City & town halls; City Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Historic buildings; Buildings
Address: 527 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The Courthouse at the corner of Jefferson and Sixth Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. The building was constructed with clean lines, columns, and pediments which contrasted City Hall's...
City & town halls; City Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Historic buildings; Clocks & watches; Buildings
Address: 527 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A flag flies over the brightly lit Courthouse at the corner of Jefferson and Sixth Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. The building was constructed with clean lines, columns, and pediments which...
"This is an early example of Buren's use of stripe motifs in a public context. He has continued the practice to the present. For instance, in 1997 in Munster, Germany, his contribution to a festival of site-specific sculpture consisted of...
"This is an early example of Buren's use of stripe motifs in a public context. He has continued the practice to the present. For instance, in 1997 in Munster, Germany, his contribution to a festival of site-specific sculpture consisted of...
Portrait of performer Mademoiselle Proto. She wears her hair piled atop her head and a strapless gown with floral decoration. Inscription on print, lower right: With best wishes of Mlle. Proto. Location of photo studio: New York (N.Y.). Title...
"The Villa Farnesina, which some scholars think was built by Agrippa in 21 B.C. to celebrate his marriage to Julia, daughter of the emperor Augustus, displayed one of the most refined examples of Roman domestic decoration. It is dated to the...
"The Villa Farnesina, which some scholars think was built by Agrippa in 21 B.C. to celebrate his marriage to Julia, daughter of the emperor Augustus, displayed one of the most refined examples of Roman domestic decoration. It is dated to the...
a. Cryptoporticus (A), b. Bedroom B, c. Triclinium (C), d. Bedroom D, e. Bedroom E, f. Corridor F, g. Corridor G, i. Fauces, m. Vestibule; "The Villa Farnesina, which some scholars think was built by Agrippa in 21 B.C. to celebrate his...
"The Villa Farnesina, which some scholars think was built by Agrippa in 21 B.C. to celebrate his marriage to Julia, daughter of the emperor Augustus, displayed one of the most refined examples of Roman domestic decoration. It is dated to the...
Discovered in Pompeii.
"With its fluted shaft and slightly flared bottom, the candelabrum rests on a tripod shaped like lion's paws, partially covered by a double plant-motif sheath. Three palmettes, one broken, ornament the space between the...
"The son and successor of Artaxerxes, Shapur I (r. 241-272), succeeded in further extending Sasanian territory. He also erected a great palace at Ctesiphon, the capital his father had established near modern Baghdad in Iraq. The central...
Schools; Porches; Stone walls; Cobblestone streets; Street railroad tracks; Religious facilities; Buildings
Address: 1333 S. 4th Street, Louisville, Kentucky (per Caron's 1921 Louisville City Directory, although the address on the building seems to indicate a street number of 1433). The school is on a brick street with trolley tracks. In front of the...
Stores & shops; Window displays; Gloves; Stewart Dry Goods Co., Inc.
Address: 501 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A chariot with two horses decorates the frieze above the glove display in the window of Stewart Dry Goods. Many pairs of gloves are set out on tables and display stands. A floral arrangement and...
Stores & shops; Window displays; Grocery stores; Oysters; People
A young woman stands in a display window preparing oysters to be fried. She wears a sign over her apron saying, "We serve the original John A. Mazzoni fried oysters." Another sign indicates "Made fresh before your eyes. Fried. 49...
