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Title

Dancers [Five Couples (recto); Three Couples (verso)]

Artist

Isaac Cruikshank

Artist Life Dates

1756 - 1810

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

1756-1810

Accession Number

1969/2.97

Medium and Support

graphite and watercolor on white paper

relevance

rank 13.92802

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

artistic concepts

artistic devices

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

dances

how we live

leisure

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in the arts

people in the arts and related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the performing arts

performing artists

Title

La Mode élégante

Artist

V. Muchot

Physical Description

This colored engraving depicts two women and one child in elaborate dress. The central figure is a woman standing in a dark green dress decorated with lighter green trimmings. Her hair is gathered in a headpiece made up of green ribbons and pink flowers. To the right of her a woman in a black and grey dress sits on a burgundy chaise. The child standing on the left of the composition is outfitted in a navy blue and pale blue costume with a jacket trimmed in white. The child reaches toward something kept in the standing woman’s left hand.

Object Creation Date

circa 1870

Accession Number

2012/2.200

Medium and Support

wood engraving with hand coloring on paper

relevance

rank 12.12801

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

associated concepts

costume

costume accessories

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costume by form

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

headgear

main garments

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by age group

people by gender

youth

Title

Le Follet

Artist

Gabrielle Toudaesq

Physical Description

This colored engraving features two women in elaborate dress on a beach with a wavy ocean behind them. The woman on the left wears a blue dress accented with pink and a hat in the same colors. The woman on the right wears a beige dress accented in brown and white and a hat in the same colors decorated with flowers. She also holds a small parasol above her head. The women appear engaged in conversation as they both gesture with their hands. In the distance in the water on the right there are three ships. On the left in the distance a rock formation is depicted.

Object Creation Date

circa 1870

Accession Number

2012/2.203

Medium and Support

wood engraving with hand coloring on paper

relevance

rank 11.90978

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

associated concepts

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories carried

costume accessories worn

costume by form

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

descriptors

headgear

inorganic material

main garments

materials

materials by composition

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

Title

La Mode élégante

Artist

V. Muchot

Physical Description

This colored engraving depicts two women in elaborate dress examining an illustration in an interior space. The woman on the left has her back turned to the viewer. She is wearing a dark green dress with an exaggerated bustle. Her head is topped with a green hat decorated with pink ribbons and flowers. She holds an image on paper, which both figures contemplate. The woman on the right is shown in profile and outfitted in a lavender dress that also features an exaggerated bustle. She wears a black hat decorated with lavender flowers and green leaves.

Object Creation Date

circa 1870

Accession Number

2012/2.202

Medium and Support

wood engraving with hand coloring on paper

relevance

rank 11.89745

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

associated concepts

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

costume by form

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

headgear

main garments

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

Title

Le Bon Ton. Journal de Modes, pl. 90

Artist

C. Thierry

Physical Description

This colored engraving features two women and a young girl in elaborate dress on a balcony overlooking a vista with mountains in the distance. The woman on the left is seen seated from behind wearing a green dress accented in black ribbons and a black lace-like fabric. The young girl to the right of her leans over the balcony railing and dons a beige dotted dress trimmed with brown. The woman on the right of the composition wears an elaborate white dress with vertical ribbon accents and a hat decorated with pink flowers with green leaves. She holds an unopened fan in her left hand and looks toward the two other figures.

Object Creation Date

circa 1870

Accession Number

2012/2.199

Medium and Support

wood engraving with hand coloring on paper

relevance

rank 11.77509

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

associated concepts

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories carried

costume accessories worn

costume by form

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

headgear

main garments

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

Title

Cubes and Cylinders

Artist

Judy Chicago

Physical Description

Twelve identical cubes and twelve identical cylinders of gold-plated steel. They are rearrangeable.

Artist Life Dates

born 1939

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

1997/1.121A-X

Medium and Support

milled steel, gold-plating

relevance

rank 11.63130

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

components and systems

concepts in the arts

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

genres

geometric concepts

geometric figures

mathematical concepts

metalwork

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

object genres

object genres by material

object groupings

object groupings and systems

object groupings by general context

objects we use

people and culture

recreation

scientific concepts

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

The Alliance of Peace and Abundance

Artist

Bartolomeo Coriolano

Physical Description

Two women in long robes stand arm in arm in a landscape. One figure holds an olive branch in her right hand, and her companion cradles a cornucopia against her hip.

Artist Life Dates

(ca. 1599 - ca. 1676)

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1642

Accession Number

1970/1.178

Medium and Support

chiaroscuro woodcut on laid paper

relevance

rank 11.61405

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

artistic concepts

artistic devices

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

descriptors

hardwood

materials

materials by origin

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

plant material

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

relief prints

symbolism

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

wood (plant material)

wood and wood products

wood by composition or origin

woodcuts

Title

Playskool Gym, from the Playskool series

Artist

Frank Stella

Physical Description

Wall relief sculpture created from wood, irregularly shaped metal objects, and found objects—including steel rods, ratcheted discs and a paintbrush.

Artist Life Dates

born 1936

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1983

Accession Number

1989/2.1

Medium and Support

patinated cast bronze, fabricated aluminum, wood, steel, plastic, screenprint

relevance

rank 11.38411

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

found object sculpture

genres

international post-1945 styles and movements

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

recreation

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities

sculpture

sculpture by material

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

My Brothers, Budapest, from "Hungarian Memories"

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

Two men hold hands using the other to support themselves in a seated position. They appear to be playing in a wooden room where men in towels can be seen in the distance.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1919; printed 1981

Accession Number

1985/1.125.5

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 11.11010

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

costume

costume by form

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

descriptors

forming

health and welfare facilities

health facilities

institutional buildings

objects we use

people and culture

physical activities

physical activities by general context

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

recreation

religions

religions and religious concepts

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kyoka Edition): #30 Hamamatsu

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

A procession on horseback travels through the village of Homatsu with castles in the background. Red tones in the sky indicate a setting sun, and a distant mountain is visible. It is accompanied by text.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

late 1830s

Accession Number

2008/2.323

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 10.77260

Secondary Keywords

scale

upward

animals and creatures

associated concepts

buildings and the land

ceremonies

cultural ceremonies

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

events

fortifications

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

mammals

natural landscapes

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

open spaces by function

people and culture

settlements

settlements and landscapes

settlements by form

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

transportation spaces

Title

Figures Dressed in High Style

Artist

Honoré Victorin Daumier

Physical Description

Paper size: h 37 3/10cm x w 31 3/10cm. Image size: h 25 9/10cm x tw 21 1/5cm & bw 21 3/5cm.

Artist Life Dates

1808-1879

Accession Number

2008/2.427

Medium and Support

lithograph on calendered cream wove paper

relevance

rank 10.51916

Secondary Keywords

image form

transfer method

accessories worn on the head

associated concepts

buildings and the land

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

hats

headgear

objects we use

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

open spaces by form

people and culture

planographic prints

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

visual works

visual works by form

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Sandcastle

Artist

Anne Truitt

Physical Description

A long, low rectangular with a painted band of green extends around the rectangle at floor level. The upper half is painted off-white. About three fourths of the length is uniform. The other quarter, at the viewer's right, has several features: two depressed areas, and two raised areas, which are painted in a brighter white.

Artist Life Dates

1921-2004

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1963

Accession Number

1984/2.57

Medium and Support

acrylic on wood

relevance

rank 10.33260

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

biological concepts

combination inorganic/organic material

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

genres

international post-1945 styles and movements

life

life stages

materials

materials by composition

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

paintings

paintings by material or technique

people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

recreation

scientific concepts

sculpture

sculpture by material

soil

soil by composition or origin

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Sheet of Sketches and Caricatures

recto: studies for a group of figures (religious or allegorical) and two studies of standing women, one with child

verso: two sets of couples in caricature in contemporary dress

Artist

Anonymous French

Physical Description

First side: Various people, one holding her hands below her waist, one speaking to a little boy, a group clustered together.

Second side: two fashionably dressed couples (man and woman) walking.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1866

Accession Number

2013/2.563.1-2

Medium and Support

graphite on paper (double-sided drawing)

relevance

rank 10.14568

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

associated concepts

components and systems

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

document genres

document genres by form

document genres for literary works

equipment

equipment by context

equipment for personal use

hats

headgear

information forms

object groupings

object groupings and systems

object groupings by general context

objects we use

parents

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by age group

people by family relationship

sets (groups)

tools and equipment

visual works

visual works by subject type

walking sticks

youth

Title

La Mode élégante

Artist

V. Muchot

Physical Description

This colored engraving features what appear to be three generations of women in elaborate dress in an interior space. A young girl in a brown dress is positioned with her back to the viewer on the left of the composition. She presents an object to a woman in a blue-grey dress who is seated in the center of the composition holding a piece of paper in her right hand. A young woman in a dark and pale turquoise dress stands on the right of the composition looking down at the child. Between the two adult figures is a table decorated with a vase of pink flowers.

Object Creation Date

circa 1870

Accession Number

2012/2.201

Medium and Support

wood engraving with hand coloring on paper

relevance

rank 9.99314

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

associated concepts

buildings and the land

containers

containers by form

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

costume by form

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

headgear

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

main garments

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

plants

seating furniture

settlements and landscapes

single seating furniture

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vessels

woody plants

Title

Crossbow fibula with vegetal ornament on the catchplate

Artist

Anonymous Gallo-Roman

Physical Description

This fibula, a type of brooch used to pin outer garments, features a crossbar that ends in three onion-shaped terminals, which give the fibula a shape reminiscent of a crossbow. An arched bow connects the crossbar to the longer catchplate, which is ornamented with vegetal motifs.

Century

5th century

Object Creation Date

450-500

Accession Number

1966/2.17

Medium and Support

gilt bronze

relevance

rank 9.73501

Secondary Keywords

additive and joining processes and techniques

associated concepts

copper alloy

copper and copper alloy

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

descriptors

europe (continent)

european

european styles and periods

geographic and political locations

inorganic material

jewelry

jewelry by location

jewelry worn on costume

materials

materials by composition

medieval

medieval styles and periods

metal

metal and metal products

metal by composition or origin

metallizing

nonferrous metal

objects we use

people and culture

pins (jewelry)

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

surface covering processes and techniques

Title

A celebration of the rains

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School

Physical Description

Fresh greens for the foliage and dark blue clouds sprinkled with lightning set the rain celebration scene. Court ladies have gathered on the lawn, and some swing under a blossoming tree, while the raja and a woman watch the exciement below from a balcony of his white palace.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

early 19th century

Accession Number

1964/2.114

Medium and Support

Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 9.08468

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

building divisions

buildings and the land

card, table and board game elements

components

components and systems

components by specific context

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

descriptors

dwellings

events

game pieces

houses

houses by occupants

image-making processes and techniques

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

official residences

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

recreation

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for competitive activities

residential structures

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by form

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Untitled (Dollhouse); from the 2002 Peter Norton Family Christmas Project

Artist

Yinka Shonibare

Physical Description

Dollhouse replica of a two-storey Victorian-style flat in the East End of London. The façade is red brick with white molding. The upper storey has two tall windows that face onto the street; the door into the flat is on the left, and to the right of it is a large bay window. The split-level interior holds a bedroom and parlor, both of which are decorated with wallpaper and furnishings, including cabinets, chairs, tables, fireplaces, and a canopy bed. Reproductions of paintings by Shonibare and Jean-Honoré Fragonard hang on the walls. A seal on the right-facing outside wall reads: “Yinka Shonibare, artist, lives here.”

Artist Life Dates

born 1962

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

2002

Accession Number

2008/2.256

Medium and Support

resin, plastic, wood, paper and fabric

relevance

rank 8.17082

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

associated concepts

british

case furniture

components

components and systems

components by specific context

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

derivative objects

descriptors

england (country)

europe (continent)

european

european regions

european styles and periods

fireplaces and fireplace components

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture by form or function

geographic and political locations

greater london (metropolitan area)

heating and cooking elements

image-making processes and techniques

modern british styles and movements

modern british styles by reign

modern european regional styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

object genres

object-making processes and techniques

objects we use

originals and derivative objects

paintings

paintings by form

people and culture

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

recreation

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities

sculpture techniques

seating furniture

single seating furniture

sleeping and reclining furniture

storage and display furniture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

support furniture

united kingdom (nation)

visual works

visual works by medium or technique