This thesis focuses on twentieth-century poet Frank O'Hara and his relationship to painting and painters in New York in the 1950s. An examination of the concept of ekphrasis functions as a theoretical frame and substantiation for the discussion of...
Computers and music have shared a rich history since the 1950s. Many languages and standards have been built around music. Yet even before the advent of the computer, music shared algorithmic ideas with mathematics which brought about many new...
Cheerleading; Sports & recreation facilities; University of Louisville--Students; Students;
A co-ed group of U of L cheerleaders jump to energize the crowd at a basketball game. The crowd, in bleachers, can be seen in the background. The saddle shoes worn by the cheerleaders indicate that this photo was taken in the 1950s.
Three individuals (two men and a woman) in an antique automobile in the University of Louisville homecoming parade on Broadway, circa 1950s. The men are wearing boater hats (one of them has taken it off and is holding it in his hand) and the woman...
"Ad Reinhardt's satirical cartoons, which contrasted sharply with his practice as a painter, dated back to the 1930s and 1940s. His strong Communist sympathies during that period had informed a series of cartoons for left-wing journals. By the...
Sidewalks; Streets; Automobile service stations; Automobile dealerships
Cracked portions of a sidewalk across the street from Huber Gillette tires and automobile sales, which was located at 1007 East Jefferson Street. In the background is Brent's Tire Service. The date is 1949 or the early 1950s. Title supplied by...
Undertakers and undertaking; Business people; African American businesspeople; Politicians; African American politicians; Discrimination in public accommodations; Segregation--Law and legislation; Discrimination in employment; African...
Oral history interview with Goldie Winstead Beckett, conducted on September 12, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. In this interview, Mrs. Beckett discusses her life as well as her husband’s experiences as alderman in the city of Louisville in the late 1940s...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Barracks; Dormitories
White Hall, with part of another barracks building. The entryway to White Hall is framed by trees. One of the Naval Barracks, White Hall was moved to accommodate construction of Schneider Hall in 1955. It was relocated to site of present-day...
Paintings; Allusions; Anti-Americanism; Politics & government; Political issues; Capitalism; Imperialism; Wealth; Corruption; Poverty; Emigration & immigration; Social classes; Economic & social conditions; Domestic life; Child labor;...
"This enormous, collage-like painting is crammed with anti-American allusions. An electric chair sits on the plinth at the top center (the Rosenbergs were electrocuted as Russian spies in 1953). A GI nonchalantly reads a pornographic magazine....
Performance art; Performances; Painting; Body painting; Locomotion; Human locomotion; Artists; Men; Dandies; Women; Nudes; Audiences; Spectators; Orchestras; Music ensembles; Musicians; Sitting; Musical instruments; Clothing & dress; Suits...
"This performance exemplifies Klein's participation in the masculinist tradition of the dandy. The self-contained male, renouncing biological productivity (symbolized by the 'fecundity' of the paint-covered women launching themselves at...
