“One of the finest – and most controversial – works of third-century relief sculpture is the fragmentary sarcophagus found at Acilia, near Rome. It is an example of a later form of Roman coffin that art historians call the lenos (bathtub)...
“One of the finest – and most controversial – works of third-century relief sculpture is the fragmentary sarcophagus found at Acilia, near Rome. It is an example of a later form of Roman coffin that art historians call the lenos (bathtub)...
“Truth or consequence and believe-it-or-not notions umbrella Colescott’s work. Whether replacing Old Master work subjects with Black images or revealing the fantasies held about Black men and women, the subtext is race and sex and the power...
Sculpture; Mixed media; Women; Women's rights; Feminism; Feminists; Sexism; Stereotyping; Discrimination; Sex; Genitals; Body parts; Human body; Biology; History; Arts & crafts; Dinner parties; Celebrations; Parties; Guests; Dining tables;...
"Each of the ceramic plates adorning the table in this installation was individualized. In this photograph, the Georgia O'Keeffe plate on the right owed something of its original design to her Black Iris paintings of the mid-1920s. The plate...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Abstract paintings; Abstract works
"In the mid-1980s Richter produced abstract paintings as well as realist 'photo-paintings'. […] he appeared here to be recapitulating the ideological options underpinning postwar modernism in so far as his own transplantation from Eastern to...
"It was covered with a vault in about 100 BC." (caption, p.132); “[…] its length is over 900 metres [meters] (985 yards), but its course meanders because of diversions around buildings. Its size is remarkable: in places it is 4.2...
A careful perusal of Shakespeare’s works leads to one outstanding conclusion. Shakespeare was preeminently interested in words, as such. His every play shows a painstaking attention to words in their various shades of meaning. It is our interest...
A convertible automobile is pulled up to the side of one of the overlooks at Iroquois Park in Louisville, Kentucky. A woman in a coat and feathered hat sits on the rock wall surrounding the overlook. Two men stand by the car and another woman sits...
Political parades & rallies; Politicians; African Americans; People
A crowd of people gather for a campaign rally for Republican mayoral candidate Arthur A. Will on Oct. 9, 1925 in front of the Armory (now Louisville Gardens) at 514 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Blvd.), Louisville, Kentucky. The group is a mix...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Bowman Field (Ky.)
A crowd of people gathers at Bowman Field's First Administration Building in Louisville, Kentucky, at dusk. The people line the street and the roof. An airplane is parked in front of the building. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H....
Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Amusement parks; Buildings; Historic buildings; Steamboats; Belle of Louisville (Steamboat); Transportation
A crowd of people lounge around a stone building which has an awning facing the river. The steamship Idlewild stops at Fontaine Ferry Park on the banks of the Ohio River. Now known as The Belle of Louisville, this ship became part of the National...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Flight crews; Air pilots; Bowman Field (Ky.)
A flight crew consisting of seven men (three in uniforms, four in leather jackets) pose with an airplane in the background at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. The man third from the left is Alvin L. Prichard, Sr. and
to his immediate right is...
A Franklin automobile is shown with four men in it. The top is down for the picture, but the road appears icy and a little bit of snow appears at the base of the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the side of the Louisville Free Public Library at 301...
Buildings; Dwellings; Houses; Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864; State parks & reserves; Historic buildings
A gathering of spectators, mostly women, watches as a horse-drawn carriage with an African-American driver wearing a top hat and passengers in antebellum period costumes stops in front of Federal Hill mansion, also known as "My Old Kentucky...
Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Air shows; Bowman Field (Ky.)
A group of people pose in two rows, behind a sidewalk, at an air show at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. One woman is wiping her eyes with a handkerchief. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although...
Buildings; Government facilities; Courthouses; Construction
A high mound of rocks outside the Jefferson County Courthouse, Louisville, Kentucky. Now known as Louisville Metro Hall and housing government offices, the building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, is located at 527 W....
Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Amusement parks; Steamboats; Historic buildings; Belle of Louisville (Steamboat); Transportation
A line of people walk down a dock as the Idlewild steamboat prepares for a cruise. Now known as The Belle of Louisville, this steamer became part of the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The Idlewild sports a paddlewheel and twin...
Buildings; Dwellings; Houses; Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864; State parks & reserves; Historic buildings
A man and woman approach Federal Hill mansion, also known as "My Old Kentucky Home," in Bardstown, Kentucky, followed by an African-American man carrying luggage, as three women stand and one woman sits on the entrance steps. Federal Hill...
A man places a pin on another man's lapel while a woman looks on at a Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company retirement party at the Seelbach Hotel.
A number of automobiles and trucks are parked in front of buildings on Main Street. The building partially showing on the left is Bosler Bros. Leather & Findings. A sign in the window advertises, "Shoemakers Supplies, Shoe Machinery,...
