This thesis is an investigation into the world of sixteenth-century Venice, encompassing a group of female portraits by artist Palma Vecchio. I utilized many primary and secondary sources concerning Renaissance society, including several which...
Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805. Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen in einer Reihe von Briefen; Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805--Philosophy; Play (Philosophy)
Friedrich Schiller's psychological theory of play, his hypothesis about human nature, is embedded in the Aesthetic Letters . Its trans-historical value owes much to the committed interest in life in the late Enlightenment, and the theory itself is...
Women in literature--History--19th century; Consumption (Economics) in literature; Materialism in literature; American literature--19th century--Social aspects
This dissertation examines American consumer culture and its influences on images of women created in art and literature at the turn of the twentieth century. It is divided into four substantive parts and uses the methods and theoretical approaches...
After a careful study of Madison Cawein's poetry, and comparing his views on religion and philosophy with those of some of the great English poets, Wordsworth, Shelley, Byron, Tennyson and Browning, I shall summarize them as follows, and treat each...
Fertility, Human, in art; Fertility, Human, in literature; Kollwitz, Käthe, 1867-1945; Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941
Though Virginia Woolf’s and Kathe Kollwitz's personal histories and specific cultural circumstances were quite different, their aesthetics share fundamental qualities. This dissertation demonstrates that both artists affirm memory, the maternal,...
A careful perusal of Shakespeare’s works leads to one outstanding conclusion. Shakespeare was preeminently interested in words, as such. His every play shows a painstaking attention to words in their various shades of meaning. It is our interest...
My recent work juxtaposes dualities such as natural/artificial, macro/micro, instantaneous/changing, and conscious/unconscious. As a process oriented artist, I enjoy creating tactile, illusionistic surfaces by building translucent layers through...
Gardeners--Kentucky--Louisville--Social conditions; Community gardens--Kentucky--Louisville
Using four surveys, two created by this researcher, another created by Walizcek, Mattson, and Zajicek, and a fourth created by Herbach, the researcher compared the characteristics of community gardeners, their motivations for gardening, and the...
A large group of young women pose for a picture in front of the swimming pool at Fontaine Ferry Park, Louisville, Kentucky. These are the contestants of the Bathing Beauty Contest. Each girl wears a bathing suit and a sash. Some sashes have a...
Six young women in bathing suits stand on a stage at Fontaine Ferry Park, Louisville, Kentucky, holding trophies. These are the winners of the Bathing Beauty Contest. Each young woman wears a sash across her chest with a number and the name of a...
Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Amusement parks; Beauty contests; Men; People
A large crowd of people surround a stage at Fontaine Ferry Park, Louisville, Kentucky, on which a line of men stand. These men are the judges for the Bathing Beauty Contest. Many men in the crowd wear white hats with dark bands.
Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Amusement parks; Beauty contests; Bathing beauties; Women; Awards; People
Five young women wearing bathing suits, pumps and banners across their chests stand in a row smiling. These are the finalists and winner of the Bathing Beauty Contest at Fontaine Ferry Park, Louisville, Kentucky. The middle girl holds a large...
Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Amusement parks; Beauty contests; Bathing beauties; Women; Group portraits; People
A large group of beauty contestants pose for a group portrait at Fontaine Ferry Park, Louisville, Kentucky. The young women wear bathing suits and pumps. Each contestant has a sash across her chest, some of which have company names and some have...
Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Amusement parks; Beauty contests; Bathing beauties; Women; People
A large group of beauty contestants stands on a stage surrounded by a seated crowd at Fontaine Ferry Park, Louisville, Kentucky. Loud speakers and lights sit at the top of poles. The sides of the reviewing stand has a Chevrolet sign and small...
Portrait of right profile of man with mustache. According to the annotation on the print, he is the proprietor and manager of the "$10,000 beauty," which may refer to late 19th century beauty contest winner Louise Montague, to late 19th...
Shotgun-style white house with faded paint. A sign above the front reads "Unique Beauty Shop." A tarp is in the yard covering some boards. A sign in the yard reads "Ford-V-Neer Insulated Brick Siding Riedling Lumber Co. JA. 2187....
Brick shotgun-style style with a small domed overhang above the front door. Leaning against the front of the house is a small sign reading "Unique Beauty Shop." Address: 1042 Charles Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Title supplied by...
