Nature

Scope note

Use for the concept of the physical world, including the forces at work in it and the nonhuman life inhabiting it, perceived by human beings as separate and independent from themselves, their activities, and civilization. For aggregates of physical things, conditions, and influences surrounding and affecting given organisms or communities of organisms at any time, use "environments (object groupings)." For the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their habitat, use "ecology."

This term has 1,148 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Motif

Getty AAT term number

3000179372

Broader Terms used

<philosophical concepts>

Narrower Terms used

animals
flowers
plants

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Ewer

Ewer

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unknown

Sleeping Fox

Maker(s)

Unknown (Possibly)

An image of Box

Box

Maker(s)

An image of Vase

Zun vase

Maker(s)

An image of Tile

A Spray of Flowers

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Liverpool pottery

An image of Char dish

Char dish

Maker(s)

Production: Old Haymarket Pottery (Probably)
Proprietor of pottery: Barnes, Zachariah

An image of Tile

A Star-shaped Flower

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Liverpool pottery

An image of Tile

Tile

Maker(s)

Pottery: unidentified London pottery

An image of Plate

Plate

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Bristol pottery (Probably)

An image of Dish drainer

Dish drainer

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Bristol pottery (Perhaps)
Unidentifed London pottery

An image of Vase

Pomegranate vase

Maker(s)

Factory: James Macintyre & Co
Designer: Moorcroft, William

An image of Vase

Vase Duplessis

Maker(s)

Factory: Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory
Designer: Duplessis, Jean-Claude Chambellan, père

An image of Vase

Vase Duplessis

Maker(s)

Factory: Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory
Designer: Duplessis, Jean-Claude Chambellan, père

An image of Dish

Dish with shells and foliage, a snake, two frogs and two lizards

Maker(s)

Pottery: Pickleherring Pottery (Probably)

An image of Vase

Two-handled songbird vase (pair)

Maker(s)

Factory: Tegel- en Fayencefabriek Amphora Factory
Factory: Rozenburg Royal Delftware Factory
Designer: Kok, Jurriaan Jurriaan
Designer and decorator: Schellink, Samuel

An image of Vase

Two-handled songbird vase (pair)

Maker(s)

Factory: Tegel- en Fayencefabriek Amphora Factory
Factory: Rozenburg Royal Delftware Factory
Designer: Kok, Jurriaan Jurriaan
Designer and decorator: Schellink, Samuel

An image of Jar and cover

Lustre jar & cover

Maker(s)

Factory: Pilkington’s Tile and Pottery Company
Designer and decorator: Mycock, William, S.

Swan Vase

Maker(s)

Designer: Crane, Walter
Factory: Maw & Co.

An image of Animal figure

Cheval marchant au pas relevé

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Degas, Edgar
Founder: Hébrard, Adrien-A.

An image of Plate

Plate

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

An image of Two-handled vase

Two-handled vase

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Deruta pottery

An image of Animal figure

Lioness

Maker(s)

Fragment

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

An image of Dish

Dish

Maker(s)

Maker: Unidentified Venetian pottery (Probably)

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