the%20human%20body | 351-400 | Search Results | University of Michigan Museum of Art | University of Michigan Library Digital Collections

Head of a Buddha; Artist Unknown, Thailand

Title: Head of a Buddha
Artist: Artist Unknown, Thailand
Century: 17th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 2005/1.452
Medium and Support: gilt bronze
relevance: rank 7.97982
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; devotional images; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious visual works; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by subject type

Head of a Buddha, with flaming topknot; Artist Unknown, Thailand

Title: Head of a Buddha, with flaming topknot
Artist: Artist Unknown, Thailand
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 17th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.46
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 7.97982
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; devotional images; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious visual works; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by subject type

Head of a Buddha; Gandhara (ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)

Title: Head of a Buddha
Artist: Gandhara (ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)
Century: 3rd century
Object Creation Date: 3rd century
Accession Number: 1981/2.67
Medium and Support: stone
relevance: rank 7.97982
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; devotional images; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious visual works; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by subject type

Head of a Buddha; Indonesia

Title: Head of a Buddha
Artist: Indonesia
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 2000/1.26
Medium and Support: stone
relevance: rank 7.97982
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; devotional images; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious visual works; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by subject type

Head of a Buddha, Lopburi Style (fake); Artist Unknown, Thailand

Title: Head of a Buddha, Lopburi Style (fake)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Thailand
Century: 12th century
Object Creation Date: 12th century
Accession Number: 1993/2.39
Medium and Support: sandstone
relevance: rank 7.97982
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; devotional images; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious visual works; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by subject type

Head of a Buddha; Gandhara (ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)

Title: Head of a Buddha
Artist: Gandhara (ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)
Century: 2nd-3rd century
Object Creation Date: 2nd century - 3rd century
Accession Number: 1996/2.32
Medium and Support: gray schist
relevance: rank 7.97982
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; devotional images; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious visual works; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by subject type

Head of a Buddha (Sukhothai style); Artist Unknown, Thailand

Title: Head of a Buddha (Sukhothai style)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Thailand
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th Century
Accession Number: 1993/2.53
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 7.97982
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; devotional images; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious visual works; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by subject type

Head of a Buddha; Artist Unknown, Thailand

Title: Head of a Buddha
Artist: Artist Unknown, Thailand
Century: 14th-15th century
Object Creation Date: 14th century - 15th century
Accession Number: 1974/2.6
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 7.97982
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; devotional images; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious visual works; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by subject type

Head of a Buddha (Ayutthaya style); Artist Unknown, Thailand

Title: Head of a Buddha (Ayutthaya style)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Thailand
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1993/2.41
Medium and Support: stone
relevance: rank 7.97982
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; devotional images; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious visual works; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by subject type

Head of a Buddha; Artist Unknown, Thailand

Title: Head of a Buddha
Artist: Artist Unknown, Thailand
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: circa 15th century
Accession Number: 1977/2.27
Medium and Support: sandstone
relevance: rank 7.97982
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; devotional images; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious visual works; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by subject type

Black Head; Horst Antes

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Black Head
Artist: Horst Antes
Artist Life Dates: b. 1936
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1968?
Accession Number: 1983/1.263
Medium and Support: three-color lithograph on paper
relevance: rank 7.96516
Secondary Keywords: transfer method; visual arts; artistic concepts; associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; concepts in the arts; forms of expression; genres; modern and contemporary art; objects we use; people and culture; planographic prints; prints; prints by process; prints by process or technique; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Head; Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Head
Artist: Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi
Physical Description: Abstract sculpture vaguely representational of a bust-length head, the face of which appears to be constructed from strips of metal and parts from machines.
Artist Life Dates: 1924 - 2005
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1957
Accession Number: 1979/2.10
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 7.94562
Secondary Keywords: biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; figures (representations); international post-1945 styles and movements; modern and contemporary art; objects we use; people and culture; post-1945 fine arts styles and movements; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; visual works by subject type

Beasts at Night; Adolph Gottlieb

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Beasts at Night
Artist: Adolph Gottlieb
Artist Life Dates: 1903 - 1974)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1949
Accession Number: 1964/2.28
Medium and Support: gouache on off-white wove paper
relevance: rank 7.92213
Secondary Keywords: beasts; figures; fragments; genres; human body; modern and contemporary art; objects we use; people and occupations; time; visual works; visual works by function

Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By; Ben Shahn

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By
Artist: Ben Shahn
Physical Description: A colored print of a white hand holding onto a brown hand. Above their grasp is both Hebrew block and English lettering that translates/reads: "'Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By...". The painting illustrates the need for diversity during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's.
Artist Life Dates: 1898-1969
Object Creation Date: 1965
Accession Number: 2011/1.102
Medium and Support: photo-offset reproduction on paper
relevance: rank 7.90770
Secondary Keywords: arms; associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; image-making processes and techniques; object genres; object genres by location, context or origin; people and culture; political concepts; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; social science concepts; sociological concepts; the human body; upper body; writing (processes)

Two Statues' Shadows; André Kertész

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Two Statues' Shadows
Artist: André Kertész
Physical Description: Square photograph with brown/amber/white color tones. Two glass objects sit in an abstract shape of a human figure. They are placed in the foreground with the heads tilted toward each other. On the right side there is a partial view of a table that is shown out of focus. Light is reflected on the rounded forms of the figures and their shadows are projected on a blank wall behind them. There is a large shadow profile of a man also projected onto the wall.
Artist Life Dates: 1894-1985
Object Creation Date: 1979
Accession Number: 2009/2.13
Medium and Support: Polaroid SX-70-Cibachrome on paper
relevance: rank 7.86903
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; energy and related concepts; energy-related concepts; glass and glassmaking mixtures; inorganic material; light-related concepts; materials; materials by composition; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; physics concepts; scientific concepts; sculpture; sculpture by subject type; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Head; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Ashanti

Title: Head
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Ashanti
Century: 18th - 19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 2000/2.117
Medium and Support: terracotta
relevance: rank 7.83513
Secondary Keywords: african; african styles by region; akan; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; objects we use; people and culture; sculpture; sculpture by material; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; visual works by subject type; west african styles; western guinea coast styles

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 11 - The Power and the Glory (Das Vaterunser - Und die Kraft und die Herrlichkeit); Max Pechstein

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: The Lord's Prayer, sheet 11 - The Power and the Glory (Das Vaterunser - Und die Kraft und die Herrlichkeit)
Artist: Max Pechstein
Physical Description: Positioned in the upper center, a large eye sits inside a black triangle from which five arms and hands radiate. Behind the triangle and extending to the viewer's right edge is a rainbow. Below the triangle is a stylized, mask-like face that radiates beams of light rom its eyes. On each side of this large face is a man's face in profile. In the far background, there are mountains and clouds.
Artist Life Dates: 1881 - 1955
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1921
Accession Number: 1948/1.433
Medium and Support: woodcut with hand-coloring on paper
relevance: rank 7.82864
Secondary Keywords: transfer method; architecture; arms; associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; document genres; document genres by form; document genres for literary works; earth sciences concepts; electromagnetic radiation; energy; energy and related concepts; european; european styles and periods; heads; human body; information forms; modern and contemporary art; modern european fine arts styles and movements; modern european styles and movements; monuments; movement; object groupings; object groupings and systems; object groupings by specific context; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; physics concepts; prints; prints by process; prints by process or technique; relief prints; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; scientific concepts; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the human body; the natural world; upper body; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; visual works groupings; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Effigy Head; Artist Unknown, African, Idoma

Title: Effigy Head
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Idoma
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1940
Accession Number: 1982/2.61
Medium and Support: carved wood with paint
relevance: rank 7.77095
Secondary Keywords: african; african styles by region; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; figures (representations); igbo region; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; southern nigerian styles; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by subject type; west african styles

Self-Portrait; Käthe Kollwitz

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Self-Portrait
Artist: Käthe Kollwitz
Physical Description: This etching depicts a three-quarter profile portrait of a woman’s face. The woman looks contemplatively toward the right with a solemn expression as her head rests against her right hand. The edge of her left shoulder is loosely sketched in the lower right of the composition.
Artist Life Dates: 1867-1945
Object Creation Date: 1921
Accession Number: 2012/2.212
Medium and Support: etching with burnishing on heavy wove paper
relevance: rank 7.75981
Secondary Keywords: arms; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the visual arts; people in the visual arts and related occupations; portraits; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by subject type

Architectural ceiling boss with four faces, probably from the Church of St. Andrew at Cullompton; Artist Unknown, England

Title: Architectural ceiling boss with four faces, probably from the Church of St. Andrew at Cullompton
Artist: Artist Unknown, England
Physical Description: This ceiling boss features four faces with traces of paint that are arranged in a radial pattern with the crowns of their heads converging on a single, central point. Two of the faces are female, identifiable by the wimples worn on their heads, while the other two, wearing small pointed caps and sporting beards, are male. The symmetrical regularity of the piece is counterbalanced by subtle asymmetries introduced by differences in detail and the sequence of facial types.
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1430
Accession Number: 1968/2.47
Medium and Support: wood with polychrome
relevance: rank 7.70892
Secondary Keywords: architectural elements; biological components; components; components and systems; components by general context; components by specific context; devon (county); enclosing structural elements; england (country); europe (continent); geographic and political locations; heads; objects we use; sculpture; sculpture by material; sculpture by technique; structural elements; structural elements and structural element components; the human body; united kingdom (nation); upper body; vaults and vault components; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Head of a Buddha (Mon-Dvaravati style); Thailand, Mon-Dvaravati

Title: Head of a Buddha (Mon-Dvaravati style)
Artist: Thailand, Mon-Dvaravati
Physical Description: Buddha head carved from grey limestone with serene expression, elongated earlobes and ushnisha, a proturbance on the top of his head indicating his expanded wisdom.
Century: 8th-9th century
Object Creation Date: 700-899
Accession Number: 1993/2.35
Medium and Support: grey limestone
relevance: rank 7.70216
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; devotional images; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious visual works; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by subject type

Head of a Buddha, sheltered by Mucalinda (Lopburi style; fragment); Artist Unknown, Thailand

Title: Head of a Buddha, sheltered by Mucalinda (Lopburi style; fragment)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Thailand
Century: 13th century
Object Creation Date: 13th century
Accession Number: 1993/2.40
Medium and Support: sandstone
relevance: rank 7.69800
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; devotional images; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious visual works; reptiles; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by subject type

Human Puppet Head; Artist Unknown, African, Bamana Peoples, Mali

Title: Human Puppet Head
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Bamana Peoples, Mali
Physical Description: A stylized rendering of a human face with long narrow nose, round eyes set close to bridge of nose, and open, ellipitical mouth. The head is carved in shape of a coiffure that resembles a helmet which extends down the sides of the head. The head is topped with a high arched sagital crest. Patina is dark brown in color with traces of red and blue pigment. Sheet metal cut in circles and long strips embellish the top of the head.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1900-1970
Accession Number: 1971/2.21
Medium and Support: wood, sheet metal, cloth and pigment
relevance: rank 7.65750
Secondary Keywords: artistic concepts; artistic devices; associated concepts; biological components; buildings and the land; components; components and systems; components by specific context; concepts in the arts; events; objects we use; people and culture; performing arts structures; recreational artifacts; recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type; the human body; upper body

Ragazzo e fancuilla; Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Title: Ragazzo e fancuilla
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
Artist Life Dates: 1682 - 1754
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1740s; published 1753
Accession Number: 2000/2.183
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 7.63459
Secondary Keywords: family; hands; how we live; human body; people and culture; people and occupations; physical activities; physical activities by general context; relationships; the natural world

Fallen Head; Karel Appel

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Fallen Head
Artist: Karel Appel
Artist Life Dates: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1921 - 2006, Zurich, Switzerland
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1960
Accession Number: 1963/1.74
Medium and Support: gouache and crayon on white wove paper
relevance: rank 7.58886
Secondary Keywords: visual arts; artistic concepts; associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; concepts in the arts; european; european styles and periods; forms of expression; genres; modern and contemporary art; modern european fine arts styles and movements; modern european styles and movements; people and culture; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the human body; upper body

Pipe bowl in the form of a male head; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Title: Pipe bowl in the form of a male head
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1920
Accession Number: 1985/1.184
Medium and Support: carved wood
relevance: rank 7.58093
Secondary Keywords: smoking and tobacco use; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; containers; containers by form; equipment; equipment by context; equipment for personal use; figures; figures (representations); objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by gender; physical activities; physical activities by general context; the human body; tools and equipment; upper body; vessels; visual works; visual works by subject type

Characters and Caricatures; William Hogarth

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Characters and Caricatures
Artist: William Hogarth
Physical Description: This is a black ink print on a cream colored background, filled with images of human heads.The upper portion contains a multitude of facial profiles with various features and expressions. At the bottom, there are seven men, depicted larger than the others and text at the bottom of the page identifying the figures on the left as "Characters" and the ones on the right as "Caricaturas". Between the fifth and sixth figures there is a simple line drawing of a face. Another line of text reads: " For a Farther Explanation of the Difference Betwixt Character and Caricatura See ye Preface to Jo. Andrews".
Artist Life Dates: 1697-1764
Object Creation Date: 1743
Accession Number: 2010/2.50
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 7.57896
Secondary Keywords: image form; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; heads; image-making processes and techniques; objects we use; printing; printing and printing processes and techniques; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by form

Sheet of Sketches: Heads of Two Men, Horses and Riders, Ship in the Background; George Cruikshank

Title: Sheet of Sketches: Heads of Two Men, Horses and Riders, Ship in the Background
Artist: George Cruikshank
Artist Life Dates: 1782-1878
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1782-1878
Accession Number: 1983/1.132
Medium and Support: graphite, pen, brown ink and watercolor
relevance: rank 7.57159
Secondary Keywords: animals; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; european; european styles and periods; geography; horsemen; mammals; modern british styles and movements; modern british styles by reign; modern european regional styles and movements; modern european styles and movements; people and culture; people and occupations; ships; sketches; study; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the human body; the natural world; upper body

The Silver Edition, Volume I; Ralph Gibson

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: The Silver Edition, Volume I
Artist: Ralph Gibson
Physical Description: This is the title page for a portfolio of photographs, "Ralph Gibson, The Silver Edition - Volume I." Below the title line are five images of the black and white photographs contained in the portfolio.
Artist Life Dates: born 1939
Object Creation Date: 1966-2003
Accession Number: 2010/2.47.1
Medium and Support: photograph on fiber paper
relevance: rank 7.55754
Secondary Keywords: plucked; accessories worn on the head; biological components; chordophones; components; components and systems; components by specific context; costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; faces; figures (representations); hats; headgear; heads; lutelike chordophones; lutelike chordophones with long neck; objects we use; sound devices; sound devices by acoustical characteristics; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; visual works by subject type

Staff; Artist Unknown, African, Mozambique, Yao

Title: Staff
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Mozambique, Yao
Accession Number: 2001/2.5
Medium and Support: wood
relevance: rank 7.54600
Secondary Keywords: african; african styles by region; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; east african; equipment; equipment by context; equipment for personal use; figures (representations); makonde region and lake nyasa area styles; objects; objects we use; people and culture; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the human body; tools and equipment; upper body; visual works; visual works by subject type

We Shall Overcome; Ben Shahn

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: We Shall Overcome
Artist: Ben Shahn
Physical Description: Black line representation of a human head and face, facing the viewer. The head is oval-shaped with vertical parallel lines. The short hair of the person is represented by thick dots and fine curved lines. The nose is formed by straight, vertical lines. Eyebrows are drawn with thick, black lines. "We shall Overcome" is printed in a brown-orange ink across the top of the sheet.
Artist Life Dates: Lithuania, 1898-1969
Object Creation Date: 1965
Accession Number: 2011/1.104
Medium and Support: offset photolithograph on paper
relevance: rank 7.52358
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; drawings; drawings by technique; heads; image-making processes and techniques; objects we use; people and culture; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; social science concepts; sociological concepts; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; visual works by subject type; writing (processes)

Phrenological Head; E. F. Chapman; Attributed to

Title: Phrenological Head
Artist: E. F. Chapman
Artist Life Dates: 19th century
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1973/2.42
Medium and Support: porcelain
relevance: rank 7.50954
Secondary Keywords: biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; european; european styles and periods; medical; modern british styles and movements; modern british styles by reign; modern european regional styles and movements; modern european styles and movements; people and culture; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the human body; upper body

Hunter's Decoy Headpiece; African, Nigeria, Hausa

Title: Hunter's Decoy Headpiece
Artist: African, Nigeria, Hausa
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 1982/2.63
Medium and Support: hornbill bird, wood and feathers
relevance: rank 7.49852
Secondary Keywords: accessories worn on the head; animals and creatures; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; descriptors; hunting; object genres; object genres by function; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in agriculture or natural resource occupations; people in science-related occupations; scientists and people in science-related occupations; the human body; upper body

Michigan Worker; George Vargas

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Michigan Worker
Artist: George Vargas
Physical Description: Mixed media assemblage consisting of goggles, rusted sheets and pieces of metal, a padlock and two rusted bells hanging from a chain mounted on a wooden board with screws.
Artist Life Dates: b. 1948
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1985
Accession Number: 2004/1.153
Medium and Support: goggles, metal, hanging bells mounted on wood
relevance: rank 7.49149
Secondary Keywords: biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; found object sculpture; groups of people; heads; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; sculpture; sculpture by material; social classes; social classes by specific type; social groups; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; visual works by subject type

Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of Pharoah's Servants; Nöel Hallé

Title: Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of Pharoah's Servants
Artist: Nöel Hallé
Physical Description: This painting shows the interior of a large prison room. There is a thick stone wall and iron grating. Three figures are the focal point of this composition. One man, in a dark blue cloak, is standing and faces two other men who stare intently at his face. One of them is seated with a leg iron, on a stone bench and the other leans on a stone ledge. They are are dressed in simple brown cloaks. The standing figure has a raised left arm and is gesturing with his hand outstretched toward the other figures.
Artist Life Dates: 1711-1781
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1747
Accession Number: 1984/1.287
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
relevance: rank 7.46180
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; arms; bible; biological components; buildings and the land; components; components and systems; components by specific context; correctional institutions; document genres; document genres by function; genres; information forms; institutional buildings; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by gender; religious texts; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type; standing; the human body; upper body

Self-portrait; Käthe Kollwitz

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Self-portrait
Artist: Käthe Kollwitz
Physical Description: Three-quarter profile view of a woman’s face
Artist Life Dates: 1867 - 1945
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1924
Accession Number: 1983/2.42
Medium and Support: lithograph on paper
relevance: rank 7.46173
Secondary Keywords: biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; european; european styles and periods; modern and contemporary art; modern european fine arts styles and movements; modern european styles and movements; movement; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by gender; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by subject type

Studies (including a portrait after Reinhart); Henry Wolf

Title: Studies (including a portrait after Reinhart)
Artist: Henry Wolf
Artist Life Dates: 1852-1916
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1870-1880
Accession Number: 1973/2.61
Medium and Support: wood engraving on thin, laid paper
relevance: rank 7.43446
Secondary Keywords: biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; european; european styles and periods; modern british styles and movements; modern british styles by reign; modern european regional styles and movements; modern european styles and movements; people and culture; people and occupations; sketches; study; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the human body; upper body

Untitled (figure composition); Henry Wolf

Title: Untitled (figure composition)
Artist: Henry Wolf
Artist Life Dates: 1852-1916
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1870-1880
Accession Number: 1973/2.62
Medium and Support: wood engraving on paper
relevance: rank 7.39049
Secondary Keywords: biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; european; european styles and periods; figures; modern british styles and movements; modern british styles by reign; modern european regional styles and movements; modern european styles and movements; people and culture; people and occupations; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the human body; upper body

Prayer Bell (Lontjeng) (One of a Pair); Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java

Title: Prayer 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: 1957/2.53
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 7.36934
Secondary Keywords: hollow-bodied; associated concepts; bells and sets of bells; biological components; buddhism; buddhist doctrinal concepts; chordophones; components; components and systems; components by specific context; directly struck idiophones; doctrinal concepts; heads; objects; objects we use; people and culture; people and occupations; percussion idiophones; prayer; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; religious figures; saint; sound devices; sound devices by acoustical characteristics; struck idiophones; the human body; upper body

Textile fragment; Artist Unknown, India, Kashmir

Title: Textile fragment
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Kashmir
Physical Description: This is a rectangular fragment of a larger garment, probably a shawl, woven from very fine woolen threads with a white/natural ground and alternating rows of intricately detailed 'boteh' (paisley) patterns in red and blue.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: early 19th century
Accession Number: 1930.42
Medium and Support: wool
relevance: rank 7.33683
Secondary Keywords: asian; figures; human body; making art; objects we use; people and culture; people and occupations; south asian; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; types

Head of a Buddha, probably a 'kebutsu' (Buddha in a transformation body) from the crown of an Eleven-headed Avalokitesvara; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Head of a Buddha, probably a 'kebutsu' (Buddha in a transformation body) from the crown of an Eleven-headed Avalokitesvara
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 13th century
Object Creation Date: 13th century
Accession Number: 1973/2.38
Medium and Support: gilt wood
relevance: rank 7.33492
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; bodhisattva; buddhist doctrinal concepts; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; devotional images; doctrinal concepts; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; religious visual works; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by subject type

Hand and Chest; Lowell Nesbitt

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Hand and Chest
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt
Artist Life Dates: 1933-1993
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1963
Accession Number: 1969/2.9
Medium and Support: lithograph on paper
relevance: rank 7.33022
Secondary Keywords: animal material; animal material by form or function; descriptors; hands; human body; materials; materials by origin; modern and contemporary art; skeleton and skeleton components; the natural world

Unititled; Sonia Sheridan

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Unititled
Artist: Sonia Sheridan
Artist Life Dates: born 1925
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1991
Accession Number: 2000/2.9.2
Medium and Support: color digital photograph on paper
relevance: rank 7.33022
Secondary Keywords: image form; faces; hands; human body; objects we use; people and occupations; the natural world; views; views by vantage point or orientation; visual works; visual works by form

Silhouette, from "If & (Silk)"; Ralph Gibson

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Silhouette, from "If & (Silk)"
Artist: Ralph Gibson
Artist Life Dates: born 1939
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1975
Accession Number: 1983/1.392.8
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 7.33022
Secondary Keywords: image form; human body; modern and contemporary art; objects we use; people and occupations; portfolios; views; views by vantage point or orientation; visual works; visual works by form

Unititled; Sonia Sheridan

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Unititled
Artist: Sonia Sheridan
Artist Life Dates: born 1925
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1991
Accession Number: 2000/2.9.1
Medium and Support: color digital photograph on paper
relevance: rank 7.33022
Secondary Keywords: image form; faces; hands; human body; objects we use; people and occupations; the natural world; views; views by vantage point or orientation; visual works; visual works by form

Horse Torso; Artist Unknown, China

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Horse Torso
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 1st-2nd century
Object Creation Date: 1st century - 2nd century
Accession Number: UA2005.150
Medium and Support: earthenware with traces of polychrome
relevance: rank 7.32785
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; mammals; object genres; object genres by material; the human body

Horse Torso; Artist Unknown, China

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Horse Torso
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 1st-2nd century
Object Creation Date: 1st century - 2nd century
Accession Number: UA2005.149
Medium and Support: earthenware with traces of polychrome
relevance: rank 7.32785
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; mammals; object genres; object genres by material; the human body

Caricature of a Man Standing with Outstretched Hands; Giovanni Batttista Tiepolo

Title: Caricature of a Man Standing with Outstretched Hands
Artist: Giovanni Batttista Tiepolo
Artist Life Dates: (Venice, 1696 - 1770, Madrid)
Century: 18th Century
Object Creation Date: circa 1740
Accession Number: 1963/2.22
Medium and Support: pen and black ink with gray washes on off-white laid paper, mounted
relevance: rank 7.30823
Secondary Keywords: image form; clothing; figures; human body; objects; objects we use; people and occupations; the natural world; visual works; visual works by form

Head of a Woman (Frauenkopf); Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

Title: Head of a Woman (Frauenkopf)
Artist: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Physical Description: A monumentally stylized head of a woman. Her head is tilted slighty to the viewer's right. Her eyes, nose, and lips are large and almost mask-like. She appears to be wearing a hat of a modern style. Shading is executed with powerful parallel lines and cross-hatching. The year of the work's execution, 1916, appears in the lower right.
Artist Life Dates: 1884 - 1976
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1916
Accession Number: 1949/1.175
Medium and Support: wood cut on paper
relevance: rank 7.30374
Secondary Keywords: transfer method; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; european; european styles and periods; modern and contemporary art; modern european styles and movements; movement; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; prints; prints by process; prints by process or technique; relief prints; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Krishna massaging the feet of Radha (a scene from the Gita Govinda?); Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills, Mankot School

Title: Krishna massaging the feet of Radha (a scene from the Gita Govinda?)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills, Mankot School
Physical Description: Bold colors depict Krishna, one of human manifestations of the Hindu god Vishnu, is seated with a woman, Radha, above him. He touches her leg, and the tips of her hands and feet glow red. She sits erect and holds a large flower, looking straight off the left edge of the picture. The two are framed in an architectural structure.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1730
Accession Number: 1979/1.160
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and beetle thorax casings on paper
relevance: rank 7.18779
Secondary Keywords: image form; associated concepts; biological components; buildings and the land; components; components and systems; components by specific context; herbaceous plants; landscapes (environments); legs; lower body; natural landscapes; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; people by state or condition; plants; religions; religions and religious concepts; settlements and landscapes; the human body; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; views; views by vantage point or orientation; visual works; visual works by form; visual works by subject type; woody plants

Search Results

Options

Filters

351 to 400 of 489 results