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Description: Poster for the exhibition Modern Art from the Collection of the Société...

TitlePoster for the exhibition Modern Art from the Collection of the Société Anonyme: Museum of Modern Art

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1942

Object typePrint

MaterialsUnknown

LocationBeinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/digcoll/4342227

Accession numberRU 185

SubjectsPosters--20th century--ExhibitionsModernism (Art)--United States--ExhibitionsUniversities and colleges

StatusFeaturing Still-Life: Tapestry Design No. 13 by Enrico Prampolini

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4. Josef and Anni Albers: New Beginnings

Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen

Untimely Moderns: How Twentieth-Century Architecture Reimagined the Past

The 1933 headline announcing the arrival of two German artists, Josef and Anni Albers, in North Carolina read: “Germans on Faculty at Black Mountain School;...

Author

Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.81-101

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-31750&redirecttoanchor=107014

Chapter subject tags:Albers, JosefAlbers, AnniBlack Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.)Yale University. School of Art and ArchitectureSociété anonymeArt, Modern--20th centuryArt--Study and teaching--United States--20th centuryCassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945Greenberg, Clement, 1909-1994Yale University. Art Gallery

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Untitled, from the Williamsburg Housing Project Murals

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 02

Creator nameGreene, Balcomb

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1936

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions7 ft. 7 1/2 in. x 11 ft. 7 1/4 in. (232.4 x 328.3 cm)

LocationBrooklyn Museum of Art (on loan from the New York City Housing Department)

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/williamsburg_murals

Accession numberL1990.1.4

Untitled, from the Williamsburg Housing...

Untitled

Model of a house on a platform

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date100 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions13 7/8 x 11 1/4 x 7 in. (35.2 x 28.6 x 17.8 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/120440

Accession number1991.479

Model of a house on a platform

Swing Landscape

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 02

Creator nameDavis, Stuart

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1938

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions7 ft. 2 3/4 in. x 14 ft. 4 1/8 in.

LocationEskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington

https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/online/highlights/view/entries/448

Accession number42.1

Swing Landscape

Paris: Fly TWA poster

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 25

Creator roleDesigner

Creation datec. 1960

Object typeGraphic Design

Paris: Fly TWA poster

Description: Jonny spielt auf. National Socialist Image for the "Degenerate...

Jonny spielt auf. National Socialist Image for the "Degenerate Music" (Entartete Musik) exhibition in Düsseldorf, Weimar, Munich, and Vienna

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1938–1939

Object typePrint

Dimensions21 x 15 cm

LocationDeutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin

https://www.dhm.de/datenbank/dhm.php?seite=5&fld_0=RA000311

Accession numberR 92/715

Jonny spielt auf. National Socialist...

Jonny spielt auf. National Socialist Image for the "Degenerate Music" (Entartete Musik) exhibition in Düsseldorf, Weimar, Munich, and Vienna

Model of a circular ceremonial center

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsCeramic and pigment

Dimensions13 x 18 1/2 in. (33 x 47 cm )

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/75238

Accession number1989.639

Model of a circular ceremonial center

Southern California United Air Lines travel poster

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 25

Creator roleDesigner

Object typeGraphic Design

Southern California United Air Lines...

Southern California United Air Lines travel poster

Poster, Museum of Modern Art

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 24

Creator nameRand, Paul

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDesigner

Creation date1941

Object typeGraphic Design

Poster, Museum of Modern Art

Dining Table

Posted by:John Carlson

MaterialsBirch, hard maple veneer, hard maple, and red oak

Dimensions29 3/4 x 38 x 68 1/4 in. (75.6 x 96.5 x 173.4 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/22612

Accession number1977.40.5

Dining Table

Vanity table (No. 171)

Posted by:John Carlson

MaterialsEnameled and chrome-plated steel, and mirrored glass

Vanity table (No. 171)

Justinian and his retinue, including Archbishop Maximian

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 545-547AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Justinian and his retinue, including...

Justinian and his retinue, including Archbishop Maximian

Storyteller figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureJalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions22 x 22 in. (55.9 x 55.9 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/73795

Accession number1989.83

Storyteller figure

Lounge chair (No. 434-1)

Posted by:John Carlson

MaterialsChrome-plated steel and upholstery

Dimensions30 x 25 x 35 in. (76.2 x 63.5 x 88.9 cm)

Lounge chair (No. 434-1)

Jazz Quartet

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameDelaney, Beauford

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1946

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions28 × 36 in.

LocationPrivate collection, New York

Jazz Quartet

Exhibition rooms of the Société Anonyme, 19 East 47th Street, New York

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 11

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1920

Object typePhotograph

LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut

Exhibition rooms of the...

Exhibition rooms of the Société Anonyme, 19 East 47th Street, New York

Death (Lynched Figure)

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameNoguchi, Isamu

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1934

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMonel, steel, wood, and rope

Dimensions88 3/4 × 31 7/8 in. (225.4 × 81 × 65.2 cm)

LocationThe Noguchi Museum, New York

https://www.noguchi.org/museum/collection/death-lynched-figure

Death (Lynched Figure)

Abstraction

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nameWalkowitz, Abraham

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1932

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsIndia ink and wash, laid down on blue paper

Dimensions17.1 x 13.3 cm

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/45523

Accession number1943.138

Abstraction

Brooch

Posted by:John Carlson

May 24

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleJeweler

Creation date1940–1946

Object typeJewelry

MaterialsBakelite, urea formaldehyde, glass, and white metal

Dimensions3 x 2 3/4 in. (7.6 x 6.9 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/133385

Accession number2008.158.24

Brooch

Bracelets

Posted by:John Carlson

May 24

Creator roleDesigner

Creation date1928–1940

Object typeJewelry

MaterialsPhenolic resin

DimensionsTop (red): h. 1 x diam. 3 in. (2.5 x 7.6 cm); bottom (beige); h. 7/8 x diam. 3 in. (2.2 x 7.6 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/133393

Accession number2008.158.31

Bracelets

Codex Tudela: Indian costumes

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 18

Creator nationality/cultureAztec

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1530–1554

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsLaid paper and natural pigments

LocationMuseo del América, Madrid

Codex Tudela: Indian costumes

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan worshipping Christ

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator name (description)Presumably Saint Dunstan

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation dateAD 930–970

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/a7ebbb6f-414f-4bb9-9399-b3ed588c15af

Accession numberMs. Auct. F.4.32, fol. 1

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan...

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan worshipping Christ

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten Commandments

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1373

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberFr. 14939, fol. 5r

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten...

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten Commandments

Theodora and her retinue

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 545 AD-547AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Theodora and her retinue

Vanity table

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 28

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Advertisement for Howell Company, In Home Furnishing Arts, 105

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 28

Creator rolePublisher

Creation date1934

Object typePeriodical

Advertisement for Howell Company, In...

Advertisement for Howell Company, In Home Furnishing Arts, 105

Laocoön

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date40–30 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

DimensionsH: 95 1/4 in. (242 cm)

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US

Accession numberCat. 1059

Laocoön

Sample wall groupings from the East India Laurel Series in Catalog and Sales Guide

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 28

Creator rolePublisher

Creation date1939

Object typePeriodical

Sample wall groupings from the East...

Sample wall groupings from the East India Laurel Series in Catalog and Sales Guide

Description: Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in...

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in Classe

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 668–685

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring...

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in Classe

Advertisement for Simmons Company

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 28

Creator rolePublisher

Creation date1934

Object typePeriodical

Advertisement for Simmons Company

Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

DimensionsDiameter 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/148347

Accession number1997.475

Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

Brooch

Posted by:John Carlson

May 24

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleJeweler

Creation date1935–1940

Object typeJewelry

MaterialsProbably Catalin, shellac, wire, and adhesive

Dimensions3 1/4 x 3 in. (8.3 x 7.6 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/133398

Accession number2008.158.36

Brooch

Advertising Plate for Contour

Posted by:John Carlson

May 24

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDesigner

Creation datec. 1951

Object typeContainer

MaterialsLead-glazed earthenware

Dimensions11/16 x 8 x 8 in. (1.7 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/78636

Accession number1999.15.3

Advertising Plate for Contour

Landscape

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nameMarin, John

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1940

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsColored crayon and pencil on paper, laid down on heavy paper

Dimensions19.2 x 25.4 cm

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/48139

Accession number1949.86

Landscape

Abstraction

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nameWalkowitz, Abraham

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1918

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPencil

Dimensions15.4 x 18.5 cm

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/43708

Accession number1943.112

Abstraction

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nameWalkowitz, Abraham

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1918

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsIndia ink

Dimensions13.4 x 17.1 cm

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/45309

Accession number1943.106

Abstraction

Bestiary: Creation of Eve

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureEnglish

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1201–1225

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/547571c6-0e1e-414f-b245-f36706655540

Accession numberMs. Ashmole 1511, fol. 7

Bestiary: Creation of Eve

Female figure with an apron table

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 300–700

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions13 3/8 x 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (34 x 24.5 x 19.4 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/312579

Accession number1979.206.357

Female figure with an apron table

St. Jerome in his Study

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1500–1510

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions11 x 8 in. (28 x 20.4 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29742001

Accession number1845,0825.690

St. Jerome in his Study

Description: Installation view of Primary Structures exhibition, The Jewish Museum, New York,...

Installation view of Primary Structures exhibition, The Jewish Museum, New York, showing works by Donald Judd

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1966

Object typePhotograph

Installation view of Primary Structures...

Untitled 1966 (on wall) and Untitled 1966 (on floor)

Wooden implement

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 02

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1400–1600

Object typeTool/Implement

MaterialsWood

DimensionsWidth 7 3/4 in. (19.8 cm)

LocationCleveland Museum of Art

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1950.411

Accession number1950.411

Wooden implement

Roman de la Rose: Copying and illuminating the folios of a manuscript

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1300

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberFr. 25526, fol. 77v

Roman de la Rose: Copying and...

Roman de la Rose: Copying and illuminating the folios of a manuscript

Description: Portrait of Michel-Eugène Chevreul pasted into Homer's copy of...

Portrait of Michel-Eugène Chevreul pasted into Homer's copy of "Chevreul on Colours"

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

LocationStrong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York

Portrait of Michel-Eugène...

Portrait of Michel-Eugène Chevreul pasted into Homer's copy of "Chevreul on Colours"

Arthur and Hope Vernon Residence, Kingston, Rhode Island

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 28

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1935

Object typePhotograph

Arthur and Hope Vernon Residence,...

Arthur and Hope Vernon Residence, Kingston, Rhode Island

Christ Flanked by Disciples

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 886–912

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory

Dimensions4 x 3 7/8 x 3/4 in. (10.3 x 10 x 2 cm)

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/1415193

Accession number2006

Christ Flanked by Disciples

Procession of female saints

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 550 AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy

Procession of female saints

Cambridge Glass Company advertisement for Table Architecture

Posted by:John Carlson

May 24

Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher

Creation date1937

Object typePeriodical

LocationHouse and Garden (December 1937): 5

Cambridge Glass Company advertisement...

Cambridge Glass Company advertisement for Table Architecture

Phytomorphic Vessel

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 500

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsBurnished ceramic with slip

DimensionsHeight 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)

LocationLos Angeles County Museum of Art

http://collections.lacma.org/node/182618

Accession numberAC1996.146.27

Phytomorphic Vessel

Description: Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another...

Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another Saint

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1470–1485

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (24.3 x 19 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29367001

Accession number1856,0712.1029

Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows...

Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another Saint

Abstraction

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nameWalkowitz, Abraham

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleIllustrator

Creation date1919

Object typeIllustration

MaterialsPen and India ink

Dimensions13.4 x 17.1 cm

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/45334

Accession number1943.124

Abstraction

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John Chrysostom

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 1325

Object typeMosaic

MaterialsMiniature mosaic set in wax on wood panel, with gold, gilded copper (?), and multicolored stones

Dimensions7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (18 x 13 cm)

LocationDumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.

http://museum.doaks.org/Obj27115

Accession numberBZ.1954.2

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John...

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John Chrysostom

Advertisement for Simmons Company, back cover

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 28

Creator rolePublisher

Creation date1933

Object typePeriodical

Advertisement for Simmons Company, back...

Advertisement for Simmons Company, back cover

Advertisement for Hathaway's Furniture Store

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 28

Creator rolePublisher

Creation date1934

Object typePeriodical

Advertisement for Hathaway's Furniture...

Advertisement for Hathaway's Furniture Store

Advertisement for Simmons Company, back cover

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 28

Creator rolePublisher

Creation date1933

Object typePeriodical

Advertisement for Simmons Company, back...

Advertisement for Simmons Company, back cover

Portrait of Fath Khan, son of Malik Ambar

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 14

Creator nationality/cultureIndian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1610–1620

Object typePainting

MaterialsOpaque watercolor and gold on paper

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/148777/possibly-fath-khan-son-of-malik-ambar

Accession number17.3103

Portrait of Fath Khan, son of Malik...

Portrait of Malik Ambar

Woman with a Birdcage

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameTamayo, Rufino

Creator nationality/cultureMexican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1941

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions43 1/4 x 33 in. (109.4 x 83.8 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/44084

Accession number1942.57

Woman with a Birdcage

Lady's Room, Crystal House, Century of Progress

Posted by:John Carlson

Lady's Room, Crystal House, Century of...

Lady's Room, Crystal House, Century of Progress

Laocoön, detail of lower torso and legs

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 17

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date40–30 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US

Accession numberCat. 1059

Laocoön, detail of lower torso and...

Laocoön, detail of lower torso and legs

Three Figures

Posted by:John Carlson

May 13

Creator nameBenton, Thomas Hart

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1916

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationPrivate collection

Three Figures

The Veroli Casket

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. AD 950–1000

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory and bone on wood core; metal hardware

Dimensions4 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 15 7/8 in. (11.5 x 16 x 40.3 cm)

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O70463/veroli-casket-casket-unknown/

Accession number216-1865

The Veroli Casket

Blackamoor figures

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1875–1900

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsPainted and gilt wood and metal

Dimensions24 x 7 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (61 x 19.7 x 17.5 cm)

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston

https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/141477/pair-of-candlesticks-with-figures-of-blackamoors

Accession number96.1127.1

Blackamoor figures

Dance Abstraction

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nameWalkowitz, Abraham

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1918

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPencil

Dimensions15.3 x 17.7 cm

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/45322

Accession number1943.110

Dance Abstraction

The Virgin and Child (Theotokos Hodegetria)

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1100–1200

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory

Dimensions12 7/8 x 3 5/8 x 2 in. (32.7 x 9.2 x 5.2 cm)

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O93178/virgin-and-child-theotokos-hodegetria-statuette-unknown/

Accession number702-1884

The Virgin and Child (Theotokos...

The Virgin and Child

Jack Johnson

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameSaunders, Raymond

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1975

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions209 × 161.2 cm. (82 3/8 × 63 5/8 in.)

LocationPennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia

https://www.pafa.org/collection/jack-johnson

Jack Johnson

For All These Rights We've Just Begun to Fight: Register/Vote

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 02

Creator nameShahn, Ben

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1946

Object typePrint

MaterialsOffset lithograph

Dimensions28 7/8 x 38 3/4 in.

LocationNew Jersey State Museum, Trenton

Accession number1969.156

For All These Rights We've Just Begun to...

For All These Rights We've Just Begun to Fight: Register/Vote

Description: Rendering of a living room with Howell Company furniture, in Home Furnishing Arts,...

Rendering of a living room with Howell Company furniture, in Home Furnishing Arts, 29

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 28

Creator rolePublisher

Creation date1934

Object typePeriodical

Rendering of a living room with Howell...

Rendering of a living room with Howell Company furniture, in Home Furnishing Arts, 29

Description: Conservation Technician Christine Conniff O'Shea and Conservation Fellow Rebecca...

Conservation Technician Christine Conniff O'Shea and Conservation Fellow Rebecca Pollak encapsulate "Our One Thousandth Blow" after treatment was complete

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 13

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

Conservation Technician Christine...

Conservation Technician Christine Conniff O'Shea and Conservation Fellow Rebecca Pollak encapsulate "Our One Thousandth Blow" after treatment was complete

Model of a Tree-Climbing Ritual

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsCeramic and pigment

DimensionsHeight 9 in. (22.8 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/120168

Accession number1990.554.2

Model of a Tree-Climbing Ritual

Description: Entrance to the port of Honfleur showing the eastern and western jetties, harbor...

Entrance to the port of Honfleur showing the eastern and western jetties, harbor lights, and tide signal

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsPhotograph

Entrance to the port of Honfleur showing...

Entrance to the port of Honfleur showing the eastern and western jetties, harbor lights, and tide signal

Psalter: Claricia swinging on an initial "Q"

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1175–1225

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsInk and paint on medium-thick, well-prepared parchment

LocationWalters Art Museum, Baltimore

https://art.thewalters.org/detail/25823/claricia-swinging-on-an-initial-q-2/

Accession numberW.26.64R

Psalter: Claricia swinging on an initial...

Psalter: Claricia swinging on an initial "Q"

Bible Moralisée: Colophon miniature with donors, author, and scribe

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1227–1234

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationMorgan Library & Museum, New York

http://www.themorgan.org/collection/medieval-and-renaissance/manuscript/77422

Accession numberMS M.240, fol. 8r

Bible Moralisée: Colophon...

Bible Moralisée: Colophon miniature with donors, author, and scribe

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of Saint Lawrence mosaic

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 425–450

Object typeMosaic

LocationRavenna, Italy

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of...

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of Saint Lawrence mosaic

Leo VI Crowned by the Virgin and Accompanied by the Archangel Gabriel

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 886–912

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory

Dimensions4 x 4 x 3/4 in. (10.3 x 10 x 2 cm)

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/1415193

Accession number2006

Leo VI Crowned by the Virgin and...

Leo VI Crowned by the Virgin and Accompanied by the Archangel Gabriel

Dish with angels on either side of a cross

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureSyrian

Creator roleMetallist

Creation datec. AD 500–600

Object typeContainer

MaterialsSilver

DimensionsDiameter 7 3/8 in. (18.6 cm)

LocationHermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/08.+Applied+Arts/227159

Accession numberW-209

Dish with angels on either side of a...

Dish with Angels on either side of a cross

Christ and Zacchaeus

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator name (description)Possibly a copy by a German artist of a Byzantine pattern book

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1200

Object typeArchitectural drawing

MaterialsSilverpoint and sepia with red ink on vellum (single leaf)

Dimensions31 x 20.2 cm

LocationAugustinermuseum, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Accession numberInv. Nr. G 23/la

Christ and Zacchaeus

The Hornbach Sacramentary: The scribe Eburnant presents the book to Abbot Adalbert

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation dateAD 970–1000

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationSt. Ursen-Kathedrale, Solothurn, Switzerland

Accession numberDomschatz, fol. 7v

The Hornbach Sacramentary: The scribe...

The Hornbach Sacramentary: The scribe Eburnant presents the book to Abbot Adalbert

Laocoön, detail of head and shoulders

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 17

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date40–30 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US

Accession numberCat. 1059

Laocoön, detail of head and...

Laocoön, detail of head and shoulders

Codex Mendoza: Detail of Aztec capture scenes

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureAztec

Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher

Creation datec. 1525

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsAmate paper

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/d234da96-2981-4316-8d27-60ce01fa373d

Codex Mendoza: Detail of Aztec capture...

Codex Mendoza: Detail of Aztec capture scenes

Solidus of Theodosius III

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator roleMetalist

Creation date715–717 AD

Object typeCoin/Medal

MaterialsGold

LocationDumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.

http://museum.doaks.org/Obj109587

Accession numberBZC.1948.17.2430

Solidus of Theodosius III

Solidus of Theodosius III (715–717)

King Kephron

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 07

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 2472–2448 BC

Object typeSculpture

LocationEgyptian Museum, Cairo

King Kephron

Statue of King Kephron

Description: Petrus Riga, "Aurora": Initial "P" and marginal...

Petrus Riga, "Aurora": Initial "P" and marginal drawing of grapes carried on a pole

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1230–1270

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberLatin 17907, fol. 62v

Petrus Riga, "Aurora": Initial "P" and...

Petrus Riga, "Aurora": Initial "P" and marginal drawing of grapes carried on a pole

Cup with mythological figures

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 900–1000

Object typeContainer

MaterialsGilded and painted glass and silver gilt

LocationTreasury of San Marco, Venice

Cup with mythological figures

Theological works of Emperor John VI Cantacuzene: The Emperor John VI Cantacuzene

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1370–1375

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberMS. gr. 1242, fol. 123v

Theological works of Emperor John VI...

Theological works of Emperor John VI Cantacuzene: The Emperor John VI Cantacuzene

King's throne (Königsthron), detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nationality/cultureBamun (Cameroon)

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1800–1900

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsWood

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/207024/

Accession numberIII C33341

King's throne (Königsthron), detail

Detail of king's throne (Königsthron), Bamun, Cameroon

Medallion with the Annunciation

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMetalist

Creation datec. AD 550–600

Object typeJewelry

MaterialsGold

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/679389/

Accession number30219, 506

Medallion with the Annunciation

Harbor light and foghorn at the end of the western jetty, Honfleur

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nationality/cultureUnkown

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsPhotograph

Harbor light and foghorn at the end of...

Harbor light and foghorn at the end of the western jetty, Honfleur

Tipu's Tiger

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 21

Creator nationality/cultureIndian

Creator roleToymaker/Designer/Developer

Creation datec. 1793

Object typeToy/Game

MaterialsPainted wood with metal fixtures

DimensionsHeight: 28 in. (71 cm); width: 24 in. (61 cm); length: 70 1/8 in. (178 cm)

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O61949/tippoos-tiger-mechanical-organ-unknown/

Accession number2545(IS)

Tipu's Tiger

St. Catherine of Siena

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1460–1470

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions9 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (24.9 x 18.8 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29361001

Accession number1845,0825.481

St. Catherine of Siena

Psalter and New Testament: The Annunciation

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1084

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsTempera, gold leaf, and ink on vellum

Dimensions6 3/8 x 4 in. (16.2 x 10.3 cm)

LocationDumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.

http://museum.doaks.org/Obj27038

Accession numberBZ.1962.35; MS. 3, fol. 80v

Psalter and New Testament: The...

Psalter and New Testament: The Annunciation

Savoy Vase

Posted by:John Carlson

May 24

Creator nameAalto, Alvar

Creator name (description)Alvar Aalto, designer; Karhula-littula, manufacturer

Creator nationality/cultureFinnish

Dimensions8 x 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (20.3 x 16.5 x 11.4 cm)

LocationVictoria & Albert Museum, London

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O3507/savoy-vase-aalto-alvar/

Accession numberC.226-1987

Savoy Vase

Presentation of the Vivian Bible to Charles the Bald

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator name (description)Possibly three monks of St Martin at Tours: Amandus, Haregarius, and Sigvaldus

Creator roleIlluminator

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberLatin 1, fol. 423r

Presentation of the Vivian Bible to...

Presentation of the Vivian Bible to Charles the Bald

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