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Architectural Site #6, July 14, 1986

By: Barbara Kasten, American, born 1936

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The Historical Site of the Pontoon Bridge of Sano at Kuragano: Actor Iwai Tojaku I as Dote no Oroku, from the series The Sixty-Nine Stations of Kisokaidō

By: Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese, 1786 - 1864

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Chiryū: Historical Site of the Iris at Yatsuhashi Villiage, from the series Fifty-three Stations by Two Brushes

By: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797 - 1858@and, Utagawa Toyokuni III, Japanese, 1786 - 1865

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Construction Site, AmSouth/Harbert Plaza

By: Bruce Davidson, American, born 1933

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Wide Field Site Pattern

By: Stephen Hendee, American, born 1968

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Mask

By: Teotihuacan culture, Mexico, 200 BC - AD 750

…gest city in the world. After it was attacked and burned around 750 AD, the site was never re-inhabited. Neither the ethnicity nor the language of the people of Teotihuacan is known….

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Female Ancestor

By: China

…eased….

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Rain Drum

By: China

…Probably from south China, drums such as this have close ties to those found throughout Southeast Asia. Dating back to at least the 6th century B.C., modern versions are still made and used today for ritual and artistic performance. Decorated with four frogs and a sunburst pattern, these drums were perhaps used in ancient festivals to bring rain or even to stop the rains when they fell too abundantly….

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Prestige Cloth

…uch as these. The king presented the cloths, status symbols to his deserving subjects, who made them into prestige garments to be worn at festivals, or used them as wall hangings at the festival site. The designs on this cloth are created by a resist method. The white areas are sewn together with raffia fiber thread before the cloth is dipped in indigo dye….

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Veduta della Piazza di Monte Cavallo, from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)

By: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italy, 1720 - 1778

…t by travelers on the Grand Tour. These souvenirs conveyed the grandeur of Rome through the artist’s unique rendering of each topographical site, as well as through the sheer size of the prints….

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Sweetmeat Dish

By: Worcester Porcelain Manufactory, Worcestershire, England, operated 1751 - about 1783

…rcester porcelain factory to make a set of dishes that could be felt as well as seen. Appealing as it may be, the story is only folklore, as excavations at the factory site establish that the pattern was in production for several years prior to the earl’s unfortunate accident….

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Three-Piece Garniture

By: Imperial Vienna Porcelain Manufactory, Austria, operated 1718-1864@Era of, Conrad von Sorgenthal, German, 1735 - 1805

Vienna was the site of the second porcelain manufactory in Europe, founded by Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier (died 1751). In 1744, Du Paquier sold the enterprise to the Austrian state and in 1784 Conrad von Sorgenthal became its director. With Sorgenthal’s appointment, the factory underwent a decisive change. New styles and decorative techniques were introduced as the factory shook off the influence of the French manufactory Sèvres. This garnitu…