“The large oecus (5) next to the nuptial bedchamber (4) contains the famous frieze representing the “mysteries” of the Dionysus cult that give the villa its name. The paintings here represent the initiation of a young woman into the mysteries...
500 block of south 4th Street on the west side looking south at Majestic Theatre. The marquee advertises the movie The Stolen Bride. It is a brick and stone building with ornate detail work.
Architecture; Buildings; Public baths; Bathhouses; Health & hygiene facilities; Social & civic facilities; Rooms & spaces; Paintings; Murals; Friezes (Ornamental bands); Sex; Erotica; Relations between the sexes; Men; Women; Couples;...
"Detail of a famous erotic frieze, probably painted during the time of Nero, in the apodyterium of the Suburban Baths of Pompeii: a true illustrated manual of various sexual positions, it appears to have been inspired by literary works on...
"Detail of the Second Style painted decoration partially covered by a later wall. Venus emerges from the central doorway of a sanctuary accompanied by a figure of Eros." (caption, p.216); "The Second Style painted decoration has been...
"For their palace walls the Assyrian kings commissioned extensive series of narrative reliefs exalting royal power and piety. The sculptures record not only battlefield victories but also the slaying of wild animals. […] The degree of...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Portrait paintings; Allegorical paintings; Allegories; Symbols; Irony; Allusions; Politics & government; Economic & political systems; Economics; Political elections; Political campaigns; Rooms & spaces;...
"In this painting Haacke's use of allegorical detail has an ironic air of academic exactitude. For instance, the marble sculpture of Pandora, pointedly placed on the Victorian table next to Margaret Thatcher, is based on one produced in 1890...
"The painting belonged to Edward James. The 'paranoiac-critical town' is composed of elements principally from Cadaqués and Palamós." (Caption); "The reference was to Outskirts of the Paranoiac-Critical Town, one of Dali's finest...
"The vast majority of prehistoric sculptures depict either animals or humans. In the earliest art, humankind consists almost exclusively of women as opposed to men, and painters and sculptors almost invariably showed them nude […]. When...
"Venus is represented rising out of the water in accord with the conventions of the Aphrodite Anadyomene type. The triton and dolphin, which recall the maritime setting, were sometimes depicted alternately with two cupids accompanying the...
A person lays on the lawn during the Carnival of Science and The Arts. There is an book covering his face; people, tables, and other features of the Carnival of Arts and Sciences can be seen in the background. Conceived by Mrs. Robert Whitney (wife...
Bands; Marching bands; Brass instruments; University of Louisville. Band
A uniformed member of the University of Louisville Marching Cardinals plays a euphonium in the parking lot of Fairgrounds Stadium. The band was re-established in 1979 after a ten year hiatus and performed for the first time at Fairgrounds Stadium...
Buildings; Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Royal Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 1809 W. Broadway. This, the first of Joseph & Joseph's suburban theaters, brought all the stylistic elements, detail and elegance of its larger, downtown predecessors to what was an emerging trend, the neighborhood theater devoted...
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; East Broadway Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 816 E. Broadway. This exterior shot of the East Broadway Theatre shows its twin balconies, lead-paned windows, inset clock, and advertisements for upcoming shows. Although plainer in style than the Royal Theater, Joseph & Joseph's...
Address: Preston St and Augustus Ave, Louisville, KY 40217. Old Grocery store sign painted on a currently abandoned building. Detail of top advertisement, reading, in part, "Belshoff's Food Center." Date: 1950s?
University of Louisville. College of Dentistry; Advertisements
Advertisement for the University of Louisville dentistry program. Contains text and an image of long rows of dental stations with students examining patients. Text on top of the advertisement: University of Louisville College of Dentistry...
Buildings; Transportation facilities; Railroad stations; Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Anchorage, Kentucky depot of the L. & N. (Louisville & Nashville) Railroad. The wooden building, viewed from its side, features geometric detail and a leaded-glass window. At left, behind foliage, a metal frame supports a metal ring and a...
University of Louisville. School of Business; University of Louisville--Students; Students; Auditoriums;
Approximately three hundred students of the newly established U of L School of Business (now College of Business) at Career Day on April 13, 1955, seated in an auditorium. Fourteen university and business leaders discussed various aspects of jobs...
Ashland, Henry Clay house in Lexington, Kentucky. Ivy-covered brick building of one and two story sections with a small upper porch and a small portico with circle detail. Henry Clay, a member of the House of Representatives and Senate for...
Copy photograph of ornate three-story building, formerly the Royal Theater, at Eighteenth Street and Broadway. An arched window is on the third story, and the building is decorated with columns and other detail. Signs in the second-story windows...
Copy photograph of ornate three-story building, formerly the Royal Theater, at Eighteenth Street and Broadway. An arched window is on the third story, and the building is decorated with columns and other detail. The sign in the first-floor window...
