This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the fox hiding from dog behind a log, the boy carving a Jack o'lantern, the blackbird, the turkey and snake, and the laborers on the riverfront, the images duplicate the...
"The vast majority of prehistoric sculptures depict either animals or humans. In the earliest art, humankind consists almost exclusively of women as opposed to men, and painters and sculptors almost invariably showed them nude […]. When...
Sculpture; Portraits; Emperors; Rulers; Men; People associated with politics & government; Clothing & dress; Capes (Clothing); Fasteners; Hairstyles; Beards; Mustaches
Discovered at Acqua Traversa (near Rome), 1674. "This bust, in nearly perfect condition, is characterized by the contrast between the light and brilliant skin of the face and the dark mass of hair, covered with concretions. Numerous grooves...
City & town halls; City Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Historic buildings; Clocks & watches; Automobiles; Carriages & coaches; Horses; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 601 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This Renaissance Revival style building is Louisville City Hall which was constructed in the early 1870s. The building includes a raised basement and three stories of white stone. A...
"Z Taylor 1835" is carved into the trunk of a tree in Iroquois Park, Louisville, Kentucky. The tree is believed to have been carved by Zachary Taylor, the twelfth president of the United States, in 1835. Beneath that carving is another...
Address: 224 E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Two sconces frame the entry of the Kosair Temple. Three sets of double doors are topped with a leaded glass transom. Between the transom and the doors hangs a sign reading, "Kosair Hotel." A...
Address: 319 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The Tyler Block is capped by a triangular pediment with a center medallion carving that reads, "Tyler Block 1874." The first floor of this complex is made up of stores while upper...
Address: 319 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The Tyler Block is capped by a triangular pediment with a center medallion carving that reads, "Tyler Block 1874." The first floor of this complex is made up of stores while upper...
Buildings; Canopies; J. F. Kurfees Paint Company (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 201 E. Market Street. The exterior of the Kurfees Paint building is shown. The entryway is covered by a suspended canopy and the front window cases have paint displays set up and the words "J.F. Kurfees Paint Co." painted on the...
Men; Women; Children; Animals; Textbooks; Wagon trains; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Medical aspects of war; Soldiers; Uniforms; Battlefields; Jack-o-lanterns; Zoo animals; Intoxication
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left: man behind tree watches owl perched on boat; title page for Morton & Griswold's "Western Farmer's Almanac 1870" (with scenes of wagon train, implying westward migration, and of a group of...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the boy in tree frightened by snake, the images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: boy,...
Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: dozens of children gathering eggs from chicken coop and series of henhouses; boy reading on stoop, surrounded by barnyard animals including cat, dog, goose, sheep, pig, turkey, and...
Streets; Buildings; Stores & shops; Street railroad tracks
Building at northwest corner of Dumesnil Street and 28th Street in Parkland neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, housing Parkland Cafeteria, Parkland Confectionery, Parkland Music Shop, Fine Meats store, and barber shop. Carving under turret...
One-story house next to two-story building at 1571 South Seventh Street, Louisville, Kentucky. House has ornamental carving on the roof and is set back from the street. Ground floor of the two-story building houses Autz and Beuchamp Cafe, with...
Pencil drawing; "This drawing, which at nearly three feet in height is very large for Giacometti, is one of an enormous number that he produced throughout his life. His sculptures and paintings of the figure, similarly attenuated, are far...
“The first part of the project, which began perhaps as early as Augustus, was a grandiose temple to Jupiter; an inscription suggests it was completed by 60 CE. The Jupiter temple is a typical example of the compromise between Greek and Roman...
"The figure traditionally interpreted as Minerva is actually the armed personification of a subjugated people." (Caption, p. 187); "The top of the attic story, set almost 18 meters above the grade, contains holes for the cramps that...
