"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...
"As in certain paintings by Francis Bacon, existential givens were made stubbornly palpable in Guston's pictures. Recurrent images such as a head with a single wide-open eye, wrist-watches, bare light-bulbs, or cigarette butts spoke of bouts...
"Broodthaer's Musée d'Arte Moderne assumed various forms. The 'Department of Eagles', which contained the exhibits pictured here, had further permutations in other venues. In a Düsseldorf showing of 1970 the museum's 'nineteenth-century'...
"Cornell's boxes of the 1940s and 1950s consisted of achingly melancholy juxtapositions of incongruously scaled objects implying temporal and spatial poetic leaps. A Victorian child's soap bubble set would be placed against a lunar map or a...
"Gala-Leda rendered 'in accordance with the modern "nothing touches" theory of intra-atomic physica' (Dali)." (Caption); Dali himself was only too happy to admit his debt to Gala. In the early 1930s he had begun to sign his...
"Having originally been taught by a pupil of Rodin and by the Paris-based sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, Richier produced work in a classical vein before the Second World War. After the war her work changed markedly. Her figures appeared...
Collages; Montages; Photographs; Men; Heads (Anatomy); Moral aspects of war; Pessimism
"Henderson is rarely accorded much status in accounts of postwar art but he was a formative influence on members of London's Independent Group, especially [Eduardo] Paolozzi and [Richard] Hamilton. In the late 1940s and 1950s he photographed...
Collages; Montages; Photographs; Men; Heads (Anatomy); Moral aspects of war; Pessimism; Details
"Henderson is rarely accorded much status in accounts of postwar art but he was a formative influence on members of London's Independent Group, especially [Eduardo] Paolozzi and [Richard] Hamilton. In the late 1940s and 1950s he photographed...
"Nisley's Casual Shoes" are displayed in foreground, in front of a line of seating, and shoe boxes interspersed with mirrors line the left, right, and rear of the store, including the balcony. The handbag and hosiery counters flank the...
"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...
"Recomposition of the attic of the porticoes of the square of the Forum in the House of the Knights of Rhodes: the recomposition was made in the 1940s, with the insertion of original fragments of figures of the divergent caryatids set on their...
"The assertive flatness of the implacable field of red is emphasized by the linear vertical 'zips'. Rather than functioning as 'drawing' within space, these reinforce and delimit the space as a whole. White 'zips' in Newman's works also evoke...
"This painting deliberately combines a host of allusions to Spanish culture such as the stark black/white contrasts of Goya, Velasquez, and Picasso, the Spanish poet Lorca's lament to a dead bullfighter, 'Llanto por Ignacio Jánchez mejías',...
Card catalogs; Libraries; University of Louisville--Students;
A woman searches the card catalog at the University Library in Schneider Hall while a man sits at a table looks through a drawer of cards. Schneider Hall was named in honor of Evelyn Schneider, long-time University Librarian. The cornerstone was...
Schneider Hall (Louisville, Ky.); University of Louisville--Buildings; Buildings; Libraries;
Entrance of Schneider Hall viewed from the sidewalk to the southwest of the building. Schneider Hall was named in honor of Evelyn Schneider, long-time University Librarian. The cornerstone was laid on January 12, 1956, and the building originally...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Schneider Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Libraries; Snow;
Entrance to Schneider Hall, in the snow. The nameplate near the entryway reads, "University Library." There is a person walking down the stairway near the library. Schneider Hall was named in honor of Evelyn Schneider, long-time...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Libraries; Schneider Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Fountains;
Fountain by Schneider Hall. A lone figure walks behind the fountain. Schneider Hall was named in honor of Evelyn Schneider, long-time University Librarian. The cornerstone was laid on January 12, 1956. It formerly housed the University Library....
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Libraries; Schneider Hall (Louisville, Ky.);
Front of Schneider Hall; the building bears a name plate reading "University Library." The stairway and part of the front entrance can be seen. Named in honor of Evelyn Schneider, long-time University Librarian. The cornerstone was laid...
Handbag counter at Nisley's shop, with signage and displays for "Nisley's Smart New Handbags." A poster urging "Buy War Bonds" helps date this photo to the World War II era. The Nisley Co. Inc. was located at 512 S. 4th Street...
Hosiery counter at Nisley's shop, with signage and displays for "Nisley's Anklets for Casual Wear," "Nisley's Sheer Mesh Stockings," and "Nisley's SmartStyle Gloves". Shoes are also on display, and shoeboxes are...
