The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. Although the masthead reads April 8, 1923, the Leader was always published on Saturdays, which means this issue ran on...
"The form of the upper levels of the structure are much debated by scholars and have been reconstructed here after the work of James Packer." (caption, p.235); "It's total length was about 170 metres. [...] The building was 60 metres...
Sculpture; Architectural sculpture; Memorial works; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Bas-reliefs; Portraits; Families; Men; Women; Couples; Spouses; Fathers; Mothers; Children; Boys; Youth; Slaves; Servants; Women domestics; Working class;...
"The father (pater in the epitaph) was the libertus of Quintus Servilius (Q.L.) and took his patron’s name upon manumission (gaining freedom). His wife (uxor) was formerly a slave of a woman named Sempronia. She too assumed her patron’s...
Architecture; Buildings; Religious facilities; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Cults; Sculpture; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Clothing & dress; Architectural elements; Walls; Pilasters;...
Shows "the end wall (frescoed) and the side wall (on the south side) with the reconstruction of the architectural order." (Caption, p. 145); "The Hall of the Colossus was deliberately set in the northeast corner of the Forum, at the...
Whitestone, Henry, 1819-1893; Architects--United States
Henry Whitestone (1819-1893) practiced architecture in the
nineteenth century when the prevailing mode in architectural styles
was a series of historical revivals. His work, with few exceptions,
was entirely within the style of the Italian...
This mosaic "constituted the horizontal bar of the T-form design of a dining room, or hall (triclinium), facing the guests as they entered." (Excerpt, p. 12)
“The porch has sixteen Egyptian grey and red granite columns, each 40 Roman feet in height and weighing about 84 tons. […] The diameter and height of the rotunda are exactly the same, 43.2 metres [meters] (140 feet). […] The walls of the...
