"Daedalus, identified by an inscription, is shown with his legs wide apart with the left foot [taking] a step in the same direction. He is dressed in a short tunic held over his left shoulder with a large clasp. The garment is adorned with...
"Further insight into Sumerian religious beliefs and rituals comes from a cache of sculptures reverently buried beneath the floor of a temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar) when the structure was remodeled. Carved of soft gypsum and inlaid...
"In the center Achilles, still in a girl's clothes, is shown advancing to his left about to rush in the direction from which the sound of the trumpet comes. He is represented as a beautiful youth with red hair, his face bearing a feminine...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Civil wars; War; Politics & government; Political issues; Dictators; Nazis; Fascism; Civilization; Bombings; Military tactics; War destruction & pillage; Death; Dismemberment; Body parts; Mental states; Despair;...
"In this monumental work of 1937, Guernica, Picasso combined Analytic and Synthetic Cubist forms with several traditional motifs, juxtaposing them in a new Surrealist way. The combination serves the political message of the painting - namely,...
Sculpture; Figurines; Human body; Heads (Anatomy); Animals; Lions
"One of the earliest sculptures discovered to date is an extraordinary ivory statuette, which may be as old as 30,000 BCE, from a cave at Hohlenstein-Stadel in Germany. Carved out of mammoth ivory and nearly a foot tall - a truly huge image...
"The nose, chin, and fingers on the right hand and the complete left hand are modern. This exceptionally well-preserved statue is striking for its elegant pose and the complexity of the garment and hairstyle. The very young girl represented...
"This fragment of a wall painting was among the very first ancient artworks discovered in Herculaneum after the volcanic eruption on August 23 in 79 A.D. […] This panel was executed using a technique similar to fresco painting. The design...
"This mosaic decorated the bottom of a shallow pool […]. The hole at its center belonged to a water jet. […] Its border consists of a band of twisted ribbon between plain bands. The emblema shows one of the popular episodes related to the...
Sculpture; Metalwork; Myths; Legends; Men; Gods; People associated with religion; Supernatural beings; Fictitious characters; Nudes; Muscles; Genitals; Hairstyles; Beards
"With a serene expression in the eyes and the body of an athlete, the father of the gods hurls a thunderbolt. The statue, an original bronze by a great sculptor, dates from about 460 BC." (Caption, p. 350); "Bronze statue of Zeus or...
A boy with a seriously injured leg sits on a chair. His other foot rests on a log. There is an adult hand on his shoulder and a little girl stands in the background. Handwritten on bottom border: 510. See ULPA 1982.01.509.p for another image of...
A community of people greet a nurse from the Frontier Nursing Service. The nurse is identifiable by the white scarf, dress, and shoes. The other women in the photo wear dresses in patterns and hats or bonnets. The nurse is holding an infant as are...
A group of men in hats and coats stand on the stairs and at the foot of the stairs to the Monon building. Painted on the building is Monon Route Freight Station.
A man identified as T. Chalmers Furnas is resting his foot on a horse plow in a field. The horse is barely visible on the right side of the photo. Title supplied by caption under photo.
A man sits in a chair with one shoe on and one shoe off to show an injury on the exposed foot. Title edited by cataloger to remove personal information
A man with a long white beard, short hair and glasses stands in a covered work area. The walls and ceiling appear to be split logs. He stands in front of a wood bench that has brackets holding a piece of wood upright. His right foot is raised above...
Men; Women; Covered wagons; Mules; Carriages & coaches; Horses; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
A mule-drawn covered wagon and a horse-drawn coach stop along the route conveying participants to the American Folk Song Festival on the Mayo Trail in Boyd County (near Ashland), Kentucky to greet other participants heading there on foot. Title...
A tall man wearing a sweater holds a guitar, and another man wearing a hat stands with one foot on a chair, holding a fiddle. They are in the yard on a residential block, with houses visible behind them. Part of a series labeled "Floyd County...
A tall man wearing a sweater holds a guitar, and another man wearing a hat stands with one foot on a chair, holding a fiddle. They are in the yard on a residential block, with houses visible behind them. Part of a series labeled "Floyd County...
