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The language of beauty in African art edited by Constantine Petridis ; contributions by Yaëlle Biro, Herbert M. Cole, Kassim Kone, Babatunde Lawal, Constantine Petridis, Wilfried van Damme, and Susan Mullin Vogel

Writer of foreword:
Rondeau, James  Search this
Curator:
Petridis, Constantijn  Search this
Author:
Biro, Yaëlle  Search this
Cole, Herbert M.,  Search this
Kone, Kassim  Search this
Lawal, Babatunde 1942-  Search this
Van Damme, Wilfried  Search this
Vogel, Susan Mullin  Search this
Host institution:
Kimbell Art Museum  Search this
Art Institute of Chicago  Search this
Physical description:
356 pages illustrations (chiefly color), portraits 33 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Essays
Illustrated works
Exhibition catalogs
Ausstellungskatalog
Bildband
Place:
Subsaharisches Afrika
Fort Worth
Chicago
Date:
2022
21st century
03.04.2022-31.07.2022
20.11.2022-27.02.2023
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
Aesthetics, African  Search this
Sculpture, African  Search this
Esthétique africaine  Search this
Art africain  Search this
Sculpture africaine  Search this
PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics  Search this
Kunst  Search this
Kimbell Art Museum  Search this
The Art Institute of Chicago  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1154659

Snow White drawn by Warja Lavater

Title:
Blanche Neige, une imagerie d'après le conte
Illustrator:
Honegger-Lavater, Warja  Search this
Printer:
Ateliers Arte Paris  Search this
Author:
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries Artists' Books DSI  Search this
Physical description:
1 volume (unpaged) all color illustrations 16 x 473 cm., folded to 16 x 11 cm
Type:
Adaptations
Illustrations
Specimens
Spécimens
Artists' books (books).)
Artists' books
Chromolithographies
Chromolithographs
Contes de fées
fairy tales
Fairy tales
Histoires sans paroles
Illustrated works
Lithographies
Lithographs
Livres d'artistes
stories without words
Wordless picture books
Place:
France
Paris
Date:
1974
20th century
Topic:
Fairy tales in art  Search this
Fairy tales  Search this
Snow White (Tale)  Search this
Stories without words  Search this
Toy and movable books  Search this
Blanche-Neige (Conte)  Search this
Contes de fées dans l'art  Search this
Histoires sans paroles  Search this
Call number:
PZ8 .S67 1974
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_932058

Nick Brandt

Photographer:
Brandt, Nick 1966-  Search this
Writer of supplementary textual content:
Brandt, Nick 1966-  Search this
Owuor, Yvonne Adhiambo  Search this
Everett, Percival  Search this
Editor:
Barth, Nadine 1964-  Search this
Host institution:
Fahey/Klein Gallery  Search this
Atlas Gallery (London, England)  Search this
Custot Gallery (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)  Search this
Oslo Negativ, Det Gamle Biblioteket (Oslo, Norwary)  Search this
Source Photographica (Melbourne, Australia)  Search this
Edwynn Houk Gallery  Search this
Polka Galerie (Paris, France)  Search this
Physical description:
166 pages illustrations (some color), portraits 33 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Pictorial works
Portraits
Ouvrages illustrés
Expositions
Photography of animals
Photography, Artistic
Exhibition catalogs
Illustrated works
Place:
Africa, East
Afrique orientale anglophone
Date:
2021
Topic:
Wildlife photography  Search this
Animals  Search this
Portrait photography  Search this
East Africans  Search this
Human-animal relationships  Search this
Environmental degradation  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1159500

Full Partners in Science: Gender Equity and Inclusion

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Type:
Symposia
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2020-12-17T15:05:55.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
See more by:
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Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution
YouTube Channel:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_LPbozItSuwo

The space shuttle a mission-by-mission celebration of NASA's extraordinary spaceflight program Roland Miller

Author:
Miller, Roland 1958-  Search this
Physical description:
319 pages color illustrations 30 cm
Type:
Books
Illustrated works
History
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
2022
Topic:
Space shuttles--History  Search this
Navettes spatiales--Histoire  Search this
TRANSPORTATION / General  Search this
Space shuttles  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160307

The Kidai Shōran scroll Tokyo street life in the Edo period Ozawa Hiromu and Kobayashi Tadashi ; translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter

Author:
Ozawa, Hiromu 1947-  Search this
Kobayashi, Tadashi 1941-  Search this
Translator:
Carpenter, Juliet Winters  Search this
Physical description:
106 pages illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, color maps 23 x 31 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés
Illustrated books
Illustrated works
Place:
Japan
Tokyo
Nihonbashi (Tokyo, Japan)
Tokyo (Japan)
Tōkyō (Japon)
Japon
Nihonbashi
Date:
2020
Edo period, 1600-1868
1600-1868 (Époque d'Edo)
1600-1868
Topic:
Bridges  Search this
Scrolls, Japanese  Search this
Rouleaux japonais  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Scrolls, Japanese--Edo period  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1161013

A Belgian passage to China (1870-1930) Belgian-Chinese historical relations (1870-1930) and the construction of the railway and the tramway network based on the personal documents and pictures of François Nuyens and Philippe & Adolphe Spruyt Johan J. Mattelaer, Mathieu Torck editions. ; Charles Lagrange, Roland Dussart-Desart, Patrick Maselis, Thomas Baert ; editing of the English version: Ian Connerty

Title:
Belgian passage to China
Author:
Baert, Thomas  Search this
Dussart-Desart, Roland  Search this
Lagrange, Charles  Search this
Maselis, Patrick 1961-  Search this
Editor:
Mattelaer, Johan J. 1937-  Search this
Torck, Mathieu  Search this
Author:
Nuyens, François 1878-1956 Diaries Selections (2020) English  Search this
Spruyt, Adolphe 1871-1956 Works Selections (2020) English  Search this
Spruyt, Philippe 1868-1908 Works Selections (2020) English  Search this
Subject:
Nuyens, François 1878-1956  Search this
Spruyt, Adolphe 1871-1956  Search this
Spruyt, Philippe 1868-1908  Search this
Physical description:
304 pages illustrations (some color) 23 x 31 cm
Type:
Books
Diaries
Correspondence
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés
History
Personal correspondence
Illustrated works
Place:
China
Chine
Belgium
Date:
2020
20th century
20e siècle
1861-1912
1912-1928
Guangxu, 1875-1908
Xuantong, 1908-1912
1875-1908 (Guangxu)
1908-1912 (Xuang tong)
Topic:
Railroads--History  Search this
Documentary photography--History  Search this
Photographie documentaire--Histoire  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Documentary photography  Search this
International relations  Search this
Railroads  Search this
Relations  Search this
History  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Antiquités  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1161014

Sea creatures in glass the Blaschka marine animals at Harvard Elizabeth R. Brill, Florian Huber ; photography by David O. Brown

Title:
Blaschka marine animals at Harvard
Issuing body:
Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology  Search this
Author:
Brill, Elizabeth R  Search this
Huber, Florian 1981-  Search this
Photographer:
Brown, David O (David Owen)  Search this
Subject:
Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology Natural history collections  Search this
Harvard Museum of Natural History  Search this
Physical description:
112 pages color illustrations, portraits 23 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Exhibitions
Ouvrages illustrés
Illustrated works
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2016
Topic:
Marine invertebrates--Models  Search this
Marine invertebrates--In art  Search this
Biological models  Search this
Animal models in research  Search this
Glass animals  Search this
Glass animals--Conservation and restoration  Search this
Invertébrés marins--Dans l'art  Search this
Modèles biologiques  Search this
Modèles animaux dans la recherche  Search this
Animaux en verre  Search this
Animaux en verre--Conservation et restauration  Search this
Natural history  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1155849

Beneath cold seas the underwater wilderness of the Pacific Northwest text and photography by David Hall ; foreword by Christopher Newbert ; introduction by Sarika Cullis-Suzuki

Author:
Hall, David 1943 October 2-  Search this
Physical description:
160 pages color illustrations 28 x 29 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés
Illustrated books
Illustrated works
Place:
Pacific Ocean
Northwest, Pacific
Pacifique, Océan
Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord)
Pacific Northwest
Date:
2011
Topic:
Underwater photography  Search this
Marine animals  Search this
Faune marine  Search this
Photographie sous-marine  Search this
underwater photography  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1156024

Home--so different, so appealing Chon A. Noriega, Mari Carmen Ramírez, Pilar Tompkins Rivas

Author:
Noriega, Chon A. 1961- To dwell on this matrix of places  Search this
Ramírez, Mari Carmen 1955- Political agency and/or strategies of autoconstrucción?  Search this
Tompkins Rivas, Pilar Establishing and destabilizing notions of home in the Americas  Search this
Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (Project)  Search this
Issuing body:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art  Search this
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston  Search this
University of California, Los Angeles Chicano Studies Research Center Press  Search this
Physical description:
288 pages illustrations (chiefly color), portraits 31 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Art
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Illustrated books
Illustrated works
Catalogues d'exposition
Ouvrages illustrés
Date:
2017
20th century
21st century
20e siècle
21e siècle
Topic:
Home in art  Search this
Hispanic American art--Themes, motives  Search this
Art, Latin American--Themes, motives  Search this
Spanish Americans--Themes, motives  Search this
Foyer dans l'art  Search this
Américains d'origine espagnole--Thèmes, motifs  Search this
Art latino-américain--Thèmes, motifs  Search this
Art latino-américain (États-Unis)--Thèmes, motifs  Search this
Spanish Americans  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1157200

Eyes on Science: Illustrating Natural History: Smithsonian Exhibit Reveals the Art and Science in Scientific Illustration, May 28, 1996

Container:
Box 1 of 1
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 12-545, National Museum of Natural History, Office of Public Affairs, Press Releases
See more items in:
Press Releases
Press Releases / Box 1
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-fa12-545-refidd1e2396

The roses the complete plates Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Author:
Redouté, Pierre Joseph 1759-1840  Search this
Author:
Hinz, Petra-Andrea  Search this
Schulz, Barbara  Search this
Physical description:
203 pages color plates 34 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Illustrated books
Illustrated works
Ouvrages illustrés
Date:
2007
Topic:
Botanical illustration  Search this
Roses  Search this
Roses in art  Search this
Illustration botanique  Search this
Call number:
QK495.R78 R319 2007
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1158713

中国手工纸文库. 安徽卷 = Library of Chinese handmade paper. Anhui / 本卷主编, 汤书昆, 黄飞松

Title:
Anhui juan
安徽卷
Library of Chinese handmade paper Anhui
Editor:
Tang, Shukun  Search this
Huang, Feisong  Search this
Physical description:
3 volumes illustrations (some color), color maps, samples 31 cm
Type:
Sample books
Illustrated works
Place:
China
Anhui Sheng
Date:
2021
21st century
Topic:
Handmade paper  Search this
Chinese paper  Search this
Decorative paper  Search this
Papermaking  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1159580

The African lookbook a visual history of 100 years of African women Catherine E. McKinley ; introduction by Edwidge Danticat ; foreword by Jacqueline Woodson

Title:
African look book
Author:
McKinley, Catherine E  Search this
Danticat, Edwidge 1969-  Search this
Woodson, Jacqueline  Search this
Physical description:
xxv, 207 pages illustrations (some color) 23 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés
Illustrated books
History
Illustrated works
Place:
Africa
Afrique
Date:
2021
Topic:
Women--History  Search this
Women--Social conditions  Search this
Women  Search this
Femmes--Histoire  Search this
Femmes--Conditions sociales  Search this
Femmes  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1146135

Ethnic style history and fashion Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter ; [translated from the French by Deke Dusinberre]

Author:
Geoffroy-Schneiter, Bérénice  Search this
Translator:
Dusinberre, Deke  Search this
Physical description:
139 pages illustrations (some color) 34 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés
Illustrated books
Illustrated works
Date:
2001
Topic:
Necklaces  Search this
Ethnic costume  Search this
Ethnic jewelry  Search this
Tattooing  Search this
Colliers  Search this
Costume  Search this
Bijoux ethniques  Search this
Tatouage  Search this
necklaces  Search this
Bildband  Search this
Schmuck  Search this
Volkskunst  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1146331

Bottle tops the art of El Anatsui by Alison Goldberg ; illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon

Author:
Goldberg, Alison  Search this
Illustrator:
Zunon, Elizabeth  Search this
Physical description:
1 volume (unpaged) color illustrations 29 cm
Type:
Biography
Juvenile literature
Biographies
Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
Illustrated works
Juvenile works
Place:
Ghana
Ghāna
Date:
2022
Topic:
Sculptors  Search this
Bottle caps as art material  Search this
Sculpteurs  Search this
ART--Sculpture  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1157868

Alfred T. Agate drawings from the United States Exploring Expedition

Artist:
Agate, Alfred T., 1812-1846  Search this
Names:
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)  Search this
Extent:
5 Drawings (visual works)
2 Engravings
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Engravings
Drawings
Portraits
Works of art
Place:
Oceania
South America
Date:
1838-1842
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists of five (5) watercolor drawings and two (2) engravings made by Alfred T. Agate for the United States Exploring Expedition. It includes portraits of King Kamehameha III of Hawaii, Kotowatowa (a Maori chief), and unnamed individuals from Brazil, Peru, Fiji, as well as illustrations of Maori ornamental carvings.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Biographical Note:
Alfred Thomas Agate was an artist, painter, and miniaturist, known for his landscapes, portraits and scientific illustrations. Agate was born February 14, 1812 in Sparta, N.Y. In 1838, he joined the Scientific Corps of the United States Exploring Expedition as a portraitist and botanical artist. He spent four years traveling around the world, mapping the coast of Oregon, documenting hundreds of islands in the Pacific, and collecting more than sixty thousand plant and bird specimens. In 1842, Agate settled in Washington, D.C., and prepared his drawings for the expedition's multi-volume report. He died January 5, 1846.
Variant Title:
Natives of Oceania, and ornamental architecture, signed "A. T. Agate, del., A. T. A., del.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 382524

USNM Accession 16909
Related Materials:
The National Anthropological Archives holds additional Agate drawings from the United States Exploring Expedition in The Division of Ethnology photograph collection (Photo Lot 97).

The Naval History and Heritage Command Archives holds the Alfred Agate collection.
Provenance:
Gift of Mr. M. C. Hopkins to United States National Museum, May 7, 1942. The collection was transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in July 1969.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Portraits
Engravings
Works of art
Citation:
Alfred T. Agate drawings from the United States Exploring Expedition (MS 382524), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS382524
See more items in:
Alfred T. Agate drawings from the United States Exploring Expedition
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36d243d1f-59f9-4200-acda-7e2f8272baa5
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms382524
Online Media:

Science with an Artistic Flair at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History

Creator:
National Museum of Natural History  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2008-12-04T07:22:31.000Z
YouTube Category:
Science & Technology  Search this
Topic:
Natural History  Search this
See more by:
smithsonianNMNH
Data Source:
National Museum of Natural History
YouTube Channel:
smithsonianNMNH
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_KYloTy-2rYc

Make good the promises reclaiming Reconstruction and its legacies edited by Kinshasha Holman Conwill and Paul Gardullo ; foreword by Eric Foner ; preface by Spencer R. Crew ; contributions by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw ... [and seven others]

Editor:
Conwill, Kinshasha  Search this
Gardullo, Paul  Search this
Writer of foreword:
Foner, Eric 1943-  Search this
Writer of preface:
Crew, Spencer R. 1949-  Search this
Contributor:
Crenshaw, Kimberlé  Search this
Issuing body:
National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.),.)  Search this
Physical description:
224 pages illustrations (some color) 24 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibition catalogs
Illustrated books
Illustrated works
History
Catalogues d'exposition
Ouvrages illustrés
Place:
Southern States
États-Unis (Sud)
United States
Date:
2021
1863-1877
19th century
19e siècle
Topic:
African Americans--History  Search this
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)  Search this
African Americans--Civil rights--History  Search this
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Influence  Search this
Noirs américains--Histoire  Search this
Noirs américains--Droits--Histoire  Search this
Noirs américains--Conditions sociales  Search this
HISTORY / Social History  Search this
HISTORY / African American & Black  Search this
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century  Search this
African Americans  Search this
African Americans--Civil rights  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1158548

Fighting Indians of the West by Martin F. Schmitt and Dee Brown

Author:
Schmitt, Martin F. -1978  Search this
Brown, Dee 1908-2002  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 362 pages illustrations, portraits, maps (on lining-papers) 31 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Americana
Oregon authors
Illustrated books
Illustrated works
Authors' autographs (Provenance)
Ouvrages illustrés
Place:
États-Unis
West (U.S.)
Date:
1948
1866-1895
Topic:
Wars  Search this
Indiens d'Amérique--Guerres  Search this
Indians of North America  Search this
Indians of North America--Wars  Search this
Call number:
E83.866.S3X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_259709

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