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Title

Actress

Artist

Emil Nolde

Physical Description

Abstract portrait of an actress, formed by abstract pools of watercolor with only slight detailing laid in after to suggest a bowed head and curved neck.

Artist Life Dates

1867-1956

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1912

Accession Number

2007/2.102

Medium and Support

watercolor on brown wove medium-weight paper

relevance

rank 11.38955

Secondary Keywords

building divisions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

entertainers

europe (continent)

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geographic and political locations

germany (nation)

people and occupations

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by building type

Title

Standing Christ

Artist

Artist Unknown, Germany

Physical Description

This figure of Christ wears a volumnious mantle and strides forcefully forward with his left leg. His hands, now broken off, once held either a cross-staff or a globe while he made of gesture of blessing with the other. His robe appears to have originally been gilded and then painted over with red to impart his garment with a lustrous quality.

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1475

Accession Number

1972/2.55

Medium and Support

wood, polychrome and gilding

relevance

rank 11.15793

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

costume

costume by form

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Title

A Murder

Artist

George Grosz

Physical Description

Pen and ink drawing of nude woman, presumably dead or in the act of dying, stretched between floor and chair, with a man bending over her head and torso. In interior domestic space.

Artist Life Dates

1893-1959

Object Creation Date

1912-1913

Accession Number

2007/2.110

Medium and Support

pen and ink with watercolor on wove paper

relevance

rank 10.60755

Secondary Keywords

building divisions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

germany (nation)

man

murders

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by activity

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by location or context

women

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 10.05942

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

costume

costume by form

europe (continent)

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germany (nation)

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main garments for the lower body

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious visual works

visual works

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Title

Agfa, Berlin, 1945

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

A man in uniform and heavy coat looks to his right as he stands posed next to a broken sign and broken mannequins in the rubble-filled street of Berlin.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.77

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 9.97818

Secondary Keywords

equipment

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europe (continent)

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germany (nation)

objects we use

people

people (agents)

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people in military occupations

photographic prints

photographic prints by process

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positives

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visual works

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Title

Berlin is Taken, May 1945

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

Taken Berlin. In the foreground is a cannon while in the back hollowed-out buildings burn.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.80

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 9.16960

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

europe (continent)

firearms

geographic and political locations

germany (nation)

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photographic prints

photographic prints by process

photographs

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positives

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

projectile weapons

projectile weapons with explosive propellant

small arms

small arms by form

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Battle in the Streets of Berlin, 1945

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

A battle-worn Berlin street and soldiers running to a bunker from inside a broken building.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.74

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 8.92694

Secondary Keywords

armed conflicts

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positives

single built works

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Title

Madonna by the Wall

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

A young woman, dressed in long robes with her veil drawn over her head, sits next to a wall holding an infant in her lap. She is turned slightly to her right and gazes sweetly upon the child who twists to face the viewer and holds an apple in his left hand. A stream meanders through the landscape of trees and city walls behind them.

Artist Life Dates

Nüremberg, 1471-1528

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1514

Accession Number

1958/1.95

Medium and Support

engraving on laid paper

relevance

rank 8.92389

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

bavaria (state)

descriptors

europe (continent)

food

fruit

geographic and political locations

germany (nation)

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materials

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mittelfranken (national district)

objects we use

parents

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by family relationship

printing and printing processes and techniques

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religions

religions and religious concepts

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Title

Fun Break at the Front on the March Toward Berlin

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

A crowd of soliders gathers around a tank on which a male and female perform circus tricks.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

1945; printed 2003

Accession Number

2012/2.76

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 8.78602

Secondary Keywords

europe (continent)

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

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vehicles

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Title

Self-Portrait with carnations

Artist

Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder

Physical Description

This elegant self-portrait depicts a half-length figure of a man in three-quarters profile with his left arm resting on a stone ledge. The somber colors of his garb, consisting of a white shirt with a dark robe, is offset by luxurious details: the fur collar of his robe, the black ribbon and gold chain around his neck, the embroidered collar and cuffs of his shirt, and the three rings on his right hand. Two pink carnations appear on the ledge before him.

Artist Life Dates

1493-1555

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1525

Accession Number

1963/2.43

Medium and Support

oil on panel

relevance

rank 8.68226

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

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europe (continent)

flowers (plants)

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germany (nation)

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jewelry

jewelry by location

jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body

jewelry worn on arms and hands

kˆln (national district)

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

north rhine-westphalia (state)

objects we use

plants

portraits

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

St. Jerome in His Study

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

This engraving depicts a comfortable domestic interior. An old bearded man sits poring over a book at table in the back of the room. A lion and dog rest on the floor in the foreground. Various other objects appear around the room, including a skull, books, slippers, a crucifix, and a pair of scissors.

Artist Life Dates

Nüremberg, 1471-1528

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1514

Accession Number

1993/2.1

Medium and Support

engraving on laid paper

relevance

rank 8.38457

Secondary Keywords

image form

transfer method

animal material

animal material by form or function

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materials

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prints by process

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skeleton and skeleton components

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views

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visual works

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Title

Ants (Ameisen), from "In the Shadows" ("Im Schatten")

Artist

George Grosz

Physical Description

A group of laborers, wearing hats and jackets, walks from viewer's right to left along a street littered with garbage. The two in the front carry shovels. In the background is an industrial landscape, dirty and in disrepair.

Artist Life Dates

1893-1959

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1920

Accession Number

1948/1.22

Medium and Support

photolithograph on paper

relevance

rank 8.12761

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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europe (continent)

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Title

Ecce Homo (Large Passion Series)

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

A crowd of men, rendered as a dense mass of bodies and faces that bristles with pikes and spears, gather before a porch attached to an ornately decorated stone building. A bearded man, wearing rich dress and a turban leans over the balustrade of the porch toward the crowd with his arms outstretched and his hands open as he turns his head to look at the man standing beside him. This sorrowful figure wears only a crown of thorns and a long robe that is partly opened by the man standing behind him to reveal his lean body flecked with drops of sweat or blood.

Artist Life Dates

(Nüremberg, 1471 - 1528)

Century

Late 15th-Early 16th century

Object Creation Date

1498-1500

Accession Number

1953/1.48

Medium and Support

woodcut on paper

relevance

rank 8.09191

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

accessories worn on the head

associated concepts

bavaria (state)

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relief prints

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religions and religious concepts

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Title

The Flagellation (Large Passion Series)

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

At the center of this densely detailed print stands a male figure, nude except for a loincloth, with his hands tied behind him to a column. He is encircled by a crowd of figures, including three men who beat him with whips, switches, and fists. A fourth figure leers at him grotesquely, while another sits on the ground with his feet against the column and pulls the ropes holding their victim. Another figure, wearing elaborate armor, kneels in the foreground as he prepares his switches. Onlookers, some wearing elaborate turbans and robes inspired by Turkish clothing, stand behind the torturers. A crown of thorns sits in the lower right corner and a small dog appears in the center foreground next to the artist's initials.

Artist Life Dates

(Nüremberg, 1471 - 1528)

Century

Late 15th century

Object Creation Date

1497

Accession Number

1960/2.35

Medium and Support

woodcut on paper

relevance

rank 7.77685

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

accessories worn on the head

animal equipment

associated concepts

bavaria (state)

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costume

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