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Identity and Self-Understanding

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David M Choberka
Last Updated
February 7, 2020 4:00 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.  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
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

Photographic Portraiture 1970-1989

Four people donning costumes and masks standing in the foreground of a large grassy field.&nbsp;
Diane Arbus
Untitled (4)
gelatin silver print on paper
12 ½ in x 12 ⅜ in (31.75 cm x 31.43 cm);28 3/16 in x 22 3/16 in (71.6 cm x 56.36 cm);20 in x 16 ⅛ in (50.8 cm x 40.96 cm);28 3/16 in x 22 3/16 in (71.6 cm x 56.36 cm);28 3/16 in x 22 3/16 in (71.6 cm x 56.36 cm);20 in x 16 ⅛ in (50.8 cm x 40.96 cm)
Museum Purchase
View Object Record
This photographic portrait of a man shows him in dark clothing, before a white background. The composition is cropped at the shoulders.
Richard Avedon
Jean Renoir, director
gelatin silver print on paper
16 9/16 in x 15 7/8 in (42.07 cm x 40.32 cm);28 in x 22 in (71.12 cm x 55.88 cm);15 3/4 in x 15 1/4 in (40.01 cm x 38.74 cm)
Museum Purchase
View Object Record
This photograph is a blurred and distorted portrait of a figure standing against a blank wall.
Blythe Bohnen
Self-Portrait: Vertical Motion Up, Medium
gelatin silver print on paper
15 7/8 in x 19 13/16 in (40.3 cm x 50.3 cm);22 1/8 in x 28 3/16 in (56.2 cm x 71.6 cm);16 in x 19 15/16 in (40.7 cm x 50.6 cm);15 1/16 in x 18 7/8 in (38.2 cm x 47.9 cm)
Gift of Herbert and Paula Molnar
View Object Record
This photograph is a blurred and distorted portrait of a figure standing against a blank wall.
Blythe Bohnen
Self-Portrait: Vertical Motion Down, Medium
gelatin silver print on paper
15 7/8 in x 19 13/16 in (40.3 cm x 50.3 cm);22 1/8 in x 28 3/16 in (56.2 cm x 71.6 cm);16 in x 19 7/8 in (40.7 cm x 50.5 cm);15 1/16 in x 18 7/8 in (38.2 cm x 48 cm)
Gift of Herbert and Paula Molnar
View Object Record
This photograph is a blurred and distorted portrait of a figure standing against a blank wall.
Blythe Bohnen
Self-Portrait: Vertical Motion Up, Medium; Pivotal Motion Large
gelatin silver print on paper
15 7/8 in x 19 13/16 in (40.3 cm x 50.3 cm);22 1/8 in x 28 3/16 in (56.2 cm x 71.6 cm);16 in x 19 7/8 in (40.7 cm x 50.5 cm);15 in x 18 15/16 in (38.1 cm x 48.1 cm)
Gift of Herbert and Paula Molnar
View Object Record
This photograph depicts a window of a house with the photographer’s reflection cast in it. Also visible in the reflection are the white picket fence and trees behind the photographer, as well as objects inside the interior of the house.
Wynn Bullock
Self-Portrait
gelatin silver print on paper
7 7/16 in x 9 1/16 in (18.9 cm x 23 cm);22 in x 18 in (55.88 cm x 45.72 cm)
Gift of The 831 Photographic Gallery
View Object Record
Judy Dater
Imogen and Twinka at Yosemite
gelatin silver print on paper
17 15/16 in. x 14 in. ( 45.6 cm x 35.5 cm )
Museum Purchase
View Object Record
Bruce Davidson
Untitled (Three Miners with Mule), from "Welsh Miners"
gelatin silver print on paper
19 15/16 in x 16 1/16 in (50.64 cm x 40.8 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Kenyon
View Object Record
Bruce Davidson
Untitled (Six Miners Walking up the Hill), from "Welsh Miners"
gelatin silver print on paper
16 1/16 in x 19 15/16 in (40.8 cm x 50.64 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Kenyon
View Object Record
Bruce Davidson
Untitled (Bride and Groom in a Landscape), from "Welsh Miners"
gelatin silver print on paper
16 in x 19 15/16 in (40.64 cm x 50.64 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Kenyon
View Object Record
Bruce Davidson
Untitled (Child with a Doll Carriage), from "Welsh Miners"
gelatin silver print on paper
16 in x 19 15/16 in (40.64 cm x 50.64 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Kenyon
View Object Record
Bruce Davidson
Untitled (Man holding infant in doorway), from "Welsh Miners"
gelatin silver print on paper
19 15/16 in x 16 1/16 in (50.64 cm x 40.8 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Kenyon
View Object Record
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Part of 1 Learning Collection
American Orientalist art at the turn of the 20th century
<p>America Encounters Asia in Art</p>

82 Collection Object Sources
Untitled (4) (1978/1.174)
Self-Portrait (1972/1.153)
Mirror Image (1989/1.70)
Harlem (2013/2.140)
Rue Aubriot, Paris (1984/1.277.13)
Berlin Nude (1984/1.277.11)
Mercedes at Home (1984/1.277.1)
Roselyne in Arcangues (1984/1.277.14)
Chez Karl Lagerfeld (1984/1.277.5)
Andy Warhol in Paris (1984/1.277.10)
Lisa in Saint-Tropez (1984/1.277.15)
Wendy (2004/1.109)
Ginny (2004/1.108)
Child (2002/2.107)
Ruth Stratton (2002/2.105)
Irène (1984/2.59)
Irène (1984/2.60)
Bianca (1984/2.65)
Yvonne (1984/2.61)
Michèle (1984/2.66)
Regina (1984/2.69)
Marianne (1984/2.68)
Yvonne (1984/2.63)
Sabine (1984/2.62)
Toni (1984/2.67)
Petra (1984/2.70)

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