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AGRICULTURE Agriculture Alpine pasture (German "Alm", French "alpage") Barns Cereal cultivation Dairy (the topic: cattle, transhumance, milk, cheese, cheese making) Farmers Farmhouses Field/arable land Harvest Hay/hay stacks Irrigation Modern agriculture Olive cultivation Rapeseed/canola cultivation Rice cultivation Scarecrows Shepherd Stables Tobacco (the topic: production, use, etc.) Traditional agriculture Vegetable cultivation/olericulture Wine cultivation Wool (the topic: sheep and other animals, shearing, wool/cashmere/mohair, woolen textile) AMUSEMENT Listed in the Leisure Subjects. ANIMALS Animals Animals in art & craft Farm animals Buffaloes Camels/dromedaries Chickens Cows Donkeys Geese Goats Pigs Rabbits Sheep Tigers Legendary creatures Dragons Legendary creatures Monsters Pets Cats Dogs Horses Wild animals Bears Birds Bumblebees Butterflies Deer Pigeons/doves Elephant Fishes Insects Lions Molluscs/shells/seashells Monkey Peacocks Pelicans Pheasants Rabbits Snakes Storks Swans Tortoise ANTHROPOLOGY Dress Conical hats Dreadlocks Headgear (bonnets, caps, crowns, fillets, hair covers, hats, headwraps, helmets, turban, wigs and veils, excluding masks) Masks/painted faces Shoes Traditional dress Tribes Black Dao Black H'mong Black Thái Flower H'mong Mountain Tribes Red Dao White H'mong White Thái ARCHITECTURE /HUMAN STRUCTURES Architecture Architects Hundertwasser, Friedensreich Soli, Pio Construction Brick architecture Construction Limestone architecture Restoration Sandstone architecture Wooden architecture Elements Arcades (meaning open air arcades) Arches Balconies Balustrades Buttresses Ceilings Cellars Chimneys/smokestacks Cobblestone pavements Cloister (meaning the open gallery forming a quadrangle, not monastery) Columns Courtyards Domes Doors Facades Fences Gates Interior Loggias Onion domes Ornaments Porches Roofs Roof struts Rooms/salons/halls Stairs/staircases/stairways/steps Streetlights, lamps Terraces Tiles/tilework Thatched roofs Towers Trompe l'oeil Vaults Verandas Windows, bay windows Engineering Bridges Canals Dikes, dams Engineering Irrigation Piers/jetties/landing stages Roads/motorways Storage dam (barrage) Tunnels Terraced landscapes (terraced slopes) Water wells/village pumps Miscellaneous Architecture with people Architecture in art Troglodytic Religious architecture Churches Crypts Monasteries, abbeys, cloisters, nunneries Temples Rural & urban architecture Aqueducts Barns Castles, strongholds Cities/towns > look at The City in Leisure Subjects Cottages (including dachas, izbas) Courtyards Dovecots/pigeonniers Factories Farmhouses Fortifications Fountains Houses Houses of wood Kremlin Libraries Lighthouses Mausoleums Palaces, mansions, manors Mills (horse mills, ship mills, treadwheels, watermills, windmills, ) Memorials Museums Public Housing (only if interesting) Ruins Rural architecture Ship mills Signs (road signs and other signs) Skyscrapers Squares Stables Stilted houses Theatres (structure)/playhouses Timber framed buildings (also called "half-timbered") Tombs Towers Town halls Villa Watermills Water well Windmills Walls (Chinese Wall, town walls, etc.) Wall towers, fortified towers Styles (most clearly visible style, if more are equally important, an image is categorized in both) Roman Romanesque (and Norman within England) Gothic Medieval (= all architecture from the Middle Ages) Mudéjar (= symbiosis of Moorish and Christian architecture in Spain and Portugal) Renaissance Baroque Neoclassicism (is called Klassizismus in German) Revival architecture (Neo-Gothic, Neo-Renaissance, etc., including Neo-Moorish, etc. but excluding neoclassicism) Belle Époque/turn of the century (± 1875 - 1914, excluding revival architecture) Art Nouveau/Jugenstil Modern architecture (only if eyecatching) ART (= the visual arts, but excluding crafts and architecture) Art Artists Artists Painters (somebody painting) Restorers (somebody restoring Sculptors (somebody sculpting) Miscellaneous Ornaments Restoration (of works of art & historical architecture) Museums (for all kinds of museums, not only art, look here) Museums of art Non-visual arts Crafts Literature Performing arts Art in 2 dimensions Frescoes Frescoes (exterior), murals Frescoes (interior) Icons and iconostases Illustrations Mosaics Paintings Tilework/tiles Trompe l'oeil Art in 3 dimensions Reliefs Sculptures/statues Textile art Style of art (western art) Greek and Roman Middle Ages Romanesque Byzantine Gothic Mudéjar Renaissance Baroque Neoclassicism (sometimes simply called classicism) Romanticism 19th century (until 1914) Symbolism/Pre-Raphaelite Modern (after ± 1912) Surrealism/dadaism Abstract art Contemporary Folk art/naïve art Funerary art Style of art (non-western art) Islamic art Style of everything (arts, crafts and architecture combined - leads you to ALL photos of f.i. "art nouveau") Art deco Art Nouveau/Jugenstil Baroque Belle Époque Byzantine Gothic Mudéjar Neoclassicism (is called Klassizismus in German) Roman Romanesque Subjects (You'll find art included in most other subjects, so under "horses" you might find horses shown in frescoes, reliefs, etc. If you need precisely your subject "in art", click on the link of your subject and add "-art" after the keyword in the browser's web address) Below follow some subjects which cannot be found in the way mentioned above, since human keywords, like "woman", are not attributed in art but only in photos. Angels Architecture in art Children in art & craft Fashion in art Knots in art & craft Landscape in art Literature in art Man and woman/couple in art & craft Men in art & craft Mother and child in art & craft People in art & craft Portraits in art & craft Women in art & craft ARTISTS ('work by' or 'portrait of') Painters da Vinci, Leonardo Rubens, Peter Paul Schiele, Egon Sculptors Lenk, Peter Moore, Henry Ricci, Giovanni Battista BIOGRAPHY ('work by' or 'portrait of') Artists > look at artists Authors > look at literature Composers > look at music Inventors Musicians > look at music BUSINESS/PROFESSIONS Agriculture Chimney sweeps Commerce Communications Construction Cultural sector Energy Financial Fisheries Government Healthcare Industry Recreational/sport > look at Leisure Subjects Science Services Tourism > look at Leisure Subjects Transport CALENDAR SUBJECTS A large number of our images suit the needs of the calendar editor. In this list you find general subjects, like 'mountains' or 'angels'. Travel/tourism/leisure themes are on Travel Subjects. Everything surrounding flowers and gardens is on Flowers & Gardens. You can always narrow a search. Imagine you publish a calendar "Castles in Germany". The link "castles" leads to all castles. Then add "-germany" to the webaddress of your browser, directly behind "castles", and you get what you're looking for. You can combine all keywords by putting a "-" inbetween. COLOURS Beige Black Blue Brown/ochre Green Grey Ochre Orange Pink Purple Red/bordeaux red Turquoise Violet/purple Vivid colours White Yellow COMPOSITION Layout Colour background Copy space Cut out White background Style Abstract (or near-abstract) Backlit Blur Highkey Indoors Lowkey Outdoors Pattern Silhouette Viewpoint Aerial Looking at the camera Looking away from the camera Side view View from above View from behind View from below CONCEPTS Adolescence Adventure Aging Alarm Appetite Calm/serenity/tranquility Captivity Carefree Caring Celebration Childhood Clean Contemplative/thoughful Control Creativity Curiosity Cute Dandy Decay Death Depressed/down Details Effort Enjoying the view Environment/ecology Fear Female beauty Fin de siècle/turn of the century Flying Freedom Friendship Funny, humorous Gossip Gratitude Happiness Harmony Idyllic/charming Inner peace Joy Knowledge/wisdom Laziness Lightbeam/sunbeam Loud Macho Marriage Medieval (from the Middle Ages (f.i. art), as in the Middle Ages (f.i. a festival, battle reenactment)) Meditation Melancholy Motherhood Mourning Nostalgia (fond memories) Not our norm of beauty Obese Out of this world (like from another planet) Peaceful Perseverance Play/playful Proud Reflections Refreshing Relaxation Retirement Romance Savory/tasting good Secure/save (together) Sense of wonder Shadow Single Sleep Skill/craftsmanship Smile Social problem Speed Spirituality Strength Suspicion/distrust Symmetry Tenderness Thirst Threatening Time Trance The Twenties Waiting Wealth Welcome Weird Winner Winter feeling Zen-like CRAFTS Listed in our stocklist Leisure Subjects. FLOWERS Listed in our stocklist Flowers & Gardens. FOOD & DRINK Listed in Leisure Subjects (even for food subjects not associated with leisure) FORMAT of photo Horizontal Panoramic Square Vertical GARDENING Listed in our stocklist Flowers & Gardens. GEOGRAPHY Famous Places HUMAN FEATURES Cities (look in Stocklist by Region > Cities) Villages and small towns (per country) Austrian villages French villages German villages Italian villages Nepalese villages Polish villages Romanian villages Russian villages Spanish villages Swiss villages Vietnamese villages Villages and small towns (per type) Mountain villages Perched villages Villages Winter villages Landscape architecture Fences Hedges NATURAL FEATURES Beaches Canyons/gorges Caves Cliffs Coasts Deserts Forests Geological/geophysical interesting Glaciers Hills Karst & karst landscapes Lakes/ponds Meadows Meanders Mountains Mountain passes (not the winding road, but the natural feature) Patterns in Nature Pebbles Plains Plateaus/mesas Rivers/creeks/streams Rocks/boulders/rockformations Seas/oceans Shores Valleys Volcanoes Waterfalls Well known lakes Bodensee (Lake Constance), Germany/Switzerland/Austria Lago Maggiore, Italy/Switzerland IJsselmeer, Netherlands Well known mountains Grandes Jorasses (France/Italy) Mont Blanc (France/Italy) Well known mountain ranges Alps (Austria/France/Italy/Slovenia/Switzerland) Himalayas (Nepal) Monts du Cantal (France) Pyrenees (France/Spain) Well known rivers Ardèche (France) Donau (Danube) (Austria/Germany/Slovakia) Ebro (Spain) Irrawaddy (Myanmar) Rhein (Rhine) (Germany/Switzerland) Rhône (France/Switzerland) Saale (Germany) Ticino (Italy/Switzerland) Volga (Russia) Well known seas/oceans Mediterranean Sea NATURAL PHENOMENA AND MATERIALS Avalanches (snow- and landslides) Clouds Erosion Fire Fog/myst Haze Mud Rain Rainbows Sand Skies Snow Water Waves Wind NATURAL TOPICS Topic glaciation (all that has to do with glaciers and the Ice Ages) Topic volcanic activity and features (all that is volcanic) HEALTH Dentist Disease Doctor Healthcare Pharmacy Plague HISTORY Armour/armor Battles (sieges, battle reenactments, soldiers, knights, etc.) Celtic Historical persons > biography Hanseatic League (Hanse) Historical reenactment Historical story (photo showing something that tells a historical anecdote) History of science Islam in Europe (for example: Moorish architecture in Spain, Turkish invaders in Christian art) Knights Moorish culture (topic Moorish culture, art and architecture in Spain and Portugal, and its influence) Napoleon (topic about Napoleon) Prehistory Roman Royalty (kings, queens, princes, princesses, dukes, symbols of royalty, etc.) Slavery (the topic) Weapons (bows, canons, crossbows, machetes) HOBBIES HYGIENE Cleaning Sweeping Washing INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE Industrial Revolution Industry Fossil fuels (as a topic) History of science Renewable energy/green energy Science Scientist Traditional industry (like rural industry, industry of the old days, industry of less developed countries) Traditional technology (like rural technology, technology of the old days, technology of less developed countries) Umbrellas/parasols LANDSCAPES Alps Amazing landscapes Beaches Canyons Cityscapes Cliffs Deserts Forests Hedges Hills Lakes, ponds Landscapes Landscapes resembling something else (e.g. a mountain looking like a castle) Meadows Mountain majesty Plains Rivers, creeks, streams Seascapes, coasts Terp (artificial dwelling mound) Terraced landscapes (terraced slopes) Town in landscape Valleys Winter landscapes LITERATURE Goethe (topic about Goethe) Libraries Literature in art (for religious literature in art: see Religion) Non-Latin script MACHINES/INSTRUMENTS Clocks Eyeglasses Sundials MATERIALS Bamboo Ceramic Chrome Copper/bronze Cotton Gold (also gilded) Granite Iron Leather Limestone Marble Plaster/stucco Silver Slate (schist, shale) Steel Terracotta Water Wood Wool MUSIC Music (everything in connection to music and sound) Composers Johann Strauss Making music Angels making music Musicians Singing Musical instruments (and sound-making devices) Bells (church bells, cowbells, etc.) Musical instruments (and sound-making devices) NATURE Alpine tundra / alpine grassland Catastrophes Flowers & plants (look in stocklist Flowers & Gardens) Forces of Nature Mountain Majesty National Parks (photos taken inside the core area of a national park, or towards the core) Protected Areas (national & regional parks, nature & biosphere reserves, wilderness areas, natural monuments, national scenic areas, special areas of conservation) For a complete list of our Protected Areas, look here Nature/natural world Patterns in nature Nature with people Wild animals > animals Winter Wonderland NEWSWORTHY OCCURRENCE/ACTIVITY PEOPLE (in daily life situations; for people in leisure/travel situations add "-leisure" directly after the keyword in the web address of your browser) Number of people No people 1 person 2 people 3 people 4 people Groups (5+) Crowds (many many people) Age Babies (0-23 months) Children (2-12 years) Teenagers (13-17 years) Young adults (18-29 years) Mid-adults (30-39 years) Middle-aged (40-59 years) Seniors/elderly people (60+ years) Gender Boys Girls Men Women Ethnicity Asian Caucasian Multiethnic Native American Family & Relationship 3 generations Brother and sister Brothers Couples Daughters Families Fathers Father & child Friends Grandchildren Grandparents Mothers Mother & child Sisters Sons Miscellaneous Artists Beards Businessmen/businesswomen Human skeleton Local people Naked/nude People Portraits Rangers (from national park, etc.) Schoolchild Students Tourists People with ... People with animals People & architecture People in the garden People & flowers People in nature People in Art Children in art & craft Men in art Mother & child in art People in art Portraits in art & craft Women in art Activities of People Angling/fishing At the beach At work Bathing Canoeing/kayaking City strolling Chatting/talking Cleaning Cycling/mountainbiking Dancing Driving a car Eating or drinking Enjoying the view Flying Having a break Hiking/trekking Horse(back) riding In/at the water Jumping Killing Learning Making a call Making music Meeting locals Motorcycling People painting Pleasure boating Photographing Pointing Reading Running Selling Shopping/buying Shouting Singing Smiling Studying Teaching Torture Traveler meeting locals Walking/strolling (not hiking) Visiting a tourist site Waving ('hello'/'goodbye') PERFORMING ARTS Dance/Ballet Living statues Masks/painted faces Marionettes/puppet theatre Music Operas, Operettas, Musicals Theatre, Cabaret, Pantomime, Commedia dell’Arte, Puppet theatre RELIGION Religion Types of religion Christianity Islam General religious subjects Adoration Cemeteries Creation Deity Devil Greek mythology Heaven Monastery, cloister, nunnery, convent Monks/nuns Museums of religion Offerings (Buddhism, Hinduism) Pagoda (tiered tower with multiple eaves, often with religious function) Paradise Pilgrims Polytheism/paganism Prayer Preaching Processions Priests Religious festival Sacred Places Shamanism/animism Shrine (structure that houses or has housed a sacred object) Stupa (mound-like temple structure) Temple Worship Buddhist subjects Buddha Buddhism Nepalese toranas (wood carvings above temple doors) Prayer flags Christian subjects Adam & Eve Angels (for naked babies and toddlers with wings > look at putti) Apostle Bible Bible stories Cardinal Churchgoers The Cross Eastern Orthodox Franciscans, Franciscan Genesis God Hell Holy Spirit/Holy Ghost Jesus Judas Last Judgment Lazarus Liturgy/mass Luther (topic about Luther) Madonna/Mary with child Mary (mother of Jesus) Mary Magdalene New Testament Noah/Noah's Ark Old Testament/Hebrew Bible Palm Sunday Pentecost Pope Putti (since the baroque period putti and cherubs are mixed up) Russian Orthodox Saint Anthony (the Great) Saint Apollonia Saint Christopher Saint Clare (of Assisi) Saint Dominic Saint Francis (of Assisi) Saint John the Baptist Saint John the Evangelist Saint Matthew (the Evangelist) Saints Trappist Bible stories > events in the life of Jesus (by chronology) Annunciation Flight to Egypt Temptation of Jesus Triumphal entry into Jerusalem Anointing of Jesus Last Supper Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane Deposition of Christ Entombment of Christ Lamentation of Christ Harrowing of Hell Resurrection of Christ Empty Tomb of Christ Noli me tangere (Mary Magdalene recognizes Jesus after his resurrection)) Ascension of Christ Church styles Romanesque , Norman (England) Eastern Orthodox Gothic Renaissance Baroque Neoclassical Revival styles (neogothic, etc., with exception of neoclassical) Art Nouveau/Jugenstil Modern Russian Orthodox Church subjects Altarpieces Chapels Churches Church interiors Crypts Pulpits Wooden churches Hinduist subjects Bhairava Ganesh Garuda Hanuman Hindu god Hinduism Holy men Narasimha Shiva Vishnu SUN, MOON & STARS Astrology Astronomy Moon in photos and art Stars in photos and art Sun in photos and art Sundials Sunset/sunrise TECHNOLOGY Technology Traditional technology TEXTILES & FASHION Dress & fashion Conical hats Dreadlocks Headgear (bonnets, caps, crowns, fillets, hair covers, hats, headwraps, helmets, turban, wigs and veils, excluding masks) Masks/painted faces Period costumes Shoes Traditional dress Textile Cloth/textile/fabric Needlework (embroidery, quilting, patchwork, crochet, braiding, knitting, etc.) Textile art Textile manufacturing Wool (the topic: wool, wool weaving, wool colouring, sheep herding, etc.) Weaving TOURISM/TRAVEL/LEISURE This is the largest subject, therefore listed on a separate page. It contains: accomodation, amusement, at the beach, boating, camping, cars, the city, crafts, food & drink, holiday activities, markets, museums, outdoor, people (on holiday/at leisure), sports, typical this and that country, top destinations, transport, villages, waterside, winter holdays. VINTAGE (= old style) Vintage Vintage Advertising Vintage Boats Vintage Cars (oldtimers) Vintage Dolls & Toys Vintage Fashion Vintage Food-Beverage Vintage Magazines Vintage Photography Vintage Shipping Vintage Trains Vintage Travel Every year the stock is updated. Outdated photos or images that don't keep up with our current standard of quality are removed. All rights reserved. No permission for reproduction, including copying or saving of digital image files or text, is granted without prior written authorisation from the author.
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