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Istanbul in the 16th century the city, the palace, daily life Metin And

Author:
And, Metin 1927-  Search this
Physical description:
326 color illustrations, maps 29 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Turkey
Istanbul
Turquie
İstanbul
Istanbul (Turkey)
Asie Mineure
İstanbul (Turquie)
Date:
1994
16th century
16e siècle
Topic:
Palaces--History  Search this
Palais--Histoire  Search this
Alltag  Search this
Bildband  Search this
Courts and courtiers  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Palaces  Search this
Court and courtiers  Search this
History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Cours et courtisans  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Call number:
DR726 .A73 1994
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_885949

Costume dress for Lady in Red from for colored girls... on Broadway

Designed by:
Judy Dearing, American, 1940 - 1995  Search this
Worn by:
Trezana Beverley, American, born 1945  Search this
Subject of:
Ntozake Shange, American, 1948 - 2018  Search this
Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007  Search this
Medium:
synthetic satin and crepe with metal closures
Dimensions:
H x W x D (on form): 61 × 26 1/4 × 17 in. (154.9 × 66.7 × 43.2 cm)
Type:
dresses
Place used:
New York City, Manhattan County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1976-1978
Topic:
African American  Search this
Broadway Theatre  Search this
Clothing and dress  Search this
Costume  Search this
Costume design  Search this
Design  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
Object number:
2007.3.35
Restrictions & Rights:
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
Black Fashion Museum Collection
Classification:
Clothing-Costume
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f9f46919-8392-4bed-9a97-622b4c38a243
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2007.3.35
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Stravinsky and the theatre a catalogue of decor and costume designs for stage productions of his works, 1910-1962

Subject:
Stravinski, Igor Féodorovitch 1882-1971  Search this
Physical description:
57 pages illustrations, facsimiles (including music), portraits (part color) 23 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
1963
Topic:
Costume  Search this
Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery  Search this
Costumes de théâtre  Search this
Théâtre--Décors  Search this
costumes (character dress)  Search this
Call number:
PN2091.S8 S921
PN2091.S8S921
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_9940

Costume dress for Lady in Orange from for colored girls... on Broadway

Designed by:
Judy Dearing, American, 1940 - 1995  Search this
Worn by:
Ntozake Shange, American, 1948 - 2018  Search this
Subject of:
Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007  Search this
Medium:
synthetic satin and crepe with metal closures
Dimensions:
H x W x D (on form): 43 1/2 × 15 × 15 in. (110.5 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm)
Type:
dresses
Place used:
New York City, Manhattan County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1976-1978
Topic:
African American  Search this
Broadway Theatre  Search this
Clothing and dress  Search this
Costume  Search this
Costume design  Search this
Design  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
Object number:
2007.3.37
Restrictions & Rights:
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
Black Fashion Museum Collection
Classification:
Clothing-Costume
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c1e9342f-925f-4650-bb89-79af25697fbd
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2007.3.37
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Isabel in Costume, (painting)

Painter:
Strater, Henry 1896-1987  Search this
Subject:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1956
Topic:
Portrait female--Isabel  Search this
Dress--Costume  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8G370199
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_481002

Costume dress for Lady in Purple from for colored girls... on Broadway

Designed by:
Judy Dearing, American, 1940 - 1995  Search this
Worn by:
Risë Collins  Search this
Subject of:
Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007  Search this
Ntozake Shange, American, 1948 - 2018  Search this
Medium:
synthetic satin and crepe with metal closures
Dimensions:
H x W x D (On form): 40 3/4 × 17 × 14 1/2 in. (103.5 × 43.2 × 36.8 cm)
Type:
dresses
Place used:
New York City, Manhattan County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1976-1978
Topic:
African American  Search this
Actors  Search this
Broadway Theatre  Search this
Clothing and dress  Search this
Costume  Search this
Costume design  Search this
Design  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
Object number:
2007.3.36
Restrictions & Rights:
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
Black Fashion Museum Collection
Classification:
Clothing-Costume
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58ee66a64-6b1c-4096-9b18-1c6cb585a9a0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2007.3.36
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Fiesta Del Sol

Artist:
Alejandro Romero, born Villahermosa, Mexico 1949  Search this
Medium:
mechanical reproduction on paper mounted on paperboard
Dimensions:
image: 23 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (59 x 46.4 cm) sheet: 34 x 21 3/4 in. (86.4 x 55.3 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Mechanical Reproduction
Date:
1981
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Performing arts\music\accordion  Search this
Cityscape\Illinois\Chicago  Search this
Dress\costume\mask  Search this
Ceremony\festival\Fiesta del Sol  Search this
Latinx  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tomás Ybarra-Frausto
Object number:
1995.50.45
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7373b1c36-d3e3-49f8-8050-e3f4f0f6439b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1995.50.45

Margaret Mullen in Empire Costume, (painting)

Painter:
Strater, Henry 1896-1987  Search this
Subject:
Mullen, Margaret  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1930
Topic:
Portrait female  Search this
Dress--Costume  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8G370103
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_480905

Festival de los teatros chicanos

Artist:
David Avalos, born San Diego, CA 1947  Search this
Medium:
mechanical reproduction on paperboard
Dimensions:
image: 20 3/4 x 15 5/8 in. (52.8 x 39.7 cm) sheet: 22 x 17 in. (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Mechanical Reproduction
Date:
1977
Topic:
Recreation\leisure\smoking  Search this
Dress\costume  Search this
Performing arts\theater  Search this
Ceremony\festival\Festival de los Teatros Chicanos  Search this
Object\written matter\poster  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tomás Ybarra-Frausto
Object number:
1995.50.1
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7c90bdbba-47fc-465e-8934-a7218363b46b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1995.50.1

Margaret Mullen in Stage Costume, (painting)

Painter:
Strater, Henry 1896-1987  Search this
Subject:
Mullen, Margaret  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1931
Topic:
Portrait female--Knee length  Search this
Performing Arts--Theater  Search this
Dress--Costume  Search this
Dress--Accessory--Hat  Search this
Dress--Accessory--Glove  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8G370010
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_480809

Ballet Aspirations, (painting)

Painter:
Strater, Henry 1896-1987  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1928
Topic:
Figure female--Full length  Search this
Performing Arts--Dance--Ballet  Search this
Dress--Costume--Ballet Costume  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8G360003
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_480781

Ceremony, Fool Dance: Leader Wearing Women's Dress Costume With Deer-Hoof Rattle Staff, and his Warrior in Costume; Both Wearing Masks with Whistles in Mouth

Creator:
Matteson, Sumner W.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 007 in)
Culture:
A'aninin (Gros Ventre)  Search this
Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
JUL 1906
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.00323000

OPPS NEG.34054M
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Montana -- Fort Belknap Reservation
Topic:
Assiniboin  Search this
Gros Ventre  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 24 SPC Plains Assiniboin NM Poss ACC Matteson 00323000, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects
Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects / Series 1: America north of Mexico / Plains / Assiniboin
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31edd1d07-85ad-45b8-bfb4-e2ec238b89a0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-24-ref2876
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Progress, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Lyle, J.  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: mild steel, wire, Bondo, fiberglass, dried lawn grass clippings mixed with paint; Foundation: concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Place:
Texas
Caldwell
Date:
1989
Topic:
Abstract--Geometric  Search this
Dress--Costume--Mask  Search this
Control number:
IAS TX000937
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_338571

Untitled (The Bull Charging a Matador), (painting)

Painter:
Bearden, Romare 1911-1988  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor and brush and black nk on cream wove paper
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Philadelphia Museum of Art 26th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19130 Accession Number: 1996-143-1
Date:
1945-1946
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Animal--Cattle  Search this
Occupation--Sport--Bullfighting  Search this
Dress--Costume--Matador Costume  Search this
Control number:
IAP 46170603
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_480273

Les Fetiches, (painting)

Painter:
Jones, Lois Mailou 1905-1998  Search this
Medium:
Oil on linen
Culture:
African  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Smithsonian American Art Museum 8th & G Streets, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1990.56
Date:
1938
Topic:
Figure  Search this
Dress--Costume--Mask  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Control number:
IAP 08586428
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_477056

Dude Ranch, (painting)

Painter:
Ruley, Ellis 1882-1959  Search this
Medium:
Oil-based house paint on poster board
Type:
Paintings
Topic:
Landscape  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Equestrian  Search this
Dress--Costume--Cowboy Costume  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8G290029
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_480217

Genesis #2

Artist:
Lorser Feitelson, born Savannah, GA 1898-died Los Angeles, CA 1978  Search this
Medium:
oil on fiberboard
Dimensions:
40 1/4 x 48 in. (102.1 x 121.8 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1934
Topic:
Religion\New Testament\Mary  Search this
Allegory\life\womanhood  Search this
Dress\costume\mask  Search this
Object\furniture\lamp  Search this
Object\other\shell  Search this
Object\fruit\cantaloupe  Search this
Object\foodstuff\egg  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Object number:
1985.33
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7e3d503f1-03f4-4a87-8fdd-5bc8357d38c3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1985.33

"Hereby it is manifest that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man. For war consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting, but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known: and therefore the notion of time is to be considered in the nature of war, as it is in the nature of weather. For as the nature of foul weather lie...

Artist:
Leon Karp, born New York City 1903-died New York City 1951  Search this
Medium:
oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
Dimensions:
30 3/8 x 24 1/4 in. (77.2 x 61.6 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1951
Topic:
Dress\uniform\military uniform  Search this
Landscape\town  Search this
Allegory\civic\peace  Search this
Animal\bird\dove  Search this
Dress\costume\mask  Search this
Literature\Hobbs  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.138
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7385fdd64-4bb5-48ae-b8bf-3645a174543f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.138

Fresco Panel, (painting)

Painter:
Guston, Philip 1913-1980  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Destroyed
Date:
1930 or 1931
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Figure group  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Dress--Costume--Mask  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8F700006
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_470033

Traditional Mask, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Ayek, Sylvester  Search this
Medium:
Wood, stain, seal teeth, walrus ivory, baleen, and sinew
Culture:
Indian  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Mask
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Anchorage Museum of History and Art 121 West Seventh Avenue Anchorage Alaska 99501
Topic:
Dress--Costume--Mask  Search this
Ethnic--Inuit  Search this
Figure--Fragment--Face  Search this
Control number:
IAS 00360003
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_306565

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