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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Hokusai, Katsushika. Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa-oki nami-ura), 1830 – 31, Woodblock print (nishiki-e) and ink and color on paper, 5.2 cm x 37.2 cm. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts.

Description A descriptive note detailing the content and context of the digital collection.

The Museum of Fine Arts Boston is one of the most comprehensive museums in the world. From Ancient Egypt to contemporary art, the museum has nearly 450,000 works of art in its holdings. Its digital collection allows users to search and refine the results by collection type and classification.

Collection Type Broad terms that define the type of digital collection

Museum and Cultural Institution Collections, Contain Both Copyrighted and Public Domain Images

Subject Broad terms or phrases that describe, identify, or interpret the digital image collection and what it depicts or expresses. Values were obtained using the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) by the Getty Research Institute.

African, American (North American), Americas, Asian, Ceramics (object genre), Early Western World, Egyptian (ancient), European,Impressionist (style), Middle Eastern, Musical instruments, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Oceanic, Post-Impressionist, Textile Art, Ukiyo-e

Style Period Terms that define the styles, art periods, movements, etc. whose characteristics are represented in digital image collection. Values were obtained using the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) by the Getty Research Institute

American (North American), Asian, Chinese (culture or style), Contemporary, East Asian, Impressionist (style), Indian (South Asian), Islamic (culture or style), Japanese (culture or style), Korean (culture or style), Modern (style or period), New media art, Oceanic, Post-Impressionist, Renaissance-Baroque Styles, South Asian, Ukiyo-e

Work Types Terms that identify the kinds of works in the digital collection being described. It typically refers to a work’s physical form, function, or medium in digital image collection. Values were obtained using the Thesaurus For Graphic Materials (TGM) by Library of Congress.

Clay, Costume Design, Costumes, Decorative Arts, Drawings, Jewelry, Metalwork, Musical instruments, Paintings, Performance art, Photographs, Pottery, Prints, Sculpture, Textiles

Openness Openness of the digital collection determined using the 4R activities by Wiley (2010).

Allow Reuse for educational and non-commercial purposes

Notes on Usage Additional notes on the terms of use on the digital images in the collection.

“The Materials are made available for limited non-commercial, educational, and personal use only, or for Fair Use as defined in the United States copyright laws.” Users must properly cite the source of the content with a hyperlink. Image can be cited by including creator name, title of image, year of creation (if unknown, indicate n.d.), medium, physical dimensions, accessed date, source and url of digital image:

e.g. Hokusai, Katsushika. Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa-oki nami-ura), 1830 – 31, Woodblock print (nishiki-e) and ink and color on paper, 5.2 cm x 37.2 cm. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts. Accessed July 15, 2015. http://www.mfa.org/node/399861#5.

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