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Women dancers, harem ladies and Syrian musicians

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Description: Women dancers, harem ladies and Syrian musicians
TitleWomen dancers, harem ladies and Syrian musicians
Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1570–1314 B.C.
Creation date (description)Dynasty XVIII
Object typeSculpture
LocationLuxor Museum, Egypt
SubjectsRelief (Sculpture), Egyptian--AncientDancers in artHarems in art
StatusReliefs from Karnak Aten shrine
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Chapter 16: The Change to Amarna
W. Stevenson Smith, William Kelly Simpson
Description: The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt
The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt
Cultural changes seldom lend themselves well to neat chronological arrangement, but the reign of Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) presents an aggravating...
Author
W. Stevenson Smith, William Kelly Simpson
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© W. Stevenson Smith, 1958, 1965
Related print edition pages: pp.170-180
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Chapter subject tags:Egypt--History--New Kingdom, ca. 1550-ca. 1070 B.C.Akhenaton, King of EgyptTell el-Amarna (Egypt)Relief (Sculpture), EgyptianArt, Ancient--EgyptArchitecture, Ancient--Egypt

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Description: Danzantes carvings
Danzantes carvings
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 18
Creator nameDupaix, Guillermo
Creator name (description)Made under the supervision of Dupaix
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1806
Object typeIllustration
Danzantes carvings
Danzantes carvings
Description: Procession of Amun (detail): black dancers and trumpet players
Procession of Amun (detail): black dancers and trumpet players
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 06
Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian
Creator roleArtist
Creation datec. 1342–1333 B.C.
Object typeTablet/Plaque/Hieroglyphic
LocationTemple, Luxor, Egypt
Procession of Amun (detail): black...
Procession of Amun (detail): black dancers and trumpet players
Description: The Black Craze (Le tumulte noir)
The Black Craze (Le tumulte noir)
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameColin, Paul
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1927
Object typePrint
MaterialsLithograph with pochoir coloring on paper
Dimensions16 7/16 x 10 15/16 in. (41.7 x 27.8 cm), image
LocationNational Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.91.199.20A
Accession numberNPG.91.199.20A
The Black Craze (Le tumulte noir)
An elegant Josephine in banana skirt
Description: Women of Algiers in their Apartment
Women of Algiers in their Apartment
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameDelacroix, Eugène
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1834
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions180 × 229 cm
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010065869
Accession number3824
Women of Algiers in their Apartment
Women of Algiers in their Apartment
Description: Dancer wearing a deity headdress
Dancer wearing a deity headdress
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureColima
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsEarthenware
LocationHudson Museum, University of Maine, Orono
Dancer wearing a deity headdress
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Description: The Dancing Lesson
The Dancing Lesson
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameEakins, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1878
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor on paper
Dimensions45.9 × 57.3 cm
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10821
Accession number25.97.1
The Dancing Lesson
The Dancing Lesson
Description: Three ceremonial dancers
Three ceremonial dancers
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureColima/Jalisco
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsEarthenware
LocationPrivate Collection
Three ceremonial dancers
Three ceremonial dancers
Description: The Fair Performer
The Fair Performer
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameSeurat, Georges
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1883–1884
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsConté crayon
Dimensions12 3/8 × 9 1/2
The Fair Performer
The Fair Performer
Description: At the Divan Japonais
At the Divan Japonais
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameSeurat, Georges
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1887–1888
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsConté crayon on paper
Dimensions12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 23 cm)
At the Divan Japonais
At the Divan Japonais
Description: St Menas
St Menas
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 27
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. AD 400–430
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
LocationGreco-Roman Museum, Alexandria, Egypt
St Menas
St Menas
Description: Ring of dancers
Ring of dancers
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureColima/Jalisco
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsEarthenware
LocationPrivate Collection
Ring of dancers
Ring of dancers
Description: Ritual dancer with a crocodile mask
Ritual dancer with a crocodile mask
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureColima
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsEarthenware
LocationMiller Family Collection, Chicago
Ritual dancer with a crocodile mask
Ritual dancer with a crocodile mask
Description: Ring of dancers with musicians
Ring of dancers with musicians
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureColima/Jalisco
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation datec. 300 BC–AD 300
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsCeramic
Dimensions5 3/4 x 11 5/8 in. (14.6 x 29.5 cm)
LocationSaint Louis Art Museum
https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/8960/
Accession number306:1978
Ring of dancers with musicians
Ring of dancers with musicians
Description: Dancing Warrior at Rattlesnake Bluff
Dancing Warrior at Rattlesnake Bluff
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 31
Creator nameBayliss, Gigi
Creator roleIllustrator
Object typeIllustration
MaterialsN/A
DimensionsN/A
LocationN/A
N/A
Accession numberN/A
Dancing Warrior at Rattlesnake Bluff
Dancing Warrior at Rattlesnake Bluff
Description: Page with Bessie Love's dance troupe in Broadway Melody (1929) and Schoolchildren...
Page with Bessie Love's dance troupe in Broadway Melody (1929) and Schoolchildren from Bacouya, Bourail (New Caledonia). From "Documents" 1929, no. 4.
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1929
Object typePhotograph
LocationBritish Library, London
Accession numberP.P. 1927.bbe
Page with Bessie Love's dance troupe in...
Page with Bessie Love's dance troupe in Broadway Melody (1929) and Schoolchildren from Bacouya, Bourail (New Caledonia). From "Documents" 1929, no. 4.
Description: Candombe
Candombe
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameFigari, Pedro
Creator nationality/cultureUruguayan
Creator rolePainter
Object typePainting
Dimensions62 x 82 cm
Candombe
Candombe
Description: Standing dancer with a removable headdress
Standing dancer with a removable headdress
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureColima/Jalisco
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsEarthenware
LocationPrivate Collection
Standing dancer with a removable...
Standing dancer with a removable headdress
Description: Phallic dancer with removable headdress
Phallic dancer with removable headdress
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureColima/Jalisco
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsEarthenware
LocationPrivate Collection
Phallic dancer with removable headdress
Phallic dancer with removable headdress
Description: Dancing deer, relief scene on Mochica III–IV pottery vessel
Dancing deer, relief scene on Mochica III–IV pottery vessel
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 02
Creator nationality/cultureMoche
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation datec. AD 500
Object typeIllustration
DimensionsLength approx. 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm)
LocationMuseum für Völkerkunde, Berlin
Dancing deer, relief scene on Mochica...
Dancing deer, relief scene on Mochica III–IV pottery vessel
Description: Vase of the Dancing Lords
Vase of the Dancing Lords
Posted by:John Carlson
Dec 08
Creator nationality/cultureMaya
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation dateAD 750–800
Object typeContainer
MaterialsCeramic and pigment
DimensionsHeight 9 1/2 in. (24 cm); diameter 6 3/4 in. (17 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/65290
Accession number1986.1081
Vase of the Dancing Lords
Vase of the Dancing Lords
Description: Jitterbug II
Jitterbug II
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 11
Creator nameJohnson, William H.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1941
Object typePrint
Materialscolor screenprint and pochoir on wood-pulp board
Dimensions17 x 13 1/2 in. (43 x 34.5 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/140689?search_no=55&index=0
Accession number1995.231
Jitterbug II
Jitterbug II
Description: The Harem
The Harem
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameLewis, John Frederick
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1876
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on mahogany panel
Dimensions89 ×112 cm
LocationBirmingham City Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom
https://dams.birminghammuseums.org.uk/asset-bank/action/viewAsset?id=13113&index=8&total=9&view=viewSearchItem
Accession number1949P14
The Harem
The Harem
Description: Bonampak, Room 3, wall 11, showing dancers
Bonampak, Room 3, wall 11, showing dancers
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 02
Creator nationality/cultureMaya
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. AD 800
Object typePainting
LocationChiapas, Mexico
Bonampak, Room 3, wall 11, showing...
Bonampak, Room 3, wall 11, showing dancers
Description: Odalisque with a Slave
Odalisque with a Slave
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameIngres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1842
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions76 × 105 cm
LocationWalters Art Museum, Baltimore
https://art.thewalters.org/detail/18275/odalisque-with-slave/
Accession number37.887
Odalisque with a Slave
Odalisque with a Slave
Description: Negro Dancer (Negertänzerin)
Negro Dancer (Negertänzerin)
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameKirchner, Ernst Ludwig
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1909–1910
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions81 x 95.5 cm
LocationCollection of Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Bern
Negro Dancer (Negertänzerin)
Negro Dancer (Negertänzerin)
Description: Magazine cover, Direction
Magazine cover, Direction
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 21
Creator nameRand, Paul
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDesigner
Creation date1939
Object typeGraphic Design
Magazine cover, Direction
Magazine cover, Direction
Description: Negro with a Dancer (Neger und Tänzerin)
Negro with a Dancer (Neger und Tänzerin)
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameMueller, Otto
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1903
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions91 x 65.5 cm
Negro with a Dancer (Neger und...
Negro with a Dancer (Neger und Tänzerin)
Description: Standing dancer with ritual attire
Standing dancer with ritual attire
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureColima/Jalisco
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsEarthenware
LocationPrivate Collection
Standing dancer with ritual attire
Standing dancer with ritual attire
Description: Negerrevue
Negerrevue
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameNesch, Rolf
Creator nationality/cultureNorwegian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1930
Object typePainting
MaterialsColored etching and aquatint
Dimensions44.8 x 33.5 cm
LocationBritish Museum, London
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3694&partId=1&searchText=nesch&page=1
Accession number1981,1107.9
Negerrevue
Negerrevue
Description: Libestans
Libestans
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameRiefenstahl, Leni
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1975
Object typePhotograph
LocationReproduced in Leni Riefenstahl, "The People of Kau" (New York, 1976)
Libestans
Libestans
Description: Afro-Cuban Dance
Afro-Cuban Dance
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameCarreño, Mario
Creator nationality/cultureCuban
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1943
Object typePainting
MaterialsGouache on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions23 1/2 x 19 in.
LocationArt Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C.
http://www.artmuseumoftheamericas.org/collection/cpg15x/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pid=321#top_display_media
Afro-Cuban Dance
Afro-Cuban Dance
Description: Jitterbugs (V)
Jitterbugs (V)
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameJohnson, William H.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1941−1942
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on wood
Dimensions36 1/2 × 28 3/4 in.
LocationHampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia
Jitterbugs (V)
Jitterbugs (V)
Description: Engraved shell gorget with double dancers
Engraved shell gorget with double dancers
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 31
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1000–1450
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsMarine shell
DimensionsDiameter 6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm)
LocationFrank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Accession number767/8HA1
Engraved shell gorget with double...
Engraved shell gorget with double dancers
Description: Danse des nègres à Tanger (Dance Scene in a Tangiers Street)
Danse des nègres à Tanger (Dance Scene in a Tangiers Street)
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameDehodencq, Alfred
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1853–1874
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions152 × 202 cm
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/la-danse-des-negres-tanger-salon-de-1874-16727
Accession numberRF 2587
Danse des nègres à Tanger...
Danse des nègres à Tanger
Description: Untitled (Rhythmical Dance)
Untitled (Rhythmical Dance)
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator namePollock, Jackson
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1948
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas and paper mounted on board
Dimensions32 x 24 in. (81.2 x 60.9 cm)
LocationPrivate Collection
Untitled (Rhythmical Dance)
Untitled (Rhythmical Dance)
Description: Figurine of ruler dancing with maize
Figurine of ruler dancing with maize
Posted by:John Carlson
Dec 08
Creator nationality/cultureMaya
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. AD 600–900
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsCeramic
Dimensions9 x 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. (23 x 16 x 11.5 cm)
LocationMuseo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala City
Accession number5897
Figurine of ruler dancing with maize
Figurine of ruler dancing with maize
Description: Nelly and Sidi Heckel (Riha) dancing in Erich Heckel's atelier, Dresden
Nelly and Sidi Heckel (Riha) dancing in Erich Heckel's atelier, Dresden
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameKirchner, Ernst Ludwig
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1910–1911
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsGlass negative
Dimensions13 x 18 cm
LocationKirchner Museum Davos, Switzerland
Accession number1./5P
Nelly and Sidi Heckel (Riha) dancing in...
Nelly and Sidi Heckel (Riha) dancing in Erich Heckel's atelier, Dresden
Description: Othello beside Desdemona's Corpse
Othello beside Desdemona's Corpse
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameChassériau, Théodore
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1847
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on wood
Dimensions27 × 21 cm
LocationMusée d'Art et d'Histoire de Metz, France
Othello beside Desdemona's Corpse
Othello beside Desdemona's corpse
Description: Tepeu 1 tripod bowl showing a priestly dancer
Tepeu 1 tripod bowl showing a priestly dancer
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 02
Creator nationality/cultureMaya
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation datec. AD 600
Object typeContainer
LocationMuseo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala City
Tepeu 1 tripod bowl showing a priestly...
Tepeu 1 tripod bowl showing a priestly dancer
Description: Lola de Valence
Lola de Valence
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 23
Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1862
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions123 × 92 cm
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/lola-de-valence-710
Accession numberRF 1991
Lola de Valence
Lola de Valence
Description: Cauldron with a line of dancing figures
Cauldron with a line of dancing figures
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 14
Creator nationality/cultureHohokam
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation dateAD 950–1150
Object typeContainer
MaterialsSacaton Red-on-buff
LocationBill Schenck Collection
Cauldron with a line of dancing figures
Cauldron with a line of dancing figures
Description: Oenochoe, detail
Oenochoe, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 06
Creator nationality/cultureGreek
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation datec. 725 BC
Object typeContainer
LocationNational Museum, Athens
Oenochoe, detail
Oenochoe, detail
Description: Standing dancer with animal on helmet
Standing dancer with animal on helmet
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureColima
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation date200 BC–AD 300
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsEarthenware
LocationPrivate Collection
Standing dancer with animal on helmet
Standing dancer with animal on helmet
Description: Blues
Blues
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameMotley, Archibald John, Jr.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1929
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions36 × 42 in.
LocationCollection of Valerie Gerrard Brown and Mara Motley, M.D.
Blues
Blues
Description: Negro Girl Dancer
Negro Girl Dancer
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameDemuth, Charles
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1916
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions33 × 19.7 cm
LocationPrivate collection
Negro Girl Dancer
Negro Girl Dancer
Description: Drawing of detail of vessel depicting costumed performer
Drawing of detail of vessel depicting costumed performer
Posted by:John Carlson
Dec 08
Creator nationality/cultureNazca
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation dateAD 50–200
Object typeIllustration
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
Drawing of detail of vessel depicting...
Drawing of detail of vessel depicting costumed performer
Description: Hot Jazz (Bleecker Street Tavern Mural)
Hot Jazz (Bleecker Street Tavern Mural)
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 16
Creator nameKline, Franz
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1940
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on board
Dimensions45 5/8 x 46 1/2 in. (116 x 118 cm)
LocationChrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
Accession number71.1077
Hot Jazz (Bleecker Street Tavern Mural)
Hot Jazz (Bleecker Street Tavern Mural)
Description: Cylinder vase showing dancers
Cylinder vase showing dancers
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 02
Creator nationality/cultureMaya
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation datec. AD 750
Object typeContainer
LocationMuseo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala City
Cylinder vase showing dancers
Cylinder vase showing dancers
Description: Dancing with Child
Dancing with Child
Posted by:John Carlson
Dec 13
Creator namePiroli, Tommaso
Creator name (description)After Friedrich Rehberg
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1794
Object typePrint
MaterialsEtching and engraving
LocationLewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Farmington, Connecticut
https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/17089307
Dancing with Child
Dancing with Child
Description: Drawing of detail of shallow flared vessel depicting harvest-festival performer
Drawing of detail of shallow flared vessel depicting harvest-festival performer
Posted by:John Carlson
Dec 08
Creator nationality/cultureNazca
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation dateAD 50–200
Object typeIllustration
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
Drawing of detail of shallow flared...
Drawing of detail of shallow flared vessel depicting harvest-festival performer
Description: Negro Dancing Girl of the Sara Tribe
Negro Dancing Girl of the Sara Tribe
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameHoffman, Malvina
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleSculptor
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsBronze
LocationField Museum of Natural History, Chicago
https://collections-anthropology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/1343383
Accession number337131
Negro Dancing Girl of the Sara Tribe
Negro Dancing Girl of the Sara Tribe
Description: Fragment with Head of a Nubian Prisoner
Fragment with Head of a Nubian Prisoner
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 06
Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1550–1295 BCE
Object typeTablet/Plaque/Hieroglyphic
MaterialsLimestone
Dimensions12.3 × 24.7 in. (31.2 × 62.7 cm)
LocationSaint Louis Art Museum
https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/34190/
Accession number18:1940
Fragment with Head of a Nubian Prisoner
Fragment with Head of a Nubian Prisoner
Description: Dances
Dances
Posted by:John Carlson
May 13
Creator nameDavies, Arthur Bowen
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1914–1915
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions84 × 138 in. (213.4 cm × 3 m 50.5 cm)
LocationDetroit Institute of Arts
https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/dances-42130
Accession number27.158
Dances
Dancers
Description: Grace Dalrymple
Grace Dalrymple
Posted by:John Carlson
May 03
Creator nameGainsborough, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1782
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions76.5 × 63.5 cm
LocationFrick Collection, New York
https://collections.frick.org/objects/182/grace-dalrymple-elliott
Accession number1946.1.153
Grace Dalrymple
Grace Dalrymple
Description: Frontier
Frontier
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 28
Creator nameGraham, Martha
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1935
Object typeDance
Frontier
Frontier
Description: Pottery group of dancers
Pottery group of dancers
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 02
Creator nationality/cultureColima
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation datec. AD 0–100
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
Pottery group of dancers
Pottery group of dancers
Description: Josephine Baker at the Negro Ball (Josephine Baker au Bal Nègre)
Josephine Baker at the Negro Ball (Josephine Baker au Bal Nègre)
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameDongen, Kees van
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1925
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor
Dimensions71 x 48 cm
LocationCollection of André Van Breusegem, Belgium
Josephine Baker at the Negro Ball...
Josephine Baker at the Negro Ball (Josephine Baker au Bal Nègre)
Description: Untitled Male Nude
Untitled Male Nude
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameHolder, Boscoe
Creator nationality/cultureTrindadian
Creator rolePainter
Object typePainting
Untitled Male Nude
Untitled Male Nude
Description: Negro Dancer (Negertänzerin)
Negro Dancer (Negertänzerin)
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameKirchner, Ernst Ludwig
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1909–1910
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions170 x 94 cm
LocationMusée Würth, Erstein, France
Accession number7986
Negro Dancer (Negertänzerin)
Negro Dancer (Negertänzerin)
Description: Women of Algiers in Their Apartment
Women of Algiers in Their Apartment
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameDelacroix, Eugène
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1849
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions84 × 111 cm
LocationMusée Fabre, Montpellier, France
Women of Algiers in Their Apartment
Women of Algiers in their Apartment
Description: Les Chérifas, detail
Les Chérifas, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameConstant, Jean-Joseph-Benjamin
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1884
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions114 × 195 cm
LocationMusée des Beaux-Arts, Pau, France
Les Chérifas, detail
Les Chérifas, detail
Description: The Dancer
The Dancer
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator namePevsner, Antoine
Creator nationality/cultureRussian and French
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1927–1928
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsBrass and celluloid
Dimensions31 7/8 x 13 1/2 x 11 in. (81 x 34.3 x 27.9 cm) including base
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/44052
Accession number1941.629
The Dancer
The Dancer
Description: The Life of Sir Henry Unton, detail
The Life of Sir Henry Unton, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 14
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1596
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on panel
Dimensions740 × 1632 mm
LocationNational Portrait Gallery, London
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw06456/Sir-Henry-Unton
Accession numberNPG 710
The Life of Sir Henry Unton, detail
The Life of Sir Henry Unton, detail
Description: Pedestal bowl depicting dancer wearing crocodile mask
Pedestal bowl depicting dancer wearing crocodile mask
Posted by:John Carlson
Dec 08
Creator nationality/cultureCoclé
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation datec. AD 600–800
Object typeContainer
MaterialsCeramic
Dimensions13 x 6 1/2 in. (33 x 16.5 cm)
LocationPrivate Collection
Pedestal bowl depicting dancer wearing...
Pedestal bowl depicting dancer wearing crocodile mask
Description: Relief fragment
Relief fragment
Posted by:John Carlson
Dec 08
Creator nationality/cultureChavín
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date900–200 BC
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsStone
Dimensions13 x 16 1/2 x 2 in. (33 x 42 x 5 cm)
LocationMuseo Nacional de Antropología y Arqueología, Lima, Peru
Accession numberL-8771, 1248 50 LXXXII
Relief fragment
Relief fragment
Description: Masked performers
Masked performers
Posted by:John Carlson
Dec 08
Creator nationality/cultureTairona
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation date1200–1600
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsCeramic
DimensionsEach 5 x 3 in. (12.7 x 7.62 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/65298
Accession number1986.1084a,b
Masked performers
Masked performers
Description: Three Russians Dancing
Three Russians Dancing
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 23
Creator nameDegas, Edgar
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1899
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsPastel and charcoal on tracing paper
Dimensions62 × 67 cm
LocationNationalmuseum Stockholm
http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=24322&viewType=detailView
Accession numberNMB 380
Three Russians Dancing
Three Russians Dancing
Description: Landscape with Dancing Figures (The Mill)
Landscape with Dancing Figures (The Mill)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 20
Creator nameLorrain, Claude
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1648–1649
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions150 × 200 cm
LocationGalleria Doria-Pamphili, Rome
Accession numberFC 237
Landscape with Dancing Figures (The...
Landscape with Dancing Figures (The Mill)

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