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Title

Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey

Artist

Marilyn Bridges

Physical Description

An angled aerial image of Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, Turkey.

Artist Life Dates

American, born 1957

Object Creation Date

2004

Accession Number

2012/2.58

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 13.74904

Secondary Keywords

image form

buildings and the land

dwellings

europe (continent)

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middle east (general region)

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residential structures

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

visual works by form

Title

Dipak Raga from Ragamala series

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Bundi-Kotah School

Physical Description

Two lovers sit in an elaborate, symmetrical marble palace, decorated with inlaid stone and a domed roof. Inside, a highly individualized prince sits near his lover and caresses her chin. Above the scene is a box containing calligraphic text.

Century

late 18th-early 19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1800

Accession Number

1985/1.134

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 12.32544

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

dwellings

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Title

Formal mauve crested kimono with painted palace scene

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Mauve (adzuki iro) silk damask in woven T-diaper pattern (sayagata) with yûzen painted and stenciled gold designs. Upper lining is double-layered white silk; below is self-lined (mauve-kimono silk).

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1975

Accession Number

2005/1.381

Medium and Support

mauve silk damask with woven diaper pattern and gold designs

relevance

rank 11.83950

Secondary Keywords

asian

associated concepts

buildings and the land

costume

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east asian

houses

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Title

Capital from the palace-city of Medinat al-Zahara with stylized acanthus leaves, vine rinceau and fleurons

Artist

Artist Unknown, Cordova, Spain

Physical Description

This capital, based upon the Roman composite order, features stylized acanthus leaves and rinceau on the bell of the capital, which terminates in a band of bead-and-reel motif on the astragal. This, in turn, is capped by an echinus decorated with three fleurons and vine rinceau on each face as well as four projecting volutes also decorated with rinceau and fleurons. Originally the bell of the capital had two tiers of acanthus leaves, but the capital has been cropped below the top of the first tier and the tips of the leaves, which once curved outward from the surface of the capital, have been sheared off.

Century

10th century

Object Creation Date

936-1010

Accession Number

1979/2.1

Medium and Support

marble

relevance

rank 11.45093

Secondary Keywords

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scrollwork

single built works

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Title

The Three Abundant Blessings

Artist

Wang Yingxiang (Wang Ying-hsiang)

Physical Description

Throngs of people appear active in this landscape. Some gather in the house, while others play in the garden. This scene is set among rocks, trees, and mountains.

Artist Life Dates

act. late 18th to early 19th century

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1818

Accession Number

1965/1.181

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 10.72067

Secondary Keywords

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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 9.86481

Secondary Keywords

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