One Librarian’s Journey From Controlled Vocabularies to Social Tagging

Letting Loose:

One Librarian’s Journey From Controlled Vocabularies to Social Tagging

Descent Into Hell: One Librarian’s Journey From Controlled

Vocabularies to Social Tagging

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From: J. P. xxxxxx@xxxxxx.comDate: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:24:43 -0700To: timeline@metmuseum.orgSubject: Looking for a painting

Please help:I have been looking on and off for years for this painting. The

painting is of a very well dressed renaissance man standing in a room (a library) in front of him on a table is a large hour glass. The painting has very rich colors. I have talked to a lot of people and they have said they have seen this painting but can't remember its name or the name of the artist.

Could you please use your resources to find this painting?

Professional KeywordingSome Sample Terms for MMA Images:

• high angle / eye level• vertical / horizontal • cutout / negative space• close-up / side view• design / detail• color• folklore• symbol• spiritualism• nobody / 1 man only• concept• art / artwork• indoor / outdoor / exterior / studio

                                             

 

                                                                                 

The Masons, 1926Albert André (French, 1869–1954)Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967 (67.187.50)

Albert André (French,

1869-1954), The Masons , 1926 (67.187.50) 

buildings; - 2 chimneys; construction; - 2 laborers; masonry; masons - 4 occupations; outdoors; sky; skylines; smokestacks; stone; structures;workers; - 2  

bricks; buildings; chimney; city/town life; cityscape construction; figures; industrial landscape; laborers; manual labor;masonry; - 2 masons; - 2 roofers; roofs; - 2 scaffolding; - 2 skyline; stone; stoneworkers; urban; 

L:14 terms 4 terms each

LA19 terms 4.6 terms each

IMAGE # 10 – The Bridal Chamber of Herse – 41.190.135 topical bedchamber; male and female encounter; husband and wife;

eroticism; marriage; bedroom; bedroom; Herse, angels, marriage bed, canopy bed, bedrooms; tapestry; bridal chamber; cherubs; bedroom; sex; marriage; attendants; bridal chamber; wedding; tapestry; domestic; furniture; vignettes; cherubs; draped figure (male, female); bed; curtains; undressing; bridal chamber; Renaissance interior; canopy bed; Renaissance furniture

person(s) or group of persons (real or fictional)

Herse; Greek nobility; nobility; kings; princesses; cherubs; angels; Herse husband; bride; attendants; angels, Herse; angles; Hersek King…; brides; Herse; cupids; Kekrops; women; [names of figures]; putti

allegory, symbolism, theme

Greek legend; classical story illustrated by European, Christian artist; (myth); flowers; bower; curtains (parted); drapery; love

place Athens, Greece; Ancient Greece; Ancient Greece; Ancient Greece; bedroom, gothic interiors; classical location as illustrated by a European, Christian artist in contemporary European setting; Ancient Greece; Athens; bridal chambers

chronology Greek antiquity; Greek antiquity; Ancient Greece events marital consummation; marriage; wedding night; consummation of

marriage; marriage emotions Erotic; ambivalence; love; joy; peace; luxury; fear; power; youth;

inexperience other Bedroom; bridal; bride; private chamber; bed; woman on bed;

nude woman; Greek mythology; brocades; beds; bedding

animalantlerarcheryarrowbejeweledbowbridlechainclockworkcontainerdeer/reindeerdog/dogsfigurativegildedgoldhorsehunt/hunter/hunting/huntressjumpingleap/leapingluxurymechanicalmovementmythological/mythologynudeornatepreciousrearingrider/ridingsaddle

Artist/Maker(s) Maker: Joachim Friess ca. 1579-1620, m. 1610

Title Diana and the StagObject Name AUTOMATONDate First quarter 17th century (about 1620)Culture German (Augsburg)Made in Country: Germany City: AugsburgMedium Silver, partly gilt, jewels, enamelClassification Metalwork-SilverDimensions 14 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (37.5 x 24.1 cm)Credit Line Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917Department European Sculpture and Decorative ArtsMarkings [1] A pine cone (Augsburg town mark in use between 1620 and 1625). See Helmut Seling, Die Kunst

der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529-1868, Munich, 1980, vol. III, p. 19, no. 44. [2] Roman capitals I F within a rectangle (cameo) (maker's mark of Joachim Friess or Fries, born in Lubeck about 1579 master goldsmith in Augsburg in 1610, died 1620). See Seling, Vol. III, p. 143, no. 1248. [3] A Roman capital B below a crown and within a shield (cameo), unidentified. [4] A Roman capital E below a crown, and within a shaped reserve (cameo) (French guarantee mark for Foreign silver in use between 1809 and 1819). See Tardy, International Hallmarks on Silver, Paris, 1981, p. 190. Location of marks: [1] On the neck and inside the neck, and on the base. [2] Twice on the neck, on top of the base. [3] Inside and on the outside of the neck. [4] Inside the neck.

Description Diana seated on stag, with Cupid on croup, and three hounds below; stag's head removable, body a flask; spring-driven mechanism in base permits automaton to move. Diana wears a crescent set with eight rose diamonds and one pink tourmaline; stag with coronet, pierced collar, lion mask on breast and trappings of scrolling ornament and cherubs; set with three pink imitation tourmalines; on base three lizards, two of them with green enamel, one small lizard, two frogs and four beetles, one of them with green enamel; octagonal casket-like base, decorated with applied ornament in same style as trappings; in center of left side movable key-hole cover on spring.

Attributes Beetle, Cupid (Eros), Diana, Frog, Hound, Lizard, Stag  

Jacques-Henri Lartigue, French, 1894-1986The Grand Prix of the A.C.F., 1912

Stamped, verso: "Photo J.-H. Lartigue // Mention Obligatoire // Droits de Reproduction // Reserves", "siz Nr. 11 // Ba // Blaukopien"; inscribed in ink, verso: "Gd Prix ACF // Circuit de la Seine In Re // Guyot? sur // Delage", "1912 1913"; inscribed in pencil, verso: "B f.1 Auto"

…The Grand Prix was run in 1912 on the circuit of Dieppe, and while No. 6, a Delage, was a favorite, it was actually the Peugeot, with the ace driver Georges Boillot at the wheel, that won, at speeds reaching over one hundred miles an hour…

Jacques-Henri Lartigue, French, 1894-1986The Grand Prix of the A.C.F., July 12, 1913

Stamped, verso: "Photo J.-H. Lartigue // Mention Obligatoire // Droits de Reproduction // Reserves", "siz Nr. 11 // Ba // Blaukopien"; inscribed in ink, verso: "Gd Prix ACF // Circuit de la Seine In Re // Guyot? sur // Delage", "1912 1913"; inscribed in pencil, verso: "B f.1 Auto"

…The Grand Prix was run in 1913 on the circuit of Picardie, and while No. 6, a Schneider driven by a M. Croquet, was a favorite, it was actually the Peugeot, with the ace driver Georges Boillot at the wheel, that won, at speeds reaching over one hundred miles an hour…

• Model Car• Toy• Marklin• Tinplate

• Model Car• Toy• Marklin• Tinplate

'The Marklin Streamlined Tourer' model came with suspension, steering, clockwork motor and drive train, with electric lighting available as an extra (tinplate, 38cm/15in, c1935, Germany). 

“1947-1949”

“in the style of Dior”

Subject Kungnip Minsok Pangmulgwan (Korea) -- Catalogs

Clothing and dress -- Korea -- History -- Catalogs

Costume -- Korea -- History -- Catalogs

Costume design -- Korea -- History -- Catalogs

Dress accessories -- Korea -- History -- Catalogs

Footwear -- Korea -- History -- Catalogs

Cultural property -- Korea (South)

Korea (South) -- Antiquities

Keyword Official cap; garments; belts and buckles; shoes; accessories; cases

and boxes; folk art

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Subject British Museum -- Catalogs

Textile fabrics -- Guatemala -- Catalogs

Textile fabrics, Ancient -- Guatemala -- Catalogs

Costume -- Guatemala -- Catalogs

Keyword Central America