Through differential display PCR, Munc13-3 was identified as a gene whose relative expression in the visual cortex corresponds to critical period plasticity. Expression of the gene was low at the peak of the critical period and expression was high...
This dissertation focuses on the mechanisms and implications of perceptual learning of binocular interactions. Perceptual learning is an important means of adapting to the changing environment, demonstrating the possibility of neural plasticity in...
This work examines our perception of distance within "action space" (about 2m ~ 30m), an ability that is important for various actions. Two general problems are addressed: what information can be used to judge distance accurately and how...
Human being can easily acquire information by showing the object than reading the description of it. Our brain stores images that the eyes are seeing and by the brain mapping, people can analyze information by imagination in the brain. This is the...
History in art; Pastel drawing, American--21st century--Kentucky--Exhibitions; Civilization in art
The new work I have developed while pursuing my Masters in Art at the University of Louisville is strongly based on the narrative. I have always used the imagery in my work as social commentary. The stories and images I develop are to be viewed as...
Clay has been an integral part of my life from early childhood. The attempts of five-year-old hands to create vessels always ended up failures in my young eyes. Having had the blessings in my life to study under Richard Burns and the Master, Tom...
"The First Days of Spring inaugurated a series of works in which, determined to be more Surrealist than the Surrealists themselves, Dali elaborated a symbolic language for delineating, with microscopic precision, his erotic obsessions. It...
"To the right of the photograph [referring to the photograph in Dali's painting The First Days of Spring, 1929] we find the first appearance of an icon soon to proliferate in Dali's work: a waxy-complexioned head with closed eyes, long...
"The painting anthologizes Dali's obsessions of the moment." (Caption); "As a result of Santos Torroella's dedicated researches, it is now generally accepted that the two heads in The Birth of Venus represent those of Lorca [Federico...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Civil wars; War; Politics & government; Political issues; Dictators; Nazis; Fascism; Civilization; Bombings; Military tactics; War destruction & pillage; Death; Dismemberment; Body parts; Mental states; Despair;...
"In this monumental work of 1937, Guernica, Picasso combined Analytic and Synthetic Cubist forms with several traditional motifs, juxtaposing them in a new Surrealist way. The combination serves the political message of the painting - namely,...
"Further insight into Sumerian religious beliefs and rituals comes from a cache of sculptures reverently buried beneath the floor of a temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar) when the structure was remodeled. Carved of soft gypsum and inlaid...
Sculpture; Heads (Anatomy); Portraits; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Men; Hairstyles; Crowns; Headdresses; Headgear; Leaves; Symbols
"[…] this portrait probably came from the forum's Augusteum (a shrine dedicated to the imperial family). […] In this portrait, the hair is combed forward, with short bangs over the forehead, formed by straight and regularly laid locks that...
Waverly Hills Sanatorium (Louisville, Ky.); Sick persons; People; Health care facilities; Sanatoriums
Adults and children sit at tables in the Waverly Hills Sanatorium dining room. A cart sits in the middle of the floor with servings of food on white dishes. Women in white aprons move about the room. Two boys sit at a table in the foreground. One...
The steamboat America is docked near a shore and crowds of passengers are along the decks and on the shore to observe an event taking place in the water. Three African American men are standing in the water. One is wearing a black robe belted over...
A booth at the Kentucky State Fair displays information about the Department of Labor. A table and three chairs sit in front of the display. From the display, "Dept. of Labor, Edward F. Seiller. Chief. Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and...
Stores & shops; Window displays; Grocery stores; Oysters; People
A young woman stands in a display window preparing oysters to be fried. She wears a sign over her apron saying, "We serve the original John A. Mazzoni fried oysters." Another sign indicates "Made fresh before your eyes. Fried. 49...
A man in black holding a black umbrella (the day is pleasant) stands with downcast eyes among old, slanting, white, gravestones with rounded tops in a yard with high grass, weeds, and several trees.
Portraits; Men; Business people; People associated with entertainment & sports
Wathen Knebelkamp of Louisville, Kentucky wearing his hair parted down the center and squinting his eyes. The photograph has marks of discoloration and yellowing from age. Handwritten on back of image: Wathen Knebelkamp, Secretary & Treasurer...
Portrait of Una Merkel, actress and native of Covington, Kentucky, wearing her hair curly and pearls around her neck. The photograph is torn in a few places and has small spots of discoloration. Printed on bottom, front of image: Una Merkel, E.W....
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military officers; Portrait photographs; Portraits
Picture of Admiral Andrew Hull (A. H.) Foote in a double-breasted jacket, his body turned to the right and his head facing the camera, his name signed below. He has dark hair, a beard mostly white, intelligent eyes, a long pointed nose, and a...
