title

Sunset, Esztergom, from "Hungarian Memories"

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

The sun sets in the horizon, in the forefront of the photo is a large body of water with three people floating across in a boat. The person in the middle has been photographed in mid-stroke. The figures are cast in the shadow of the setting sun.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

May 15, 1917; printed 1981

Accession Number

1985/1.125.4

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 9.24217

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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earth sciences concepts

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vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by general type

Title

Buddha's Footprint at Zhutang Temple, from the album, Twelve Views of Jinling (Nanjing) (one of pair of albums)

Artist

Gao Cen (Kao Ts'en)

Artist Life Dates

act. 1643-1679

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

late 17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1970/2.159.9

Medium and Support

album leaf, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 9.21296

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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Title

Kalpasutra manuscript page: Monks and Devotees

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat

Physical Description

The horizontal folio from a Kalpasutra manuscript consists of seven lines of text to the left and center broken by a squarish gold symbol framed in a red line and cusped blue lines. Gold diamond shapes framed in red are at the sides, with a vertical red line between the one on the left and the text. Between the text and the right diamond shape there is a painting consisting of three registers of figures against a red ground. The top row depicts three laymen wearing crowns, the middle two monks and a nun and the bottom row three nuns.

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

1400-1450

Accession Number

1970/2.116

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 9.21296

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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religion

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religious (people)

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text-based art

Title

Nail figure (nkisi nkondi)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Vili Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Physical Description

Wood-carved, standing male figure 40 inches in height. Its shoulders and torso are impaled with iron blades, nails and fragments. The torso is long, arms at side are bent at elbow and hands rest on lower abdomen. The right wrist wears a bracelet with attachments. The legs are truncated, with twisted metal anklet on right foot. The face is naturalistic, the mouth slightly open, the nose long and narrow with slightly flared nostrils. Eyes are almost shaped, may have had inlay that is now gone. The top of the head shows a tiered, "layer cake like" coiffure. The figure has a long and deep crack down the entire length of its left side, from top of the head to the left ankle.

Century

Late 19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1850

Accession Number

2005/1.192

Medium and Support

wood, iron nails, blades and fragments, fiber cord

relevance

rank 9.20816

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

components

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Title

Unidentified Hindu or folk goddess, with three children (?) (small folk bronze)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

18th century - 19th century

Accession Number

1978/2.104

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 9.20569

Secondary Keywords

art genres

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parents

people

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youth

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 9.14487

Secondary Keywords

art genres

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religions

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Title

The Bridge at Hell Gate

Artist

Joseph Pennell

Artist Life Dates

1857-1926

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1857-1926

Accession Number

1959/1.140

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 9.10910

Secondary Keywords

architecture

associated concepts

doctrinal concepts

european

european styles and periods

hells

modern and contemporary art

modern british styles and movements

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people and culture

plants

religions and religious concepts

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styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the natural world

waterscapes

Title

Tosyodaiji (Tôshôdai-ji)

Artist

Saitô Kiyoshi

Artist Life Dates

(active 1907 - 1997)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1955

Accession Number

1958/2.31

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.09968

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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Title

Madonna and Child

Artist

Carlo Maratti

Physical Description

A woman in a red dress is sitting with a baby on her lap. The baby is holding a note while her right hand is outstretched. Another small child is crouched at her side.

Artist Life Dates

(1625 - 1713)

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

2011/1.115

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 9.08964

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

associated concepts

bible

new testament

people and culture

religions and religious concepts

Title

The Three Stars: Gods of Happiness, Prosperity and Longevity.

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1989/2.161

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.06371

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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people

people (agents)

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people by state or condition

prints

prints by process

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relief prints

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Bombed-out Church, World War II Liberation, Limousin, Haute-Vienne, Oradour-sur-Glane, France

Artist

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Physical Description

A bombed out church with debris all around.

Artist Life Dates

1908-2004

Object Creation Date

1944

Accession Number

2014/2.323

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 9.05596

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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Title

Power Figure (nkisi nduda)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Yombe Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

Physical Description

Small wooden figure with naturalistic human face engulfed in layers of multi-media attachments including animal hides, medicine packs, and a turban bound in feathers. Figure holds the tip of a curved piece of wood in its mouth, the other end of which terminates in its clutched right hand. A round mirrior is embdedded in the figure's "belly." The hides and fibers creating the “skirt” are intact, making it unique.

Century

Late 19th century

Object Creation Date

2nd half of 19th century

Accession Number

2005/1.191

Medium and Support

wood, mirror, glass, hide, fiber, feathers, resin, pigment

relevance

rank 9.02657

Secondary Keywords

analytical functions

associated concepts

disciplines

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people and culture

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science

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Title

Bocskay T'er, Budapest, from "Hungarian Memories"

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

In this photo a man in a heavy overcoat and hat can be seen walking close to the side of a home. His shadow walks beside him, slightly stooped over. The windows of the house are low to the dirt ground, and the sides of the home are decorated in signage.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1914; printed 1981

Accession Number

1985/1.125.3

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 9.02476

Secondary Keywords

scale

associated concepts

buildings and the land

energy and related concepts

energy-related concepts

light-related concepts

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

open spaces by function

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

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religions

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settlements

settlements and landscapes

settlements by form

transportation spaces

Title

Dvarapala (temple guardian; pair with 1980/2.291)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Kerala Workshop

Physical Description

The two-armed figure dances with his right leg raised and wrapped around a club. His left arm crosses his body and rests above the club and his right hand is raised almost to his ear. Tassels hang from him hips and under his armpits adding a great sense of movement to the whole figure. Multi-hooded snakes are at the base and also around the bottom of the club. He wears much of jewelry including bracelets, anklets, necklaces with should loops and an elaborate belt. His stomach protrudes over the belt. He also has large earrings and a jewel encrusted crown. His eyes bulge out and his mouth is open showing his teeth. He is a pair with 1980/2.291.

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

15th century

Accession Number

1980/2.290

Medium and Support

wood

relevance

rank 9.02082

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

figures

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Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a community of laymen

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

Eight worshippers sit to the right of a sky-clad (nude) Jina and monk. They each raise beads in their hands. Below them a struggle is depicted. Two men in shorts wrestle, while a snake, tiger, and elephant rera up beside a fire.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.169

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 8.98496

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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reptiles

Title

Tsuba (sword guard) with design of Kanzan (Chinese, Han Shan) and Jittoku (Chinese, Shihde), two Zen eccentrics

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Circular tsuba, made of iron. It has two holes in the middle. Two figures, Kanzan and Jittoku, are carved on the lower right corner. Kanzan, who holds a scroll on his hand, and Jittoku, who holds a bloom stick and pointing to the sky, are looking upward. The two figures are carved slightly higher than the surface. On the back, there is the moon partially obscured by clouds. Gold and silver alloy inlays are applied to the moon and the clouds. Gold is also inlayed in their eyes, parts of the garments, and Kanzan's scroll. Shakudô (copper-gold alloy) is inlayed in Jittoku's bloom and his jacket collars.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

early 18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.5

Medium and Support

iron with gold, silver, and shakudô (copper-gold alloy) inlays

relevance

rank 8.91272

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buddhism

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

design elements

earth sciences concepts

edged weapon components

edged weapons

japanese buddhism

motifs

objects we use

paintings

paintings by form

people

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religions

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scientific concepts

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

weapon components

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

The Labors of Hercules: The Pillars of Hercules (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

1956/1.72

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 8.89025

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

animals and creatures

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associated concepts

clothing

figures

iconography

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objects

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sailing vessels

sailing vessels by size

ships

the natural world

transportation vehicles

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watercraft

watercraft by method of propulsion

watercraft by specific type

Title

Monk (attendant figure at a Buddhist altar)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Thailand

Century

Late 19th-Early 20th century

Object Creation Date

19th century - early 20th century

Accession Number

1978/2.48

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 8.86386

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

figures

people and culture

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religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

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Title

Mythological Figures from the Judgment of Paris: Juno, no. 1 out of a series of

Artist

Adriaen Collaert

Physical Description

A dark, densely figured decorative background surrounds a central round space containing a nude woman holding a staff before an expansive landscape. At her feet is a striding peacock.

Artist Life Dates

c.1560-1618

Century

16th-17th century

Object Creation Date

1560-1618

Accession Number

1960/2.32

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 8.85200

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

birds

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Title

Jaina altar piece of the 24 [Caturvimsati] Jinas: with standing nude figure of Mahavira cast in the round occupying central area of base, flanked by small tirthankaras; incsribed but unread. From Mysore, Karnataka.

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

15th-16th century

Object Creation Date

15th century - 16th century

Accession Number

1978/2.118

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 8.81291

Secondary Keywords

altars and altar components

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Title

Caturvimsati Pata (Shrine of the 24 Jinas)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat

Physical Description

This shrine depicts a large seated Jina surrounded by 23 other jina figures and a variety of attendants. The Jina figures that adorn the sides and are arranged in tiers above the main figure. The side columns and the whole is surmounted by auspicious pot forms. The main figure sits in the lotus position on a lion throne flanked by a male and female demigod. Along the sides he is flanked by standing cauri bearers, garland bearers above them and riders on elephants above that with an umbrella with a standing figure on it above his head. At the base in the center is a standing figure holding a sick or club with a bull cognizance behind him on the base of the throne. The nine globs on the base, four to his right and five to his left represent the nine planets and his hands folded in a gesture of meditation

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

1464

Accession Number

1975/2.120

Medium and Support

bronze or brass

relevance

rank 8.74990

Secondary Keywords

altars and altar components

architectural elements

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components

components and systems

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people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious building fixtures

Title

Buddhist Nara

Artist

Saitô Kiyoshi

Artist Life Dates

(active 1907 - 1997)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1955

Accession Number

1959/2.17

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 8.71215

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

The Labors of Hercules: The River-god Achelous (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

1956/1.67

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 8.69918

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

animals and creatures

associated concepts

cityscapes

events

figures

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geography

how we live

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objects

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people

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physical activities

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plants

religions and religious concepts

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reptiles

rites of passage

the natural world

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Seraph, half of a medallion from the west rose window of Reims Cathedral

Artist

Artist Unknown, Reims, France

Physical Description

A lunette-shaped panel composed of red, blue, white, brownish purple and yellowish brown stained glass joined together by lead cames depicting a seraph. Four leafy fronds, taken from another medieval window, have been inserted here between the seraph's head and shoulders. The panel is the upper half of a roundel originally installed in the west rose window of Reims Cathedral.

Century

late 13th-early 14th century

Object Creation Date

1280-1310

Accession Number

1979/1.161

Medium and Support

colored and painted glass and lead

relevance

rank 8.66028

Secondary Keywords

angels

animals and creatures

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descriptors

doctrinal concepts

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france (nation)

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glass

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openings (architectural elements)

openings and opening components

openings by form

people and culture

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

windows

windows and window components

windows by form

Title

Deity with tripart crown (small folk bronze)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Object Creation Date

n.d.

Accession Number

1979/2.65

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 8.64336

Secondary Keywords

art genres

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people

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religions

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Title

Buddha, seated in the ardha padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra and sheltered by Mucalinda

Artist

Artist Unknown, Thailand

Physical Description

Sculpture of a seated male figure

Century

12th-13th century

Object Creation Date

1175-1225

Accession Number

1978/2.28

Medium and Support

buff sandstone

relevance

rank 8.61489

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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devotional images

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people

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Title

Buddha, standing, in double vitarka mudra (?) (Chieng Sen style)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Thailand

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

15th Century

Accession Number

1993/2.46

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 8.61489

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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descriptors

devotional images

figures (representations)

objects we use

people

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people and culture

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religions

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Title

The Good Thief on the Cross

Artist

Artist Unknown, School of Kalkar, Germany

Physical Description

A bearded man, wearing a loincloth and a long trailing headband, hangs from a cross by his arms, which have split open beneath the ropes that bind them. His left leg hangs downward and passes behind his right foot, which perches precariously on a forked branch. He strains to his left and gazes upward with his mouth open in a tortured movement augmented by the dramatic sweeps of drapery that frame his torso.

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1520

Accession Number

1976/1.233

Medium and Support

walnut with polychrome

relevance

rank 8.59552

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

costume

costume by form

europe (continent)

events

executions

geographic and political locations

germany (nation)

main garments

main garments for the lower body

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious visual works

visual works

visual works by function

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 8.58860

Secondary Keywords

hollow-bodied

associated concepts

bells and sets of bells

biological components

buddhism

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chordophones

components

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copper alloy

copper and copper alloy

descriptors

directly struck idiophones

doctrinal concepts

heads

inorganic material

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nonferrous metal

objects

objects we use

people and culture

percussion idiophones

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

struck idiophones

the human body

upper body

Title

Buddhist Monk with begging bowl

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1979/2.81

Medium and Support

hanging scroll fragment (framed), ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 8.57088

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

conditions and effects

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Title

Picchvai

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Physical Description

Painting on cloth in an array of colors that depicts a religious scene. There are assorted animals such as monkeys and cows with red hand prints on them.

There is a river at the fore of the painting with flowers and lily pads in it. The painting has a colorful floral border.

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

1700-1850

Accession Number

2008/2.288

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth

relevance

rank 8.56559

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

mammals

objects we use

people

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people and culture

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religions

religions and religious concepts

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visual works

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Title

The Circumcision (Life of the Virgin Series)

Artist

Hendrick Goltzius

Physical Description

A crowd gathers in the side chapel of a church around a group of seated figures and an infant. A man with a long flowing beard sits and holds the infant in his hands above a plate, while another man leans forward in his chair and peers through his spectacles at the child as he performs a circumcision. A plaque with the artist's initials, "HG," lies on the floor in the foreground.

Artist Life Dates

1558 - 1617

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1594

Accession Number

1976/2.137

Medium and Support

engraving on ivory laid paper

relevance

rank 8.56091

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

ceremonies

events

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

groups of people

groups of people by activity

lighting devices

lighting devices by form

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious buildings

religious ceremonies

religious structures

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

Title

Buddha, standing in double abhaya mudra (Ayutthaya style)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Thailand

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

1993/2.45

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 8.53533

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

devotional images

figures (representations)

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious visual works

visual works

visual works by function

visual works by subject type

Title

Buddha, seated in the ardha padmasana pose, in bhumisparsa mudra (U-Thong style)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Thailand

Century

14th century

Object Creation Date

14th century

Accession Number

1993/2.52

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 8.53533

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

devotional images

figures (representations)

objects we use

people

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religions and religious concepts

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Title

Buddha, standing with right hand in abhaya mudra (Ayutthaya style)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Thailand

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

1993/2.44

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 8.53533

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

devotional images

figures (representations)

objects we use

people

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Title

Royal Attendant for a Buddhist Shrine (one of a pair)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Burma

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2005/1.448.1

Medium and Support

gilt and lacquered wood with glass and tin inlay

relevance

rank 8.52195

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious visual works

visual works

visual works by function

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 8.50982

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

hindu

named gods and goddesses

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

subject matter

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 8.50982

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

hindu

named gods and goddesses

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

subject matter

Title

Buddhist Surplice

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1950-1959

Accession Number

1998/1.144

Medium and Support

patchwork silk brocade, with ivory ring

relevance

rank 8.48891

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

costume

descriptors

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people

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religious (people)

Title

Vishnu as Bhogasthanakamurti, accompanied by a pair of female attendants, 1978/2.131 and 1978/2.132

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Physical Description

Vishnu stands on a base consisting of a flat square element topped with a series of five round rings. He stands in an unbending pose and has four arms. Reading clockwise from his front right hand, he is in varada mudra, holds a discus, holds a conch, and is on his hip. He wears a decorated lower garment flared out on either side in a pattern. He wears a decorated belt and necklaces, a sacred thread and shoulder loops, bracelets and armlets, earrings and a crown. The jewelry and crown is highlighted with gold paint as is his clothing and the two attributes.

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.123

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 8.48303

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

hindu

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

subject matter

Title

Padmasambhava ("Lotus-born": 8th-century Tibetan Buddhist sage)

Artist

Nepal

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1980/2.277

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 8.45982

Secondary Keywords

asian

associated concepts

clergy

figures

people and culture

people and occupations

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious figures

south asian

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

The Student (L'Etudiante)

Artist

Gerome Kamrowski

Physical Description

On a narrow canvas a background of overlapping, rounded segments of blues, grays, and greens suggests rock. These layers build up to warmer colors, and on the surface of the layers are several shapes executed in white line suggestive of cave-painting. The shapes looks like microscopic organisms and are connected by the nerve-like white lines. As a whole, the visual elements are also suggestive of a seated figure, and the white shapes then appear as organs.

Artist Life Dates

1914 - 2004

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1950

Accession Number

1975/1.77

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 8.44826

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

genres

image-making processes and techniques

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

movement

objects we use

painting and painting techniques

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religions and religious concepts

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Title

Buddha, standing, in double abhaya mudra (modern work in Khmer style)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Thailand

Century

20th century?

Object Creation Date

20th century (?)

Accession Number

1993/2.51

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 8.43563

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

descriptors

design elements

devotional images

figures (representations)

motifs

objects we use

people

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Title

Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, iin bhumisparsa mudra (Khanom Tom style)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Thailand

Century

15th-16th century

Object Creation Date

15th century - 16th century

Accession Number

1983/2.170

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 8.43563

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

descriptors

design elements

devotional images

figures (representations)

motifs

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

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plant-derived motifs

religions

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visual works

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Title

Iconography series: Brisha (female monkey, riding a bull)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School

Physical Description

Two figures, Anjana and a bull are depicted centrally in the image. The background is very simple with some grass tufts and a pond near the very bottom of the images. Near the top of the image in the background there some trees and sky are visible.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1840

Accession Number

1988/1.82

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 8.43169

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

mammals

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Bhu Devi

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Physical Description

Bhudevi stands in a tribhanga pose (with three bends) with her left arm hanging pendant to her side and holding a lotus bud in her right 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 does not wear a band across her breasts, as does Shridevi in groupings with Vishnu and Bhudevi.

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.132

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 8.43169

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

subject matter

Title

Standing Parvati

Artist

Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop

Physical Description

Parvati stands on a tiny base with little feet in a strict unbending stance. The body is elongated with a small waist, the hips billowing out and tapering in a stylized way to the feet. He has broad shoulders, pointy breasts that fall quite low in the chest and has two arms holding a bowl in her right one and a lotus flower in her left. She wears a d simple tight fitting skirt decorated with incised lines and a corded belt that falls down the center of her body with five rows of cords falling from the center and wrapping around her legs creating a fishbone pattern. She wears necklaces with added pendants on her shoulders and her coiffure is tied in a chignon on the right side at the back of her head wearing a headdress that has decorations that cascade down both shoulders. Like the accompanying Shiva figure she has large eyes and what appear to be two sets of eyebrows, but the tikka on her forehead is of a flame shape.

Century

15th-16th century

Object Creation Date

15th century - 16th century

Accession Number

1978/2.127

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 8.43169

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

subject matter

Title

Tara, six-armed, with attendant Buddha and Bodhisattva

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1978/2.105

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 8.43169

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

subject matter

Title

Lord Jaganatha with his brother Balarama and sister Subhadra

Artist

India, Orissa

Physical Description

This image has three large figures sitting in a row. The two slightly larger figures (one with a white face; left and the other with a black face; right) flank a smaller yellow faced figure. Painted in a distinct blue-background strip beneath these large figures are several smaller figures. Next to three of these figures are trays holding food.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1969

Accession Number

2002/2.192

Medium and Support

ink and opaque watercolor on cotton

relevance

rank 8.42537

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

asia (continent)

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

geographic and political locations

historical, theoretical and critical concepts

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Kalpasutra manuscript, leaf: A Jaina monk (fol. no. 2r)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat

Physical Description

Leaf from a Kalpasutra manuscript with calligraphic text. Font size varies, and in the center of the leaf text wraps around a blank box of parchment with a red dot in the center. To the left of this main text block is a colorful illustration of an enthroned figure in a dotted robe flanked by devotees. Surrounding him are various auspicious symbols.

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

15th century

Accession Number

1980/2.247

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 8.40490

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious figures

text-based art

writing (processes)