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The Muro-ji, an Eighth Century Japanese Temple: Its Art and History
Ken Domon
Translator Roy Andrew Miller
Publisher Bijutsu Shuppansha Co., Ltd.
1954
The living witness : art in the concentration camps : Museum of American Jewish History, October 18-November 19, 1978, Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History
The living witness : art in the concentration camps : Museum of American Jewish History, October 18-November 19, 1978
Publisher Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History
1978
Art in Science, Jim Dine American, Silkscreen
Art in Science
Jim Dine
Printer Chiron Press
Publisher Albany Institute of History & Art
1965
The art of Archibald J. Motley, Jr., Archibald J. Motley, Jr. American
The art of Archibald J. Motley, Jr.
Multiple artists/makers
1991
The History and Art of Printing. In Two Parts
Author Philip Luckombe
Publisher Joseph Johnson
Printer W. Adlard and J. Browne
1771
Lithography & Lithographers. Some Chapters in the History of Art
Author Joseph Pennell
Publisher The Century Company
Publisher T. Fisher Unwin
1898
The History and Art of Wood-Engraving Illustrated London News
Author William Andrew Chatto
1848
Sculptura-Historico-Technica: or, the History and Art of Engraving
Author Filippo Baldinucci
Publisher J. Marks
1770
Sculptura: or the History and Art of Chalcography and Engraving in Copper
Multiple artists/makers
1662
Treatise on the art of knitting, with a history of the knitting loom
Author J. B. Aiken
Designer Frontispiece after John William Orr
1861
[19 Letters, Notes, and Papers Related to Beaumont Newhall's "Exhibition of Photography, 1839-1937" at the Museum of Modern Art and "The History of Photography" Book, 1937]
Correspondent Walker Evans
Correspondent Beaumont Newhall
Correspondent Museum of Modern Art, New York
1936–38
Etchers and Etching: Chapters in the History of Art, Together with Explanations of Modern Artistic Methods
Multiple artists/makers
1919
Outlines Various
Multiple artists/makers
1845–47
Gems of Wood Engraving, From the Illustrated London News with a History of the Art, Ancient and Modern
Multiple artists/makers
1849
Etchers and Etching. Chapters in the History of the Art together with Technical Explanations of Modern Artistic Methods
Author Joseph Pennell
Publisher Macmillan & Co.
Printer Norwood Press
1919
Oboe, Jacob Anthony (probably Sr.) American, Boxwood, ivory, brass, American
Oboe
Jacob Anthony
ca. 1785–1800
Tom Tit Tot; and A Sketch of the Whole Complicated Subject of Universal History
Multiple artists/makers
2014
The History of Japan: Giving an Account of the Antient [sic] and Present State and Government of That Empire...
Multiple artists/makers
1728
A Collection of One Hundred and Twenty-Nine Facsimiles of Scarce and Curious Prints by the Early Masters of the Italian, German and Flemish Schools; Illustrative of the History of Engraving from the Invention of the Art by Maso Finiquerra
Editor William Young Ottley
Publisher Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman
1828
A History of the Art of Engraving in Mezzotinto, From its Origin to the Present Times, Including an Account of the Works of the Earliest Artists
Author James A. Chelsum
Printer J. Robbins
Publisher T. and J. Egerton
1786
Gauntlet for the Left Hand, Jörg Sigman German, Steel, gold, copper alloy, leather, German, Augsburg
Gauntlet for the Left Hand
Goldsmith Gilt copper ornament attributed to Jörg Sigman
ca. 1557
Long Tail Halo: CTCS #2, Lee Bul South Korean, Stainless steel, ethylene-vinyl acetate, carbon fiber, paint, polyurethane
Long Tail Halo: CTCS #2
Lee Bul
2024
Armelle, Elizabeth Colomba French, Oil on canvas
Armelle
Elizabeth Colomba
1997
Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768), Anton Raphael Mengs German, Oil on canvas
Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768)
Anton Raphael Mengs
ca. 1777
Untitled (The Rhine), Anselm Kiefer German, Woodcut on paper mounted on canvas
Untitled (The Rhine)
Anselm Kiefer
1993
Candelabrum, Paul Manship American, Bronze, marble
Candelabrum
Paul Manship
1916
Candelabrum, Paul Manship American, Bronze, marble
Candelabrum
Paul Manship
1916
Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d'Ognes (1786–1868), Marie Denise Villers French, Oil on canvas
Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d'Ognes (1786–1868)
Marie Denise Villers
1801
Head of an "Ethiopian" depicted in Hellenistic mode, Black bronze, gold, carnelian, obsidian
Head of an "Ethiopian" depicted in Hellenistic mode
332–30 BCE
Papers 13 ink on paper drawings 2 letters 1 ink on paper illustrated poem 5 ink on paper postcards 5 ink on paper envelopes 1 ink on paper poem on Hunter student card, Ad Reinhardt American, Black pen and ink on 16 papers ; Black pen and ink on printed, punched paper ; Black pen and ink and relief printed black ink on 5 printed papers with traces of graphite and blue ink ; Black pen and ink, stamps, and relief printed black ink on 5 printed envelopes

Papers 13 ink on paper drawings 2 letters 1 ink on paper illustrated poem 5 ink on paper postcards 5 ink on paper envelopes 1 ink on paper poem on Hunter student card

Ad Reinhardt
1966
Self-portrait, Simon Bening Netherlandish, Tempera and gold leaf on parchment
Self-portrait
Simon Bening
1558
Terracotta statuette of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head), Terracotta, Greek
Terracotta statuette of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head)
Greek
1st century BCE
Der aller durchleuchtigisten und grosmächtigen Kayser ... Königen ... Herren vom Adel ... Bildtnussen und kurtz Beschreibungen ihrer so wol in Fridts- als Kriegszzeiten verrichten fürnembsten Thaten und Handlungen : deren Waffen und Rüstungen ... auss allen Landen der Welt ... in dem Schloss Ombrass ... zu ewiger Gedächtnuss auffbehalten werden ..., Jacob Schrenck von Nozing
Der aller durchleuchtigisten und grosmächtigen Kayser ... Königen ... Herren vom Adel ... Bildtnussen und kurtz Beschreibungen ihrer so wol in Fridts- als Kriegszzeiten verrichten fürnembsten Thaten und Handlungen : deren Waffen und Rüstungen ... auss allen Landen der Welt ... in dem Schloss Ombrass ... zu ewiger Gedächtnuss auffbehalten werden ...
Multiple artists/makers
1603
Bust of Patroclus, William Henry Fox Talbot British, Salted paper print from paper negative
Bust of Patroclus
William Henry Fox Talbot
August 9, 1843
Portrait of a Woman, Manolo Valdés Spanish, Oil, tar, masking tape, organic tree leafs, fabric threads, and powdered pigment on burlap
Portrait of a Woman
Manolo Valdés
1990
Red Cliffs and Green Valleys, Wang Meng Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, China
Red Cliffs and Green Valleys
Wang Meng
ca. 1367
Dress, Ji Eon Kang American, silk, metal, American
Dress
Designer Ji Eon Kang
spring/summer 1997
Seated ballplayer, Ameca-Etzatlán artists, Ceramic, slip, Ameca-Etzatlán
Seated ballplayer
Ameca-Etzatlán artists
200 BCE–300 CE
S. P. Avery, Engraver on Wood, Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. American, Scrapbook, New York: [s.n.], [18--]
S. P. Avery, Engraver on Wood
Author Samuel Putnam Avery Sr.
1800s
mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People): Welcoming the Newcomers, Kent Monkman Canadian, Acrylic on canvas
mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People): Welcoming the Newcomers
Kent Monkman
2019
Hugo van der Goes Making a Portrait of Mary of Burgundy, Wilhelm (Guillaume) Koller Austrian, Oil on wood
Hugo van der Goes Making a Portrait of Mary of Burgundy
Wilhelm (Guillaume) Koller
ca. 1872
Knowledge of the Past Is the Key to the Future: Some Afterthoughts on Discovery, Robert Colescott American, Acrylic on canvas
Knowledge of the Past Is the Key to the Future: Some Afterthoughts on Discovery
Robert Colescott
1986

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