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Nun on Bridge

Ilse Bing
(1899-1900 - 1998)
artist

Object Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Date

1935
1935 (Date photo taken)

Dimensions

282.7 x 203.2 mm

Credit

Gift of Jeffrey Perry, 2011

Accession Number

2011.4.15
bonnets (hats)*, bridges (built works)*, Christianity*, habits*, leaf (plant material)*, nuns*, water*, women*
  • bonnets (hats) - Soft hats usually tied under the chin and having a front brim; formerly worn by women, but now mostly children.
  • bridges (built works) - Structures spanning and providing passage over waterways, topographic depressions, transportation routes, or similar circulation barriers.
  • Christianity - Refers to the world religion and culture that developed in the first century CE, driven by the teachings of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Its roots are in the Judaic tradition and the Old Testament. The tenets include a belief in the death and redemptive resurrection of Jesus. The religion incorporates a tradition of faith, ritual, and a form of church authority or leadership.
  • habits - Costume indicative or characteristic of a calling, rank, or function.
  • leaf (plant material) - One of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant. Random House
  • nuns - Women belonging to religious orders devoted to religious service and meditation. Nuns typically take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience and often live apart from society in convents.
  • water - A liquid made up of molecules of hydrogen and oxygen (HO2). When pure, it is colorless, tasteless, and odorless. It exists in gaseous, liquid, and solid forms; it is liquid at room temperature. It is the liquid of which seas, lakes, and rivers are composed, and which falls as rain. Water is one of the most plentiful and essential of compounds. It is vital to life, participating in virtually every process that occurs in plants and animals. One of its most important properties is its ability to dissolve many other substances. The versatility of water as a solvent is essential to living organisms. The term "water" is typically used to refer to the liquid form of this compound; for the solid or gaseous forms, use "ice" or "water vapor."
  • women - Refers to female human beings from young adulthood through old age.

 

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