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 1,152 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

14yrs ago

Connected records

Wine glass

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Jelly glass

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Wine glass

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Tankard

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Wine glass

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Tankard

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Firing glass

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Rummer

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Scent flask

Maker(s)

Glassworks: Pellatt, Apsley II

An image of Form

Nucleus

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Hough, Catherine

Jug

Maker(s)

Production: Thomas G. Hawkes & Co.

An image of Sprinkler bottle

Sprinkler bottle

Maker(s)

Production: La Granja de San Ildefonso glasshouse (Perhaps)
Production: Unidentified Iranian glasshouse (Probably)

The Fox and the Crow

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Uncertain)

An image of Plate

Plate

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Deck, Théodore

Sleeping Fox

Maker(s)

Unknown (Possibly)

An image of Milk jug

Milk jug

Maker(s)

Factory: Leeds Pottery (Perhaps)

An image of Animal figure

Foal

Maker(s)

An image of Dish

Dish

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Door knocker

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Uncertain)

An image of Capital

Capital of a column carved with grotesque masks, eagles and foliage

Maker(s)

Candlestick

Maker(s)

Derby Marble Works (Probably)

Butter boat

Maker(s)

Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory

Coffee cup

Maker(s)

Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory

Mug

Maker(s)

Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Painter: Giles, James (Probably)

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