COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
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AMICA ID:
MMA_.66.143
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MMA_.66.143
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2000
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2000
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Drawings and Watercolors
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Drawings and Watercolors
Object Type
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Creator Name:
La Farge, John
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La Farge, John
Creator Name
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Creator Role:
Artist
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Artist
Creator Role
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Creator Dates/Places:
1835-1910
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1835-1910
Creator Dates/Places
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Creator Name-CRT:
John La Farge
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John La Farge
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
The Great Statue of Amida Buddha at Kamakura, Known as the Daibutsu, from the Priest's Garden
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The Great Statue of Amida Buddha at Kamakura, Known as the Daibutsu, from the Priest's Garden
Title
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
1887
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1887
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1887
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1887
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1887
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1887
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache on off-white wove paper
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Watercolor and gouache on off-white wove paper
Materials and Techniques
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Classification Term:
Work on Paper: Watercolor
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Work on Paper: Watercolor
Classification Term
false
Dimensions:
19 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. (49 x 31.8 cm)
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19 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. (49 x 31.8 cm)
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
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New York, New York, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
66.143
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66.143
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Gift of the family of Maria L. Hoyt, 1966
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Gift of the family of Maria L. Hoyt, 1966
Credit Line
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>
Rights
false
Context:
On a trip to Japan with Henry Adams in 1886, La Farge enlisted watercolor-the familiar medium of the traveling artist-to create studies for illustrations and to paint sheets for exhibition. He executed this bold and monumental composition after his return to New York, using a watercolor sketch done during his travels as well as photographs that he and Adams had taken. The Daibutsu, or Great Buddha, a fifty-foot-high bronze cast in 1252, is renowned for its colossal size, its peaceful demeanor, and its unusual site in the open air surrounded by mountains and trees.
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<P>On a trip to Japan with Henry Adams in 1886, La Farge enlisted watercolor-the familiar medium of the traveling artist-to create studies for illustrations and to paint sheets for exhibition. He executed this bold and monumental composition after his return to New York, using a watercolor sketch done during his travels as well as photographs that he and Adams had taken. The Daibutsu, or Great Buddha, a fifty-foot-high bronze cast in 1252, is renowned for its colossal size, its peaceful demeanor, and its unusual site in the open air surrounded by mountains and trees.</P>
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ap66.143.R.tif
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MMA_.ap66.143.R.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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