"In her consistent use of grids Agnes Martin participated in a tradition in twentieth-century art stretching from the Cubists and Mondrian to her Minimalist contemporaries. The grid was a non-hierarchical and non-referential structure. It...
Catalog of an exhibition of sculpture from the now-closed Museum of Primitive Art presented by the University of Louisville, Allen R. Hite Art Institute, December 4, 1967-January 10, 1968.
Art--Economic aspects--Nigeria; Anatsui, El, 1944-; Nigeria--Foreign economic relations
This paper is specifically concerned with contemporary artist El Anatsui, and his impact upon the region in which he lives and works in Nsukka, Nigeria. El Anatsui's large-scale wall sculptures—created by joining recycled aluminum distillery...
Art museums--Collection management; Rowling, Charles, 1935-2008; Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
This Curatorial project examines issues that museums face in the documentation of permanent collections, using the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft (KMAC) and its piece Angel, by Charles Rolwing, as specific examples. The project focuses on museum...
Beds; Brasswork; Mansions; Howard Steamboat Museum
Brass bed in James E. "Captain Jim" Howard's bedroom in the Howard Mansion, now the Howard Steamboat Museum. The bed, which is out of focus in the picture, was purchased at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. The image is out of...
"The progression of drawings here shows the steps used by Benin sculptors." Elements included: clay core; wax; tool; wax rods (drains) and wax cup; layer of fine sand; layer of clay; molten metal; draining wax; finished cast. (Stokstad,...
"Duchamp's Boîte 'unpacked' in such a way that certain sections slid out to become free-standing display boards, whilst a sheaf of folders and black mounts bore other reproductions of works from his output. In all, it contained 69 items....
"Duchamp's Boîte 'unpacked' in such a way that certain sections slid out to become free-standing display boards, whilst a sheaf of folders and black mounts bore other reproductions of works from his output. In all, it contained 69 items....
"A full-scale replica of the ship in the Museum of Underwater Archaeology in Bodrum, Turkey." (Caption, p. 315); "Without doubt it was a royal cargo. And an exceptional one, at that. We can only guess how its loss, toward the end of...
Buildings; Galleries & museums; J.B. Speed Art Museum
Address: 2035 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This upward shot of the front of the J. B. Speed Memorial Museum captures the Doric columns and Greek influence of the building. Wood double doors are topped with a decorative transom and...
Buildings; Galleries & museums; J.B. Speed Art Museum
Speed Museum galleries, Louisville, Kentucky, 1930. Two sets of marble pillars flank the walls of each end of a short wide hall between two display rooms. The closer room houses paintings around the walls at fairly low height and has a small table...
Buildings; Galleries & museums; J.B. Speed Art Museum; Gates
Speed Museum entrance, University of Louisville, Belknap Campus, 1930. Part of the museum can be seen from a side angle at the end of a narrow drive lined by leafy trees. Here at the sides of the drive are two stone landmarks with low four-sided...
Buildings; Streets; Old South Meeting House (Boston, Mass.); Historic buildings
Old South Meeting House in Boston, Massachusetts. The tall red building has a spire on top and a clock on the side. Other buildings and the street are also visible; there are cars in the street and pedestrians on the sidewalk. Text printed on verso...
Robbins Hall, when it housed the offices of the Kent School of Social Work. The words "Kent School of Social Work" are posted on the top of the overhang by the door; there are several trees near the building, an an air conditioner in one...
The Baxter Building was torn down in 1925 by the University of Louisville to make way for the Speed Art Museum. Location: Belknap Campus: on site of present-day Speed Art Museum. The Baxter Building served as a the main building for the House of...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Dormers; Parking lots;
Robbins Hall seen from a perspective above and behind the Confederate Monument. The building has dormer windows on the top floor, and there is a parking lot behind it. There are vehicles on Third Street near the building. Miss Robbins requested it...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Educational facilities; Automobiles; Streets; Trees; Oppenheimer Hall (Louisville, Ky.)
Early image of Oppenheimer Hall. The building is seen from the side and at a distance; the Speed Museum is visible in the background, and the Confederate Monument can be seen down Third Street. There are cars on Third Street, and several trees...
