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American Culture

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Created by
David M Choberka
Last Updated
March 1, 2023 12:12 p.m.

50 Items in this Learning Collection
TV Culture and Criticism
Portrait of Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe.
Resource with 51 media
Artists of the Harlem Renaissance

Resource with 14 media
Black and African American Woman Artists
This image is a circular format black and white photograph depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass. Three girls sit or prop themselves up and look at the camera, the fourth girl lays down, with her eyes closed. The glass in the frame has a domed surface, creating a fish-eye effect.
Resource with 26 media
All Objects from South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean
A print done in shades of gray of a home scene. A woman wearing a dress and holding a sun umbrella walks up the side stairs of a simple covered porch attached to the front of a wooden house. On the porch are two adult figures talking and three seated children, one of which sits on the stairs. A tall wooden fence with a door extends the front face of the house, out of which a young girl walks.
Resource with 381 media
American Orientalist art at the turn of the 20th century

Resource with 5 media
Arizona
Car being excavated in a desert scene.
Resource with 15 media
Art of the Works Progress Administration WPA

Resource with 175 media
Arts of Mexico

Resource with 158 media
Ashcan School

Resource with 29 media
Asian America in Art

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This drawing shows the head of a man. Sketched lines with shading around cheeks and eyes, which are closed, create the visage.  A faintly visible hat is sketched on the head. The drawing is signed (u.r.) "Anton Refregier." It may also say "San Francisco" although the handwriting is not clear.


This photograph depicts a view of a desert landscape with a fish hanging from the top of a thin pole in the foreground.  Behind the fish is a small cemetery that has mounds and crosses and in the distance are a few small buildings. Two more poles with fish hanging from them appear farther away in the image to the right of the fish in the foreground.
Photo of a woman in a floor-length and brightly striped formal gown standing in a multi-level staircase. The photo is taken from above and captures the woman, her companion, and the ornate handrail and stair runner.
An oil painting on canvas, this is an abstract painting predominantly using black and white oil paints. The background appears to be white paint with a black box on the upper half. The two colors are connected by a long black brushstroke down the middle. The brushstroke does not touch the edges of the canvas but instead takes up 2/3 of the canvas length-wise and 1/3 width-wise. 
This calm, horizontal abstract watercolor has registers of aquamarine, ochres, greens and dark blues. 

Collection with 10 items
Borders of Identity in North America
Photographed from atop a high ridge, this photograph depicts a view looking down into a winding desert canyon.
Resource with 87 media
Politics, and Social Reform in the US, 1901-1950

Resource with 234 media
California
This is a black and white photograph depicting an outdoor scene with dense vegetation. Leafy plants cover the ground in the front and taller bushes and trees are in the background. The viewpoint is from above looking down.
Resource with 127 media
Caribbean Objects
A color print of a small, square door in a wall. The opened door casts a long shadow on the wall.
Resource with 105 media
Cars and Car Culture

Resource with 78 media
Celebrity
Bust-length portrait of Marilyn Monroe positioned in front of a red background; Haring used a poster of the actress onto which he applied sumi ink in a series of outlines, marks and drips over the face, neck, chest and shoulders.
Resource with 110 media
Chicago
This black and white stereoscopic image features two images of the view looking through the inside of a Ferris wheel near the top. It is surrounded by the text: Set No. 8; Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Western Scenery; CHICAGO and VICINITY. 313. Looking through the Ferris Wheel, near the top.<br />
Resource with 25 media
Cowboys and Cowboy Art
A black and white phot of two men dressed in a Western style with a tent. One man is standing in front of the tent, while the other is sitting on a rolled up canvs in front of the tent.
Resource with 41 media
Detroit Metro

Resource with 131 media
Enrique Chagoya: Flipping Europe on its Head

Resource with 4 media
Exploring Identity and Identity Politics in American Culture
A blurred bust-length portrait of a man's head; he stares straight ahead, his mouth open.
Resource with 78 media
Film Noir, Visuality and Themes

Resource with 105 media
Folk, Self-taught, Amateur, and Visionary Art

Resource with 114 media
Indigenous North America Arts
Beige bowl, wider at the top, with a rim formed in a braided pattern.
Resource with 104 media
Latin American Revolutions and Civil Wars

Resource with 15 media
Maine

Resource with 21 media
Manifest Destiny and the American West

Resource with 76 media
Era of the Mexican Revolution and the Mexican Muralist Movement

Resource with 83 media
Montana
Car up on lifts surrounded by evergreen trees. The car is part of an excavation.
Resource with 5 media
New Mexico
A smaller tree with light colored leaves amongst many taller trees, foliage on bottom.
Resource with 12 media
New York City
Elevated view of traffic on an urban street. 
Resource with 127 media
Nineteenth-century American and European Representations of Wildlife

Resource with 51 media
Political Protest in the U.S.
Two women holding signs at a protest march. They are talking together on the side of a street.
Resource with 22 media
Race, Gender, Class, and American Identity
This is a line drawing done in colors of red, orange, blue, yellow, brown and green, on white paper. In the top center portion of the sheet are the words, "A LIE". Below this are forms that resemble an egg, a slice of bacon, a piece of bread with a pat of yellow butter. Below these forms are some round shapes, labeled "flakes", a bowl and a carton of milk, labeled "milk".
Resource with 343 media
Recreation, Leisure, and Sport in Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century America

Resource with 130 media
Religion in the Americas
This is a photograph of a wooden sculpture from Huexotla, Mexico. The sculpture depicts a man with a crown of thorns.
Resource with 48 media
Religious Encounters in the New World

Resource with 30 media
Representations and Misrepresentations of Indigenous America

Resource with 65 media
Rust Belt
Two orange buildings on snow-covered ground on either side of an unplowed road.&nbsp;
Resource with 167 media
School and Education in the U.S.

Resource with 24 media
Southern Landscapes and Cityscapes
A foggy landscape with silhouetted trees recedes from the left into the hazy distance and sky. The corners of the images are vignetted and the&nbsp;photograph is toned with tea, giving it a light brown-peach color.&nbsp;
Resource with 36 media
U.S. Civil Rights Movement
A black and white photograph of a man&#39;s profile against a glass door. He faces to the viewer&#39;s left, head lowered and eyes closed.
Resource with 38 media
U.S. Civil War

Resource with 42 media
U.S. Freedom Struggles of the Long 1960s
Two women holding signs at a protest march. They are talking together on the side of a street.


A group of African Americans praying while kneeling on a street. There is concrete pavement and a brick building behind them.

A group of African Americans praying while kneeling on a street. There is concrete pavement and a brick building behind them.
Collection with 6 items
U.S. Radicalism

Resource with 66 media
U.S. Vietnam War

Resource with 11 media
U.S. Wars
Half-length seated portrait of a bearded man, his face in profile, wearing a military uniform.
Resource with 67 media
World War I Posters from the U.S.
Text: New Consecration is the Duty of the Living so that Our Dead Shall Not Have Died in Vain - (center) &quot;To such a task (Victory over German Autocracy and all it represents) we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to shed her blood and her treasure for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other.&quot; - Woodrow Wilson - (left panel heading) Al Soldier&#39;s Farewell - Written on the Even of his Departure &hellip; - (right panel heading) A Mother&#39;s Comfort - Words of Plato Console Now Whose Son Fell in Battle &hellip; - (bottom) &quot;You ask me when peace will come. We went into this war for a great and worthy object. Peace will come when that object has been attained. Before God I hope it may not come until that time.&quot; - Abraham Lincoln In Darkest Days of Civil War - Issued by
Resource with 178 media
WPA Woman Artists
Night view of New York City skyscrapers seen from above.
Resource with 41 media
Zombies, Skeletons, and the Undead

Resource with 101 media
Ethnicity and Race

Copyright
Creative Commons by-nc-sa
Created by
David M Choberka
Last Updated
March 1, 2023 12:12 p.m.

18 Items in this Learning Collection
Black and African American Woman Artists
This image is a circular format black and white photograph depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass. Three girls sit or prop themselves up and look at the camera, the fourth girl lays down, with her eyes closed. The glass in the frame has a domed surface, creating a fish-eye effect.
Resource with 26 media
American Orientalist art at the turn of the 20th century

Resource with 5 media
Art of interest to Judaic Studies
A black and white photograph of the area beneath the Eiffel Tower. A shadow from an arch of the structure covers most of the ground. A crowd of people stand beneath the tower.
Resource with 514 media
Artists of the Harlem Renaissance

Resource with 14 media
Asian America in Art

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This drawing shows the head of a man. Sketched lines with shading around cheeks and eyes, which are closed, create the visage.  A faintly visible hat is sketched on the head. The drawing is signed (u.r.) "Anton Refregier." It may also say "San Francisco" although the handwriting is not clear.


This photograph depicts a view of a desert landscape with a fish hanging from the top of a thin pole in the foreground. &nbsp;Behind the fish is a small cemetery that has mounds and crosses and in the distance are a few small buildings. Two more poles with fish hanging from them appear farther away in the image to the right of the fish in the foreground.
Photo of a woman in a floor-length and brightly striped formal gown standing in a multi-level staircase. The photo is taken from above and captures the woman, her companion, and the ornate handrail and stair runner.
An oil painting on canvas, this is an abstract painting predominantly using black and white oil paints. The background appears to be white paint with a black box on the upper half. The two colors are connected by a long black brushstroke down the middle. The brushstroke does not touch the edges of the canvas but instead takes up 2/3 of the canvas length-wise and 1/3 width-wise.&nbsp;
This calm, horizontal abstract watercolor has registers of aquamarine, ochres, greens and dark blues. 

Collection with 10 items
Borders of Identity in North America
Photographed from atop a high ridge, this photograph depicts a view looking down into a winding desert canyon.
Resource with 87 media
Enrique Chagoya: Flipping Europe on its Head

Resource with 4 media
European Primitivisms
Four male figures face each other, one in a hat on the left and three on the right facing him. The figure in the center has one hand raised to his chest. The two men on the right are looking at the man in the center.
Resource with 53 media
Exploring Identity and Identity Politics in American Culture
A blurred bust-length portrait of a man's head; he stares straight ahead, his mouth open.
Resource with 78 media
Indigenous North America Arts
Beige bowl, wider at the top, with a rim formed in a braided pattern.
Resource with 104 media
Manifest Destiny and the American West

Resource with 76 media
Oppositional Photography, Outsider Photography
A photograph depicting a man sitting nude on a porch rail with his back turned toward the camera. Bright light filters through leaves on a nearby tree.
Resource with 181 media
Orientalism

Resource with 57 media
Race, Gender, Class, and American Identity
This is a line drawing done in colors of red, orange, blue, yellow, brown and green, on white paper. In the top center portion of the sheet are the words, "A LIE". Below this are forms that resemble an egg, a slice of bacon, a piece of bread with a pat of yellow butter. Below these forms are some round shapes, labeled "flakes", a bowl and a carton of milk, labeled "milk".
Resource with 343 media
Representations and Misrepresentations of Indigenous America

Resource with 65 media
U.S. Civil Rights Movement
A black and white photograph of a man&#39;s profile against a glass door. He faces to the viewer&#39;s left, head lowered and eyes closed.
Resource with 38 media
Understanding Race
This image is a circular format black and white photograph depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass. Three girls sit or prop themselves up and look at the camera, the fourth girl lays down, with her eyes closed. The glass in the frame has a domed surface, creating a fish-eye effect.
At the center of the painting, two animals meet: a horse and a bull. Painted in a variety of colors, the two animals are abstracted in a Cubist style. The painting is signed (u.r.) in black paint "Bearden". 

This print is a contour drawing of several rows of figures: in the foreground are three squating figures facing away from the viewer; in the background are several squatting figures facing the viewer, and in between are standing figures. The squatting figures sit before the goods they are selling and the standing figures are purchasing from them. 
At the center of the scene, there are three figures carrying instruments. Below and above, three building-tops are depicted. The central figures are painted in shades of blacks and browns, while the buildings are painted in shades of yellow, orange, beige, black and blue. The background is beige and yellow, and painted on found board and mounted on wooden planks.
This work shows a black and white photograph of a crowd of people outdoors, with trees in the background. On the left is a uniformed policeman holding a dog on a leash in one hand and a club in the other. In the center area there is a man, with his back to the viewer, who is being attacked by two dogs. One, controlled by another policeman, is ripping his clothing and the other, with teeth bared, is attacking his right hand. In the crowd there are men watching the attack and looking at the policemen.
Two abstracted, bust-length figures, one male and one female, look directly at the viewer with large smiles. The background is tan, and filled with swirling lines and scribbles. The face and eyes of each figure are outlined in thick green, the mouths in thick yellow. The &ldquo;whites&rdquo; of the eyes are red, while the pupils are circles of pale purple. Purple paint drips down from the eyes of the male figure, while the paint on the female figure drips upward.
This small spherical pot with wide mouth is decorated in black-on-black style. Around the upper half is a feather design, which looks like individual feathers hanging down from the mouth forming a ring around the circumference. 
This print has rows of stencilled black text in all capital letters on white background. In pencil, the print is signed and dated (l.r.) "Glenn Lignon '92" and numbered (l.l.) "27/45". 
A horizontal lighbox enclosed by a wide, black molded frame in which Kara Walker's signature silhouettes are encased in linen and lit from behind. Silhouettes represent four figures: a man and child at viewer's left, two women at right.
A full-length portrait of a standing male in a lanscape setting. To the left of the composition stands a pair of birches near the figure; to the right, the landscape opens up to a distant expanse of trees and hills. The man stands facing to the right but looking out of the canvas to the left. He holds a bow and quiver of arrows; a black hat with a feather is on the ground at his feet. He is dressed in tan pants and waistcoat with a green frock coat and black boots.
Collection with 11 items
Jewish Photographers 
Image of men with their backs turned and looking toward the viewer's left. All are wearing overcoats and hats, with some wearing top hats and flowers in their lapels. 
Resource with 213 media
Identity and Self-Understanding

Copyright
Creative Commons by-nc-sa
Created by
David M Choberka
Last Updated
March 1, 2023 12:12 p.m.

55 Items in this Learning Collection
Exploring Identity and Identity Politics in American Culture
A blurred bust-length portrait of a man's head; he stares straight ahead, his mouth open.
Resource with 78 media
Absence
A photograph depicting a man sitting nude on a porch rail with his back turned toward the camera. Bright light filters through leaves on a nearby tree.
Resource with 73 media
Adolescence
Group portrait of four women standing outdoors. The right two are locked in an embrace.
Resource with 146 media
Black and African American Woman Artists
This image is a circular format black and white photograph depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass. Three girls sit or prop themselves up and look at the camera, the fourth girl lays down, with her eyes closed. The glass in the frame has a domed surface, creating a fish-eye effect.
Resource with 26 media
Age, Aging, Stages of Life
Two girls, depicted in bold geometric shapes and block colors, reading a book together. The figure seated at viewer's right, slightly taller, is green and wearing yellow. The figure at viewer's left has a face of blue and white and is clothed in red resting her clasped hands upon an open book.

A girl with her head in profile, her black hair is highlighted with white, blue and yellow stripes, yellow columns of dots, and gold abstract curves. In her hair, there is a brown, red, yellow, and blue butterfly with abstract designs on its wing. The background of the print is blue, but the bottom half of the print is taken up by a partial view of a brown, black, red, and orange butterfly with abstract designs on its wings.
A scene takes place in a red box, lined with black and red diamond and triangle designs for borders. In the center, a woman sites with a child in her lap. She wears a spotted dress, her hair up, and a nose ring and bindi. The child reaches one hand and places it atop her head, and the other down towards her own upward hands. Surrounding them are seven other figures. One kneels before them, offering his hands up, and another fans the woman from behind. The remaining five figures seem to play together in front of the throne on which the woman and child sit.
Group portrait of four women standing outdoors. The right two are locked in an embrace.


Collection with 7 items
American Orientalist art at the turn of the 20th century

Resource with 5 media
Art of interest to Judaic Studies
A black and white photograph of the area beneath the Eiffel Tower. A shadow from an arch of the structure covers most of the ground. A crowd of people stand beneath the tower.
Resource with 514 media
Art of the Works Progress Administration WPA

Resource with 175 media
Artists of the Harlem Renaissance

Resource with 14 media
Asian America in Art

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This drawing shows the head of a man. Sketched lines with shading around cheeks and eyes, which are closed, create the visage.  A faintly visible hat is sketched on the head. The drawing is signed (u.r.) "Anton Refregier." It may also say "San Francisco" although the handwriting is not clear.


This photograph depicts a view of a desert landscape with a fish hanging from the top of a thin pole in the foreground. &nbsp;Behind the fish is a small cemetery that has mounds and crosses and in the distance are a few small buildings. Two more poles with fish hanging from them appear farther away in the image to the right of the fish in the foreground.
Photo of a woman in a floor-length and brightly striped formal gown standing in a multi-level staircase. The photo is taken from above and captures the woman, her companion, and the ornate handrail and stair runner.
An oil painting on canvas, this is an abstract painting predominantly using black and white oil paints. The background appears to be white paint with a black box on the upper half. The two colors are connected by a long black brushstroke down the middle. The brushstroke does not touch the edges of the canvas but instead takes up 2/3 of the canvas length-wise and 1/3 width-wise.&nbsp;
This calm, horizontal abstract watercolor has registers of aquamarine, ochres, greens and dark blues. 

Collection with 10 items
Borders of Identity in North America
Photographed from atop a high ridge, this photograph depicts a view looking down into a winding desert canyon.
Resource with 87 media
Childbearing, birth, midwifery, maternity
A scene takes place in a red box, lined with black and red diamond and triangle designs for borders. In the center, a woman sites with a child in her lap. She wears a spotted dress, her hair up, and a nose ring and bindi. The child reaches one hand and places it atop her head, and the other down towards her own upward hands. Surrounding them are seven other figures. One kneels before them, offering his hands up, and another fans the woman from behind. The remaining five figures seem to play together in front of the throne on which the woman and child sit.
Resource with 71 media
Children and Childhood

Resource with 282 media
Cowboys and Cowboy Art
A black and white phot of two men dressed in a Western style with a tent. One man is standing in front of the tent, while the other is sitting on a rolled up canvs in front of the tent.
Resource with 41 media
Death and Dying

Resource with 492 media
Decadence
This remarkable still life depicts a table crowded with, among other things, a gilded covered goblet, a wide saucer-shaped silver tazza, a celestial globe painted with images of the constellations, a skull wearing a laurel wreath, and an extinguished candle, all rendered in exquisite detail with careful attention paid to the effects of light and texture. While the arrangement of objects may appear casual, the composition is artfully balanced along two diagonal axes centered on the two cups that lie crossed on the table. The repetition of ovoid shapes throughout the painting and the monochrome tonality with its restricted range of hues and values, a hallmark of Heda's style, assures the seamless integration of the sundry objects into a unified whole.<br />
Resource with 70 media
Documentary Photography & Social Realism
Shack belonging to a group of ragpickers.
Resource with 148 media
Early Modern European Court Life
This sugar caster consists of an octagonal body topped by a domed lid. The body stands on a molded, octagonal base with alternating concave sides, a design carried through the rest of the body and the lid. The lid is pierced with geometric and floral patterns that alternate on each facet, and is surmounted by a rounded finial. The tall, slender proportions of the caster are counterbalanced by the horizontal moldings that decorate the base, body and lid. An unidentified coat of arms appears on the body of the caster.
Resource with 79 media
Early Modern European Peasants
A man wearing a tunic, cape and boots stands in a minimal landscape. His walking stick seems to be falling away from him at the right as the man points upwards toward the sun&#39;s rays, as well as extends his right hand towards fire at the lower left.
Resource with 62 media
Early Modern European Portraits and Self-Fashioning

Resource with 60 media
Emotions, Feelings, Affect

A photograph depicting a man sitting nude on a porch rail with his back turned toward the camera. Bright light filters through leaves on a nearby tree.
This remarkable still life depicts a table crowded with, among other things, a gilded covered goblet, a wide saucer-shaped silver tazza, a celestial globe painted with images of the constellations, a skull wearing a laurel wreath, and an extinguished candle, all rendered in exquisite detail with careful attention paid to the effects of light and texture. While the arrangement of objects may appear casual, the composition is artfully balanced along two diagonal axes centered on the two cups that lie crossed on the table. The repetition of ovoid shapes throughout the painting and the monochrome tonality with its restricted range of hues and values, a hallmark of Heda's style, assures the seamless integration of the sundry objects into a unified whole.<br />


Collection with 5 items
Enrique Chagoya: Flipping Europe on its Head

Resource with 4 media
Ethnicity and Race
This image is a circular format black and white photograph depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass. Three girls sit or prop themselves up and look at the camera, the fourth girl lays down, with her eyes closed. The glass in the frame has a domed surface, creating a fish-eye effect.

A black and white photograph of the area beneath the Eiffel Tower. A shadow from an arch of the structure covers most of the ground. A crowd of people stand beneath the tower.

Photographed from atop a high ridge, this photograph depicts a view looking down into a winding desert canyon.

Four male figures face each other, one in a hat on the left and three on the right facing him. The figure in the center has one hand raised to his chest. The two men on the right are looking at the man in the center.
A blurred bust-length portrait of a man's head; he stares straight ahead, his mouth open.
Beige bowl, wider at the top, with a rim formed in a braided pattern.

A photograph depicting a man sitting nude on a porch rail with his back turned toward the camera. Bright light filters through leaves on a nearby tree.

This is a line drawing done in colors of red, orange, blue, yellow, brown and green, on white paper. In the top center portion of the sheet are the words, "A LIE". Below this are forms that resemble an egg, a slice of bacon, a piece of bread with a pat of yellow butter. Below these forms are some round shapes, labeled "flakes", a bowl and a carton of milk, labeled "milk".

A black and white photograph of a man&#39;s profile against a glass door. He faces to the viewer&#39;s left, head lowered and eyes closed.
Image of men with their backs turned and looking toward the viewer's left. All are wearing overcoats and hats, with some wearing top hats and flowers in their lapels. 
Collection with 18 items
European Primitivisms
Four male figures face each other, one in a hat on the left and three on the right facing him. The figure in the center has one hand raised to his chest. The two men on the right are looking at the man in the center.
Resource with 53 media
Exploring Gender and Sexuality
A strong man with an athletic build swims through water. His arms are outstretched above his head and his legs are perfectly pivoted behind. He is clothed in a pair of striped swimming shorts.
Resource with 124 media
Femmes Fatales
This photograph depicts a woman standing and holding a glass in an interior space.
Resource with 35 media
Gender and Sex
A strong man with an athletic build swims through water. His arms are outstretched above his head and his legs are perfectly pivoted behind. He is clothed in a pair of striped swimming shorts.
Photographed from atop a high ridge, this photograph depicts a view looking down into a winding desert canyon.
A black and white phot of two men dressed in a Western style with a tent. One man is standing in front of the tent, while the other is sitting on a rolled up canvs in front of the tent.
A blurred bust-length portrait of a man's head; he stares straight ahead, his mouth open.
This photograph depicts a woman standing and holding a glass in an interior space.
A girl with her head in profile, her black hair is highlighted with white, blue and yellow stripes, yellow columns of dots, and gold abstract curves. In her hair, there is a brown, red, yellow, and blue butterfly with abstract designs on its wing. The background of the print is blue, but the bottom half of the print is taken up by a partial view of a brown, black, red, and orange butterfly with abstract designs on its wings.
Oak panel with screen print; signed K.Haring 88 along lower right edge.

Two girls, depicted in bold geometric shapes and block colors, reading a book together. The figure seated at viewer's right, slightly taller, is green and wearing yellow. The figure at viewer's left has a face of blue and white and is clothed in red resting her clasped hands upon an open book.
A photograph depicting a man sitting nude on a porch rail with his back turned toward the camera. Bright light filters through leaves on a nearby tree.
This is a line drawing done in colors of red, orange, blue, yellow, brown and green, on white paper. In the top center portion of the sheet are the words, "A LIE". Below this are forms that resemble an egg, a slice of bacon, a piece of bread with a pat of yellow butter. Below these forms are some round shapes, labeled "flakes", a bowl and a carton of milk, labeled "milk".
This standing figure of the Virgin turns slightly toward the left with her head bowed and hands clasped before her in a restrained expression of grief. Her robe is gilded, which contributes a regal note to this somber figure.
Waist and legs of a reclining nude seen from the back.

Night view of New York City skyscrapers seen from above.
Collection with 15 items
Girlhood
A girl with her head in profile, her black hair is highlighted with white, blue and yellow stripes, yellow columns of dots, and gold abstract curves. In her hair, there is a brown, red, yellow, and blue butterfly with abstract designs on its wing. The background of the print is blue, but the bottom half of the print is taken up by a partial view of a brown, black, red, and orange butterfly with abstract designs on its wings.
Resource with 316 media
History of Western Sexuality and Gender Roles
Oak panel with screen print; signed K.Haring 88 along lower right edge.
Resource with 107 media
Horror

Resource with 149 media
Indigenous North America Arts
Beige bowl, wider at the top, with a rim formed in a braided pattern.
Resource with 104 media
Looking Into the Mirror

Resource with 44 media
Manifest Destiny and the American West

Resource with 76 media
Marriage

Resource with 110 media
Mothers and Children
Two girls, depicted in bold geometric shapes and block colors, reading a book together. The figure seated at viewer's right, slightly taller, is green and wearing yellow. The figure at viewer's left has a face of blue and white and is clothed in red resting her clasped hands upon an open book.
Resource with 73 media
Oppositional Photography, Outsider Photography
A photograph depicting a man sitting nude on a porch rail with his back turned toward the camera. Bright light filters through leaves on a nearby tree.
Resource with 181 media
Orientalism

Resource with 57 media
Photographic Portraiture 1900-1948

Resource with 63 media
Photographic Portraiture 1949-1969

Resource with 72 media
Photographic Portraiture 1970-1989
Four people donning costumes and masks standing in the foreground of a large grassy field.&nbsp;
Resource with 82 media
Photographic Portraiture in the 19th Century
This photograph depicts an older man wearing a three piece suit sitting facing the camera.
Resource with 49 media
Prison and Punishment
This photograph depicts a view of a canal lined with stone buildings; an ornate covered-bridge spans the water, connecting the structures on either side. Two men stand on an embankment to which a series of gondolas are docked. 
Resource with 57 media
Race, Gender, Class, and American Identity
This is a line drawing done in colors of red, orange, blue, yellow, brown and green, on white paper. In the top center portion of the sheet are the words, "A LIE". Below this are forms that resemble an egg, a slice of bacon, a piece of bread with a pat of yellow butter. Below these forms are some round shapes, labeled "flakes", a bowl and a carton of milk, labeled "milk".
Resource with 343 media
Representations and Misrepresentations of Indigenous America

Resource with 65 media
Representations of Women in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
This standing figure of the Virgin turns slightly toward the left with her head bowed and hands clasped before her in a restrained expression of grief. Her robe is gilded, which contributes a regal note to this somber figure.
Resource with 69 media
Sexuality and Censorship
Waist and legs of a reclining nude seen from the back.
Resource with 49 media
Social Class
This is a line drawing done in colors of red, orange, blue, yellow, brown and green, on white paper. In the top center portion of the sheet are the words, "A LIE". Below this are forms that resemble an egg, a slice of bacon, a piece of bread with a pat of yellow butter. Below these forms are some round shapes, labeled "flakes", a bowl and a carton of milk, labeled "milk".

Shack belonging to a group of ragpickers.
This sugar caster consists of an octagonal body topped by a domed lid. The body stands on a molded, octagonal base with alternating concave sides, a design carried through the rest of the body and the lid. The lid is pierced with geometric and floral patterns that alternate on each facet, and is surmounted by a rounded finial. The tall, slender proportions of the caster are counterbalanced by the horizontal moldings that decorate the base, body and lid. An unidentified coat of arms appears on the body of the caster.
A man wearing a tunic, cape and boots stands in a minimal landscape. His walking stick seems to be falling away from him at the right as the man points upwards toward the sun&#39;s rays, as well as extends his right hand towards fire at the lower left.

A photograph depicting a man sitting nude on a porch rail with his back turned toward the camera. Bright light filters through leaves on a nearby tree.
This photograph depicts a view of a canal lined with stone buildings; an ornate covered-bridge spans the water, connecting the structures on either side. Two men stand on an embankment to which a series of gondolas are docked. 
This painting, done in thick brushstrokes, shows a group of women gathered on the grass in a wooded area. There are six figures, four seated and two standing, and they fill the foreground of the composition. They are grouped in a semi-circle, however, there is no communication or eye contact between the figures. The women are wearing traditional Breton costumes with brightly colored aprons, caps and sashes. They have bright white collars and caps with purple, burgundy and green ribbons.
A photograph of the bust of a young man, cloaked in black, holding a reflective shard of glass in front of his face. He stands in front of a wall of graffiti.

Night view of New York City skyscrapers seen from above.
Collection with 14 items
Social realism, mid-19th century to mid-20th century
This painting, done in thick brushstrokes, shows a group of women gathered on the grass in a wooded area. There are six figures, four seated and two standing, and they fill the foreground of the composition. They are grouped in a semi-circle, however, there is no communication or eye contact between the figures. The women are wearing traditional Breton costumes with brightly colored aprons, caps and sashes. They have bright white collars and caps with purple, burgundy and green ribbons.
Resource with 79 media
U.S. Civil Rights Movement
A black and white photograph of a man&#39;s profile against a glass door. He faces to the viewer&#39;s left, head lowered and eyes closed.
Resource with 38 media
Underdogs, Everyday Heroes, Antiheroes
A photograph of the bust of a young man, cloaked in black, holding a reflective shard of glass in front of his face. He stands in front of a wall of graffiti.
Resource with 52 media
Understanding Race - selection for LSA Theme Semester, Winter 2013

Resource with 35 media
Witches and Witchcraft

Resource with 25 media
Work and Workers

Resource with 340 media
WPA Woman Artists
Night view of New York City skyscrapers seen from above.
Resource with 41 media
Zombies, Skeletons, and the Undead

Resource with 101 media
Social Inclusion and Exclusion

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Last Updated
March 1, 2023 12:12 p.m.

59 Items in this Learning Collection
Black and African American Woman Artists
This image is a circular format black and white photograph depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass. Three girls sit or prop themselves up and look at the camera, the fourth girl lays down, with her eyes closed. The glass in the frame has a domed surface, creating a fish-eye effect.
Resource with 26 media
American Orientalist art at the turn of the 20th century

Resource with 5 media
Art of interest to Judaic Studies
A black and white photograph of the area beneath the Eiffel Tower. A shadow from an arch of the structure covers most of the ground. A crowd of people stand beneath the tower.
Resource with 514 media
Art of the Works Progress Administration WPA

Resource with 175 media
All Artists in the Degenerate Art Show

Resource with 311 media
Artists of the Harlem Renaissance

Resource with 14 media
Asian America in Art

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This drawing shows the head of a man. Sketched lines with shading around cheeks and eyes, which are closed, create the visage.  A faintly visible hat is sketched on the head. The drawing is signed (u.r.) "Anton Refregier." It may also say "San Francisco" although the handwriting is not clear.


This photograph depicts a view of a desert landscape with a fish hanging from the top of a thin pole in the foreground. &nbsp;Behind the fish is a small cemetery that has mounds and crosses and in the distance are a few small buildings. Two more poles with fish hanging from them appear farther away in the image to the right of the fish in the foreground.
Photo of a woman in a floor-length and brightly striped formal gown standing in a multi-level staircase. The photo is taken from above and captures the woman, her companion, and the ornate handrail and stair runner.
An oil painting on canvas, this is an abstract painting predominantly using black and white oil paints. The background appears to be white paint with a black box on the upper half. The two colors are connected by a long black brushstroke down the middle. The brushstroke does not touch the edges of the canvas but instead takes up 2/3 of the canvas length-wise and 1/3 width-wise.&nbsp;
This calm, horizontal abstract watercolor has registers of aquamarine, ochres, greens and dark blues. 

Collection with 10 items
Borders of Identity in North America
Photographed from atop a high ridge, this photograph depicts a view looking down into a winding desert canyon.
Resource with 87 media
Cowboys and Cowboy Art
A black and white phot of two men dressed in a Western style with a tent. One man is standing in front of the tent, while the other is sitting on a rolled up canvs in front of the tent.
Resource with 41 media
The Crowd
Man standing at a podium, crowd surrounding, one man on a horse.
Resource with 117 media
Documentary Photography & Social Realism
Shack belonging to a group of ragpickers.
Resource with 148 media
Early Modern European Court Life
This sugar caster consists of an octagonal body topped by a domed lid. The body stands on a molded, octagonal base with alternating concave sides, a design carried through the rest of the body and the lid. The lid is pierced with geometric and floral patterns that alternate on each facet, and is surmounted by a rounded finial. The tall, slender proportions of the caster are counterbalanced by the horizontal moldings that decorate the base, body and lid. An unidentified coat of arms appears on the body of the caster.
Resource with 79 media
Early Modern European Peasants
A man wearing a tunic, cape and boots stands in a minimal landscape. His walking stick seems to be falling away from him at the right as the man points upwards toward the sun&#39;s rays, as well as extends his right hand towards fire at the lower left.
Resource with 62 media
Early Modern European Portraits and Self-Fashioning

Resource with 60 media
Education


Collection with 2 items
Enrique Chagoya: Flipping Europe on its Head

Resource with 4 media
Environmental Justice

Resource with 95 media
Ethnicity and Race
This image is a circular format black and white photograph depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass. Three girls sit or prop themselves up and look at the camera, the fourth girl lays down, with her eyes closed. The glass in the frame has a domed surface, creating a fish-eye effect.

A black and white photograph of the area beneath the Eiffel Tower. A shadow from an arch of the structure covers most of the ground. A crowd of people stand beneath the tower.

Photographed from atop a high ridge, this photograph depicts a view looking down into a winding desert canyon.

Four male figures face each other, one in a hat on the left and three on the right facing him. The figure in the center has one hand raised to his chest. The two men on the right are looking at the man in the center.
A blurred bust-length portrait of a man's head; he stares straight ahead, his mouth open.
Beige bowl, wider at the top, with a rim formed in a braided pattern.

A photograph depicting a man sitting nude on a porch rail with his back turned toward the camera. Bright light filters through leaves on a nearby tree.

This is a line drawing done in colors of red, orange, blue, yellow, brown and green, on white paper. In the top center portion of the sheet are the words, "A LIE". Below this are forms that resemble an egg, a slice of bacon, a piece of bread with a pat of yellow butter. Below these forms are some round shapes, labeled "flakes", a bowl and a carton of milk, labeled "milk".

A black and white photograph of a man&#39;s profile against a glass door. He faces to the viewer&#39;s left, head lowered and eyes closed.
Image of men with their backs turned and looking toward the viewer's left. All are wearing overcoats and hats, with some wearing top hats and flowers in their lapels. 
Collection with 18 items
European Primitivisms
Four male figures face each other, one in a hat on the left and three on the right facing him. The figure in the center has one hand raised to his chest. The two men on the right are looking at the man in the center.
Resource with 53 media
Exploring Gender and Sexuality
A strong man with an athletic build swims through water. His arms are outstretched above his head and his legs are perfectly pivoted behind. He is clothed in a pair of striped swimming shorts.
Resource with 124 media
Exploring Identity and Identity Politics in American Culture
A blurred bust-length portrait of a man's head; he stares straight ahead, his mouth open.
Resource with 78 media
Femmes Fatales
This photograph depicts a woman standing and holding a glass in an interior space.
Resource with 35 media
Gender and Sex
A strong man with an athletic build swims through water. His arms are outstretched above his head and his legs are perfectly pivoted behind. He is clothed in a pair of striped swimming shorts.
Photographed from atop a high ridge, this photograph depicts a view looking down into a winding desert canyon.
A black and white phot of two men dressed in a Western style with a tent. One man is standing in front of the tent, while the other is sitting on a rolled up canvs in front of the tent.
A blurred bust-length portrait of a man's head; he stares straight ahead, his mouth open.
This photograph depicts a woman standing and holding a glass in an interior space.
A girl with her head in profile, her black hair is highlighted with white, blue and yellow stripes, yellow columns of dots, and gold abstract curves. In her hair, there is a brown, red, yellow, and blue butterfly with abstract designs on its wing. The background of the print is blue, but the bottom half of the print is taken up by a partial view of a brown, black, red, and orange butterfly with abstract designs on its wings.
Oak panel with screen print; signed K.Haring 88 along lower right edge.

Two girls, depicted in bold geometric shapes and block colors, reading a book together. The figure seated at viewer's right, slightly taller, is green and wearing yellow. The figure at viewer's left has a face of blue and white and is clothed in red resting her clasped hands upon an open book.
A photograph depicting a man sitting nude on a porch rail with his back turned toward the camera. Bright light filters through leaves on a nearby tree.
This is a line drawing done in colors of red, orange, blue, yellow, brown and green, on white paper. In the top center portion of the sheet are the words, "A LIE". Below this are forms that resemble an egg, a slice of bacon, a piece of bread with a pat of yellow butter. Below these forms are some round shapes, labeled "flakes", a bowl and a carton of milk, labeled "milk".
This standing figure of the Virgin turns slightly toward the left with her head bowed and hands clasped before her in a restrained expression of grief. Her robe is gilded, which contributes a regal note to this somber figure.
Waist and legs of a reclining nude seen from the back.

Night view of New York City skyscrapers seen from above.
Collection with 15 items
Girlhood
A girl with her head in profile, her black hair is highlighted with white, blue and yellow stripes, yellow columns of dots, and gold abstract curves. In her hair, there is a brown, red, yellow, and blue butterfly with abstract designs on its wing. The background of the print is blue, but the bottom half of the print is taken up by a partial view of a brown, black, red, and orange butterfly with abstract designs on its wings.
Resource with 316 media
Jacob Lawrence, Hiroshima Series 

Resource with 10 media
History of Western Sexuality and Gender Roles
Oak panel with screen print; signed K.Haring 88 along lower right edge.
Resource with 107 media
Indigenous North America Arts
Beige bowl, wider at the top, with a rim formed in a braided pattern.
Resource with 104 media
Latin American Revolutions and Civil Wars

Resource with 15 media
Literacy, Reading, and Writing

Resource with 46 media
Looking Into the Mirror

Resource with 44 media
Manifest Destiny and the American West

Resource with 76 media
Mothers and Children
Two girls, depicted in bold geometric shapes and block colors, reading a book together. The figure seated at viewer's right, slightly taller, is green and wearing yellow. The figure at viewer's left has a face of blue and white and is clothed in red resting her clasped hands upon an open book.
Resource with 73 media
Oppositional Photography, Outsider Photography
A photograph depicting a man sitting nude on a porch rail with his back turned toward the camera. Bright light filters through leaves on a nearby tree.
Resource with 181 media
Orientalism

Resource with 57 media
Political Protest in the U.S.
Two women holding signs at a protest march. They are talking together on the side of a street.
Resource with 22 media
Poverty
The main figure in this print is a man standing in contraposto pose in a generic outdoor setting. His right hand rests on his hip, a guitar is slung across his back, and a piece of cloth is tied around his head. His gaze meets that of the audience. He stands in the center of the composition. To his left is a seated woman with a naked baby in her lap; a sack lays on the ground next to her bare feet. Behind her, a standing boy leans his head backwards in order to drink from the upturned jug he holds. He is shown in profile. All of the depicted people wear simple, loose-fitting and slightly worn-looking costumes. Three-quarters of the background space is comprised of a cloudy sky; a rocky terrain is suggested in the midddle background.<br /> The print is signed in the plate, lower right corner, "éd. Manet."
Resource with 99 media
Prison and Punishment
This photograph depicts a view of a canal lined with stone buildings; an ornate covered-bridge spans the water, connecting the structures on either side. Two men stand on an embankment to which a series of gondolas are docked. 
Resource with 57 media
Race, Gender, Class, and American Identity
This is a line drawing done in colors of red, orange, blue, yellow, brown and green, on white paper. In the top center portion of the sheet are the words, "A LIE". Below this are forms that resemble an egg, a slice of bacon, a piece of bread with a pat of yellow butter. Below these forms are some round shapes, labeled "flakes", a bowl and a carton of milk, labeled "milk".
Resource with 343 media
Representations and Misrepresentations of Indigenous America

Resource with 65 media
Representations of Women in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
This standing figure of the Virgin turns slightly toward the left with her head bowed and hands clasped before her in a restrained expression of grief. Her robe is gilded, which contributes a regal note to this somber figure.
Resource with 69 media
School and Education in the U.S.

Resource with 24 media
Sexuality and Censorship
Waist and legs of a reclining nude seen from the back.
Resource with 49 media
Social Class
This is a line drawing done in colors of red, orange, blue, yellow, brown and green, on white paper. In the top center portion of the sheet are the words, "A LIE". Below this are forms that resemble an egg, a slice of bacon, a piece of bread with a pat of yellow butter. Below these forms are some round shapes, labeled "flakes", a bowl and a carton of milk, labeled "milk".

Shack belonging to a group of ragpickers.
This sugar caster consists of an octagonal body topped by a domed lid. The body stands on a molded, octagonal base with alternating concave sides, a design carried through the rest of the body and the lid. The lid is pierced with geometric and floral patterns that alternate on each facet, and is surmounted by a rounded finial. The tall, slender proportions of the caster are counterbalanced by the horizontal moldings that decorate the base, body and lid. An unidentified coat of arms appears on the body of the caster.
A man wearing a tunic, cape and boots stands in a minimal landscape. His walking stick seems to be falling away from him at the right as the man points upwards toward the sun&#39;s rays, as well as extends his right hand towards fire at the lower left.

A photograph depicting a man sitting nude on a porch rail with his back turned toward the camera. Bright light filters through leaves on a nearby tree.
This photograph depicts a view of a canal lined with stone buildings; an ornate covered-bridge spans the water, connecting the structures on either side. Two men stand on an embankment to which a series of gondolas are docked. 
This painting, done in thick brushstrokes, shows a group of women gathered on the grass in a wooded area. There are six figures, four seated and two standing, and they fill the foreground of the composition. They are grouped in a semi-circle, however, there is no communication or eye contact between the figures. The women are wearing traditional Breton costumes with brightly colored aprons, caps and sashes. They have bright white collars and caps with purple, burgundy and green ribbons.
A photograph of the bust of a young man, cloaked in black, holding a reflective shard of glass in front of his face. He stands in front of a wall of graffiti.

Night view of New York City skyscrapers seen from above.
Collection with 14 items
Social Justice

Resource with 348 media
Social Justice
This print is composed of sets of faces in three registers.  Along the top, in a black stripe, is a repeated, closely cropped image of a woman's face looking to the left.  In the middle left are five repeated images in shades of brown of a woman's face looking right, toward the face of a man in black.  Along the bottom are three large images of a woman's face in green, brown and blue.



Shack belonging to a group of ragpickers.




Two women holding signs at a protest march. They are talking together on the side of a street.
The main figure in this print is a man standing in contraposto pose in a generic outdoor setting. His right hand rests on his hip, a guitar is slung across his back, and a piece of cloth is tied around his head. His gaze meets that of the audience. He stands in the center of the composition. To his left is a seated woman with a naked baby in her lap; a sack lays on the ground next to her bare feet. Behind her, a standing boy leans his head backwards in order to drink from the upturned jug he holds. He is shown in profile. All of the depicted people wear simple, loose-fitting and slightly worn-looking costumes. Three-quarters of the background space is comprised of a cloudy sky; a rocky terrain is suggested in the midddle background.<br /> The print is signed in the plate, lower right corner, "éd. Manet."
This photograph depicts a view of a canal lined with stone buildings; an ornate covered-bridge spans the water, connecting the structures on either side. Two men stand on an embankment to which a series of gondolas are docked. 


Shack belonging to a group of ragpickers.
In the foreground, there is a man laying on a large human-sized book, one hand on his chin and the other holding a pencil to the page. In front of his pencil, the text &quot;Mendez&quot; and &quot;1945&quot; is printed. On the pages of the book are a skeleten-creature and on the opposite page an angel. Behind the man and the book is a large cactus, and then a large cross rises from its base. The cross is encircled by a large snake-like creature whose head is open, facing away, and an eagle is crucified with knives. Coming from the ends of the cross are what seems to be spears, pointing clockwise. Behind this foreground scene, there is an army marching under a flag with the skull and crossbones. A priest follows behind the army, seemingly coming from the open mouth of the large serpent whose tail holds the feet of the crucified eagle. To the left there are two more crucified figures, whose crosses are on fire. In the far background, there is a vista of a large city.&nbsp;
This print is made of colorful forms and words in bright letters and bold fonts, arranged on a white background. Block letters display words in a mixed-up format, some upside down, some on their sides. On left side there is a section with smaller writing in yellowish ink on grey.<br /><br /> Text:<br /> To the Lovings, new hope i love you much (most beautiful darling) more than anyone on earth and i like you better than everything in the sky--sunlight and singing welcome your coming although winter may be everywhere with such a silence and such a darkness no one can quite begin to guess (except my life) the true time of the year-- and if what calls itself a world should have the luck to hear singing (or glimpse such sunlight as will leap higher than high through gayer than gayest someone's heart at your each nearness) everyone certainly would (my most beautiful darling) believe in nothing but love. cummings

This painting, done in thick brushstrokes, shows a group of women gathered on the grass in a wooded area. There are six figures, four seated and two standing, and they fill the foreground of the composition. They are grouped in a semi-circle, however, there is no communication or eye contact between the figures. The women are wearing traditional Breton costumes with brightly colored aprons, caps and sashes. They have bright white collars and caps with purple, burgundy and green ribbons.
A black and white photograph of a man&#39;s profile against a glass door. He faces to the viewer&#39;s left, head lowered and eyes closed.


Night view of New York City skyscrapers seen from above.

Collection with 26 items
Social Justice and Art in the 18th Century

Resource with 87 media
Social Justice and Art 1900-1928
Shack belonging to a group of ragpickers.
Resource with 19 media
Social Justice and Art 1929-1945
In the foreground, there is a man laying on a large human-sized book, one hand on his chin and the other holding a pencil to the page. In front of his pencil, the text &quot;Mendez&quot; and &quot;1945&quot; is printed. On the pages of the book are a skeleten-creature and on the opposite page an angel. Behind the man and the book is a large cactus, and then a large cross rises from its base. The cross is encircled by a large snake-like creature whose head is open, facing away, and an eagle is crucified with knives. Coming from the ends of the cross are what seems to be spears, pointing clockwise. Behind this foreground scene, there is an army marching under a flag with the skull and crossbones. A priest follows behind the army, seemingly coming from the open mouth of the large serpent whose tail holds the feet of the crucified eagle. To the left there are two more crucified figures, whose crosses are on fire. In the far background, there is a vista of a large city.&nbsp;
Resource with 60 media
Social Justice and Art 1946-1968
This print is made of colorful forms and words in bright letters and bold fonts, arranged on a white background. Block letters display words in a mixed-up format, some upside down, some on their sides. On left side there is a section with smaller writing in yellowish ink on grey.<br /><br /> Text:<br /> To the Lovings, new hope i love you much (most beautiful darling) more than anyone on earth and i like you better than everything in the sky--sunlight and singing welcome your coming although winter may be everywhere with such a silence and such a darkness no one can quite begin to guess (except my life) the true time of the year-- and if what calls itself a world should have the luck to hear singing (or glimpse such sunlight as will leap higher than high through gayer than gayest someone's heart at your each nearness) everyone certainly would (my most beautiful darling) believe in nothing but love. cummings
Resource with 47 media
Social Justice and Art, 1969-today
This print is composed of sets of faces in three registers.  Along the top, in a black stripe, is a repeated, closely cropped image of a woman's face looking to the left.  In the middle left are five repeated images in shades of brown of a woman's face looking right, toward the face of a man in black.  Along the bottom are three large images of a woman's face in green, brown and blue.
Resource with 42 media
Social Justice and Art in the 19th Century

Resource with 74 media
U.S. Civil Rights Movement
A black and white photograph of a man&#39;s profile against a glass door. He faces to the viewer&#39;s left, head lowered and eyes closed.
Resource with 38 media
U.S. Freedom Struggles of the Long 1960s
Two women holding signs at a protest march. They are talking together on the side of a street.


A group of African Americans praying while kneeling on a street. There is concrete pavement and a brick building behind them.

A group of African Americans praying while kneeling on a street. There is concrete pavement and a brick building behind them.
Collection with 6 items
U.S. Radicalism

Resource with 66 media
Underdogs, Everyday Heroes, Antiheroes
A photograph of the bust of a young man, cloaked in black, holding a reflective shard of glass in front of his face. He stands in front of a wall of graffiti.
Resource with 52 media
Understanding Race - selection for LSA Theme Semester, Winter 2013

Resource with 35 media
Witches and Witchcraft

Resource with 25 media
Work and Workers

Resource with 340 media
WPA Woman Artists
Night view of New York City skyscrapers seen from above.
Resource with 41 media
Module 8: Amplify BIPOC Voices

Copyright
All Rights Reserved
Created by
Isabel Engel
Last Updated
March 1, 2023 12:12 p.m.

17 Items in this Learning Collection
Race, Gender, Class, and American Identity
This is a line drawing done in colors of red, orange, blue, yellow, brown and green, on white paper. In the top center portion of the sheet are the words, "A LIE". Below this are forms that resemble an egg, a slice of bacon, a piece of bread with a pat of yellow butter. Below these forms are some round shapes, labeled "flakes", a bowl and a carton of milk, labeled "milk".
Resource with 343 media
Black and African American Woman Artists
This image is a circular format black and white photograph depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass. Three girls sit or prop themselves up and look at the camera, the fourth girl lays down, with her eyes closed. The glass in the frame has a domed surface, creating a fish-eye effect.
Resource with 26 media
Sultana's Dream - short story by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain / visual adaptation by Chitra Ganesh
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Resource with 28 media
Collection Ensemble
chromogenic print

Ship chasing another ship. Shore on the right hand side of the painting.


This print has rows of stencilled black text in all capital letters on white background. In pencil, the print is signed and dated (l.r.) "Glenn Lignon '92" and numbered (l.l.) "27/45". 
Aluminum shaft with block letters cast in black plastic.
This photograph depicts an abstract composition of faceted dark shapes with red, orange and yellow edges. It was created by exposing a sheet of folded photographic paper to light and then developing it. 
Collection with 8 items
Artists of the Harlem Renaissance

Resource with 14 media
Indigenous North America Arts
Beige bowl, wider at the top, with a rim formed in a braided pattern.
Resource with 104 media
Representations and Misrepresentations of Indigenous America

Resource with 65 media
U.S. Civil Rights Movement
A black and white photograph of a man&#39;s profile against a glass door. He faces to the viewer&#39;s left, head lowered and eyes closed.
Resource with 38 media
Social Justice and Art, 1969-today
This print is composed of sets of faces in three registers.  Along the top, in a black stripe, is a repeated, closely cropped image of a woman's face looking to the left.  In the middle left are five repeated images in shades of brown of a woman's face looking right, toward the face of a man in black.  Along the bottom are three large images of a woman's face in green, brown and blue.
Resource with 42 media
Inuit Art for Touring

Resource with 28 media
W19 Kee - HISTART 383 - Modern Asian Art
This vertical print frames a view of a landscape with an up close view of a bird in the upper right corner that takes up about thirty percent of the image.<br />The viewer is positioned alongside the bird, circling the sky above the twin peaks of a mountain. A crate floats in the water below while smaller birds flocking around it. Snow covers the ground.<br />The signature and title markings are in the upper right corner, and in the middle along the left side above the landscape.
Resource with 15 media
Art of the Mughal Empire
The painting is part of a manuscript page. The painting occupies the left side of the page while the text occupies the panel on the right. The painting features Devi in the foreground who receives a demon warrior. Devi holds a white trident in one of her four arms while another arm holds a cup. She sits in front of a domed white marble structure, facing the demon warrior, who has a sword and bow and arrow.
Resource with 99 media
Manchu, Qing Dynasty
A round porcelain vase-shaped snuff bottle with blue underglaze. Painted on the snuff bottle is a design of a Manchu bannermen on horses in a landscape. &nbsp;
Resource with 86 media
Pre-Columbian Central & South America

Resource with 24 media
W20 Erickson - Art History 312: Art of Japan
The shape of the circle repeats four times in this painting. It appears in the plump body of Hotei, his head, his large white sack, and the overall shape of the fan.
Resource with 17 media
PAST - AAS 208 / HISTART 208: Introduction to African Art: 100 African Objects 
Standing male figure on a round base with hands at the sides. Around the waist are two strings of black and blue beads, a  string of round, orange beads around the neck, as well as a geometric pattern on the abdomen and brass around the ankles. On each cheek are four horizontal grooves topped by three vertical grooves and three vertical grooves. The pupils are metal and the hair is in a conical shape with a small knob and coated in blue pigment. 
Resource with 31 media
Korean Art for Touring
Wood rectangular pillow covered in a white cotton slip with embroidered flowers on the end. Red base with gold border containing blue Korean characters.
Resource with 15 media

Black and African American Woman Artists

This image is a circular format black and white photograph depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass. Three girls sit or prop themselves up and look at the camera, the fourth girl lays down, with her eyes closed. The glass in the frame has a domed surface, creating a fish-eye effect.
Carrie Mae Weems
After Manet
chromogenic print on paper
33 ¾ in x 33 ¾ in x 1 ½ in (85.73 cm x 85.73 cm x 3.81 cm);33 ¾ in x 33 ¾ in x 1 ½ in (85.73 cm x 85.73 cm x 3.81 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund
View Object Record
This print is composed of sets of faces in three registers.  Along the top, in a black stripe, is a repeated, closely cropped image of a woman's face looking to the left.  In the middle left are five repeated images in shades of brown of a woman's face looking right, toward the face of a man in black.  Along the bottom are three large images of a woman's face in green, brown and blue.
Elizabeth Catlett
Malcolm X Speaks for Us
linoleum cut on paper
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Gift of Elizabeth Catlett
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An assemblage of found objects: a salvaged wood frame with wood inlay letters spelling &quot;COLORED,&quot; four portrait photographs of African American females (two photogaphs on either side of a printed poem), nine thread samples under photographs, and one hand mirror hanging on a decorative brass hook to the viewer&#39;s right of the frame. The poem reads:&nbsp;<br /> &quot;Light is Alright<br /> Yellow is Mellow<br /> Brown, Stick Around<br /> Black, Get Back<br /> (but black don&#39;t crack)&quot;<br /> <br /> The wood has a strong smell, may have been treated with molasses.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;
Betye Saar
Colored
mixed media assemblage with photographs, paper, and thread on wood
14 ½ in x 30 in x 1 ½ in (36.83 cm x 76.2 cm x 3.81 cm);10 in x 5 in x ½ in (25.4 cm x 12.7 cm x 1.27 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by Dr. James and Vivian Curtis and the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund
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This pop-up book has laser-cut black silhouettes on white paper. Text contrasts with background; white text on black pages, black text on white pages. There is a ship embossed on the cover of the book.
Kara Walker
Freedom, a Fable
paper
9 5/16 in x 8 3/8 in (23.6 cm x 21.3 cm)
Gift of The Peter Norton Family Foundation
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Kara Walker
One of five prints from the suite "The Means to an End--A Shadow Drama in Five Acts"
aquatint and etching on light cream Somerset Satin wove paper
34 11/16 x 23 1/4 in. (88 x 59 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund
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Kara Walker
One of five prints from the suite "The Means to an End--A Shadow Drama in Five Acts"
aquatint and etching on light cream Somerset Satin wove paper
34 7/8 x 23 3/8 in. (88.5 x 59.3 cm);40 x 28 x 1 in. (101.6 x 71.12 x 2.54 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund
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Kara Walker
One of five prints from the suite "The Means to an End--A Shadow Drama in Five Acts"
aquatint and etching on light cream Somerset Satin wove paper
34 11/16 x 23 5/16 in. (88.1 x 59.1 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund
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Kara Walker
One of five prints from the suite "The Means to an End--A Shadow Drama in Five Acts"
aquatint and etching on light cream Somerset Satin wove paper
34 13/16 x 23 3/8 in. (88.4 x 59.3 cm);40 x 27 1/2 x 1 in. (101.6 x 69.85 x 2.54 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund
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A horizontal lighbox enclosed by a wide, black molded frame in which Kara Walker's signature silhouettes are encased in linen and lit from behind. Silhouettes represent four figures: a man and child at viewer's left, two women at right.
Kara Walker
Untitled
cut paper between linen
59 3/8 in x 83 1/2 in x 7 3/4 in (150.81 cm x 212.09 cm x 19.69 cm);59 3/8 in x 83 1/2 in x 7 3/4 in (150.81 cm x 212.09 cm x 19.69 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund and anonymous individual benefactors
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Kara Walker
One of five prints from the suite "The Means to an End--A Shadow Drama in Five Acts"
aquatint and etching on light cream Somerset Satin wove paper
34 3/4 x 23 5/16 in. (88.2 x 59.2 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund
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Howardena Pindell
Kyoto (Positive/Negative)
etching and lithograph on paper
26 ⅜ in x 20 ½ in (66.99 cm x 52.07 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the David G. Parkes Memorial Fund
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A rectangular wooden box containing ceramic, rubber, and bronze wishbones encased in felt. A lithographed felt card rests on top of the wishbones. The text on the felt card reads: Wish #1 Wish # 2 Wish #3. The box top is engraved with "III" on the front. 
Lorna Simpson
III
wood box, waterless lithographed felt, and ceramic, rubber, and bronze wishbones
13 9/16 in x 5 1/2 in x 2 3/16 in (34.5 cm x 14 cm x 5.5 cm)
Gift of The Peter Norton Family Foundation
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