Curved dirt road on the Peterson-Dumesnil estate. Built in 1869 as a summer home for tobacco merchant Joseph Peterson, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Title supplied by cataloger.
Dirt road leading to the Peterson-Dumesnil House, which was built in 1869 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Title supplied by cataloger.
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.
Train approaching from the left on a set of railroad tracks with steep, tall rock walls on either side. To the right, in front of the rock is the Arkansas River. There is an iron fence between the land with the railroad tracks and the water. Title:...
Large, four-story building with a two-story front porch and balcony and a tower in the center. Surrounded by manicured lawns and trees with hills in the background. Title: Glen Park Hotel, The Tourist's Home, Ten minutes walk from Depot, convenient...
Two children putting a package in a US mailbox. They stand on tiptoe; one holds the door open and the other places a white package tied with red ribbon in the box. They both hold another package. They are dressed in hats, coats and leggings. They...
Seaside settlement and boats in harbor against mountainous background. One large ship occupies the middle of the harbor; smoke trails out of its smokestack. There are smaller boats in the water, as well, and a dock or pier extending into the water....
Two scenes, one of three people picking oranges and placing them in baskets, and the other of a man, woman and two children in the snow. The people in the "Florida" scene are in an orange grove. A man stands on a ladder, a woman takes...
Interior of Mills Restaurant, Cleveland, Ohio. There is a first floor and a partial second floor (balcony). Additional information on card places the restaurant at 315-319 Euclid Avenue, and indicates this restaurant was part of a small Ohio chain....
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Studios; Trees; Snow; Educational facilities;
Honors House at the University of Louisville, from the period when it was used as the Art Center. There is snow on the ground in front of the two-story brick building. A tree partially obscures one corner of the building. This building, which had...
Pencil drawing; "This drawing, which at nearly three feet in height is very large for Giacometti, is one of an enormous number that he produced throughout his life. His sculptures and paintings of the figure, similarly attenuated, are far...
“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)...
"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...
“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...
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...
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...
With the Middle Kingdom mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II at left; "If the most impressive monuments of the Old Kingdom are its pyramids, those of the New Kingdom are its grandiose temples, often built to honor pharaohs and queens, as well as...
Kore: "Found at Merenda (ancient Myrrhinous), Attica, in 1972. […] Funerary statue. Found in a pit in the cemetery of Myrrhinous together with kouros [of Merenda] (inv. no. 4890). Preserved in excellent condition. The girl is depicted...
Kore: "Found at Merenda (ancient Myrrhinous), Attica, in 1972. […] Funerary statue. Found in a pit in the cemetery of Myrrhinous together with kouros [of Merenda] (inv. no. 4890). Preserved in excellent condition. The girl is depicted...
