Environmental art; Islands; Trees; Bays (Bodies of water); Bodies of water; Water; Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Bird's-eye views
"Europe's great master of Environmental Art is, of course, Christo, who continues to work triumphantly with a significance equal to the ever-greater ambition and scale of his projects. For the recent Surrounded Islands, Christo spent over $3...
Environmental art; Islands; Trees; Bays (Bodies of water); Bodies of water; Water; Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Bird's-eye views
"Europe's great master of Environmental Art is, of course, Christo, who continues to work triumphantly with a significance equal to the ever-greater ambition and scale of his projects. For the recent Surrounded Islands, Christo spent over $3...
Sculpture; Metalwork; Maps; Industrialization; Industry; Economic & social conditions; Social aspects; Industrial arbitration; Social classes; Wealth; Poverty; Economic & industrial aspects
"Fabro made his first sculpture in the Italia series in 1968. Dozens of variations followed in subsequent years. Another theme established in 1968 was that of 'Feet'. This involved the artist in producing a series of bizarre sculptural...
Architecture; Buildings; Brothels; Prostitution; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Architectural elements; Walls; Doors & doorways; Beds; Murals; Paintings; Erotica; Sex; Relations between the sexes; Men; Women; City & town life
"One of the rooms in the Lupanare. Through the door we see a stone pallet, which was usually covered with cushions and fabric to make it more comfortable. Above the door jamb is one of the various frescoes that adorned the brothel walls."...
"Polke's work frequently juxtaposes images wrenched from different periods of history. At the bottom left he makes use of a collage by the early twentieth-century Surrealist Max Ernst, whilst the central image derives from a satirical etching...
"Summer triclinium with banquet beds (often covered with fabric and cushions) faced in marble and refreshed by a small water channel that ran alongside it." (Caption, p. 316)
"With her hair separated in two sections of coiled locks, this figure is dressed in a long tunic, its folds slipping off to expose the right shoulder. A heavy fringed cloak hangs from the left shoulder and is wrapped around the body, under the...
A "combine"; oil, pencil, paper, fabric, metal, cardboard box, printed paper, printed reproductions, photograph, wood, paint tube, and mirror on canvas, with oil on bald eagle, string, and pillow.
Window displays; Stores & shops; Hats; Buildings; Mannequins; Stewart Dry Goods Co., Inc.
A female mannequin sits in the display window at Stewart Dry Goods Company which was located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The mannequin wears a sheath dress and holds a feathered fan and long white gloves. She looks toward a stand on which a...
African Americans; Women; Sewing machines; Sewing; People
A group of African American women participate in a sewing class. Along one side of the room the women work at sewing machines which are built into desks. In the middle of the room long tables are placed end to end and women work on laying out...
Automobile service stations; Buildings; Transportation; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices)
A Gulf service station sits at the corner of a street which is likely located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The lot has two tall lampposts with five white globes. Fuel pumps sit by a small brick building with terra cotta roof tiles. Cars are...
A large grassy area with a few trees surrounds a multi-story stone home in the Indian Trails sub-division near Louisville, Kentucky. The rear of the home has two covered patio areas. One is covered in a fabric that matches canopies on the second...
A young woman stands behind a table which contains trays of doughnuts. She wears a small lace cap and a light-colored dress with a pointed collar. She is holding a metal object near the opening of a machine where a doughnut is coming out. Signs...
Address: 427 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This image depicts Fourth Street with a brick road and trolley tracks. The Kaufman Straus Co. department store is shown with multiple canopies and leaded glass windows. The store windows appear...
Address: 615 E. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Boys and girls are gathered in a lunch room at Hiram Roberts School. They are eating out of white cups with colored rims. The boys wear knee-length pants with long stockings and button-up shirts...
Jug bands; African American musicians; African Americans; Musicians; Show windows; Automobiles; Buildings; People; Transportation
Address: 941 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A jug band and a group of men in suits and straw hats stand outside Landrum Bros. display window. The African American men in the jug band wear white suits and hats with black bow ties and have...
Black and white photo-collage; "This collage makes use of photographs of a project carried out by Matta Clark in Englewood, New Jersey, which involved him splitting apart a house that was due for demolition. Having divided the house in half by...
