Acting; Yankowitz, Susan. Night sky; Yankowitz, Susan--Characters--Anna
This thesis is divided into six chapters covering my evolution as an artist. The introduction features the growth and awareness I have attained, spanning the past three years, since I arrived at graduate school. Chapter One discusses my approach to...
Acting; Cleage, Pearl--Characters--Leland Cunningham; Cleage, Pearl. Blues for an Alabama Sky
This thesis examines my preparation for performing Leland Cunningham in Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage. Using the motif of personal expectations, I explore how my ideas of performance have become unbalanced. I evaluate the origin of these...
Acting; Cleage, Pearl. Blues for an Alabama sky; Cleage, Pearl--Characters--Angel
This thesis represents and examines my metamorphic journey as it relates to acting. These pages hold my greatest fears, insecurities, perspectives, and mantras toward life and the magical world of theatre. Chapter One, Genesis of Passion, reveals...
"While producing works like this, Turrell also embarked on a major project in 1972 which involved purchasing, and subsequently modifying, an extinct volcanic crater located in northern Arizona. This 'Roden Crater' project has connections with...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Eyes; Body parts; Clouds; Puns (Visual works)
"Magritte's False Mirror of 1928 depicts a large eye (from which the familiar CBS logo is derived). The black circle at the center can refer both to the pupil and to the eclipsed sun. The observer is thrown off balance by the unusual close-up...
Zorn Avenue, looking north, Louisville, Kentucky. At the right of the photograph is a head on view of a road. Left of the road is an overgrown railroad track. Left of the track is a wide band of rocks in which two men are standing, one in shirt...
Train approaching from the left on a high, narrow trestle or bridge across a gorge in the White Mountains. The railroad trestle is supported by triangular-shaped beams. The train has an engine car and four additional cars. Title: 4585. Sky...
View from the ground below of a train crossing a high and narrow railroad trestle or bridge across a gorge in the White Mountains. The railroad trestle is supported by triangular-shaped beams. Title: 4584. Sky Railroading, White Mts., N.H. Text on...
Landscape with railroad winding through a valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. A train with a plume of smoke trailing after it winds along the track. Description printed on back: "Some of the most marvelous feats of...
"One of Dali's finest paintings from the 1940s." (Caption); "My Wife, Nude, Contemplating Her Own Body Transformed into Steps, the Three Vertebrae of a Column, Sky and Architecture, on the other hand, was one of the finest, and most...
Location: 800 block of Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. "Broadway looking West from a point about 100 ft. east of Shelby" was written on the invoice indicating that this photograph was likely taken for insurance purposes. On a rainy day...
A wood and wire fence surrounds a tree at Iroquois Park in Louisville, Kentucky. The tree is believed to have been carved by Zachary Taylor, the twelfth president of the United States, in 1835. The sky is gray and there are more leaves on the...
Buildings; Air pollution; Industrial buildings; Churches; Religious facilities
Address: 215 Central Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Smog lingers in the air above the buildings of Reed Air Filter Company. Two low buildings are labeled with the company's name. One is brick with awnings and the other is made of sheet metal. Lumber...
Industrial facilities; Houses; Dwellings; Buildings; Smokestacks; Air pollution
Address: 2440 S. Floyd Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A house sits next to the Van Camp factory. The factory property includes a multi-story building from which a smokestack pokes into the sooty sky. A lower building with garage doors sits in...
People; Crowds; Automobiles; Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Lotteries
People mill around in a lattice-covered archway. Under the arch are two or more Chevrolets. The lattice work is decorated with light bulbs which are visible against the night sky. A barrel stands in the middle of the enclosure with the words...
In the foreground are two or more buildings topped by mansard roofs. Their steeply-angled sides are covered with rectangular and fish scale shingles. Signs for the Seelbach Hotel (on Fourth Street) and the cross at the top of the Cathedral of the...
Churches; Religious facilities; Buildings; Bell towers; Air pollution
Address: 1127 E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. A tri-partite stained glass window is set in a Tudor arch of a stone church. Above the window is a bell tower with a cross atop it and below is an inset doorway with double doors. The face of the...
Address: 1033 Story Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Numerous trucks and horse-pulled wagons carry barrels along Story Avenue. A metal fence with an open gate leads into the Stitzel Distillery. A number of men are standing in front of the gate and...
Crowds; Men; Women; People; Theatres; Cultural facilities; Electric signs
Address: 416 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. A crowd stands under a marquee that reads, "Drury Lane / Oertel's Radio Theatre." The men wear suits and most have hats. The women wear dresses and...
Address: 817 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The tall building shown here is Snead Manufacturing Building. This building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The Snead building is brick, concrete and glass...
