About 50 results for ‘Ball’
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Ball
A ball is a round, usually spherical but sometimes ovoid, object with various uses. It is used in ball games, where the play of the game follows the state of the ball as it is hit, kicked or thrown by players. Balls can also be used for simpler activities, such as catch, marbles and juggling. Balls made from hard-wearing materials are used in engineering applications to provide very low friction bearings, known as ball bearings. Black powder weapons use stone and metal balls as projectiles. Although many types of balls are today made from rubber, this form was unknown outside the Americas until after the voyages of Columbus. The Spanish were the first Europeans to see bouncing rubber balls (albeit solid and not inflated) which were employed most notably in the Mesoamerican ballgame. Balls used in various sports in other parts of the world prior to Columbus were made from other materials such as animal bladders or skins, stuffed with various materials. As balls are one of the most familiar spherical objects to humans, the word "ball" is used to refer to, or to describe, anything spherical or near-spherical.
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
FEMME NUE A QUATRE PATTES VERS LA DROITE, TENANT UN BALLON?
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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Ballons et jouets (étude) [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ball
- Fixed-wing aircraft
- Paris
- Scale model
- Toy
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- Date:
- 20th century
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LE THEATRE A TRAVERS LES AGES / Bateleur et jongleur Bohé...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Chair
- Folk dance
- Juggling
- Man
- Middle Ages
- Woman
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- Date:
- 20th century
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ALMANACH des Postes et des Télégraphes / Match de Rugby (...
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- Field(s):
- Recreation
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ball
- Man
- Rugby football
- Stadium
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Le caoutchouc. 1 (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Drink
- Hut (dwelling)
- Man
- Natural rubber
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- Date:
- 20th century
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KONSTANTIN NOUTZESKO (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Entertainment
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ball
- Bench (furniture)
- Bucket
- Cane
- Circus
- Equilibristics
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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"FOOTBALL" DE SALON / THE DRAWING-ROOM FOOTBALL / LE FOOT...
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- Field(s):
- Recreation
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ball
- House
- Rugby football
- Stadium
- Tree
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Le jeu de la fosse aux ours (titre factice)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ball
- Boy
- Cage (enclosure)
- Girl
- Hoop rolling
- Man
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Odilon Redon
Ronde autour d'un arbre : cinq adolescentes dont l'une es...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ball
- Folk dance
- Nudity
- Tree
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Manufacture nationale de Sèvres
Joueur de ballon
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Portrayed subject:
- Athletics (sport)
- Ball
- Game
- Man
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- Date:
- 20th century
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