Sculpture; Bas-reliefs; Men; Military personnel; Soldiers; Military officers; People associated with military activities; Guards; Bodyguards; People associated with health & safety; Clothing & dress; Military uniforms; Uniforms; Belts...
"This piece depicts three soldiers in high relief in the foreground and two others, accompanied by a standard bearer, in bas-relief behind. The plaque's original upright is preserved in the lower right; the upright on the left is modern. As...
Buildings; Clubs; Cobblestone streets; Street railroad tracks; Transportation
Address: 615 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. The Catholic Woman's Club is set off the street by a sidewalk and small lawn with one small tree on each side of an entry walk. The building appears to have been...
Address: 970 Cherokee Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Leafless trees line the parkway in front of the Charles P. Moorman Home for Women, an assisted living facility. The multi-story building is symmetrical with two wings coming forward from the main...
"Picasso did forty-five studies for Guernica. The one illustrated here shows the dying horse and the mother with the dead child. They have been changed in the final painting, although they retain their basic character. The Cubist neck of the...
Sculpture; Effigies; Portraits; Men; Philosophers; People associated with education & communication; Clothing & dress; Beards; Mustaches
"This effigy of the august man of letters was inspired by portraits of Greek philosophers from the fourth and third centuries B.C., but it remains true to the art of the Antonine portrait in its attempts to convey sensitivity and...
"In a border of inverted rows of stepped pyramids (omitted in the picture) one of the most popular episodes of Greek mythology, the rescue of Andromeda by Perseus, is represented. […] To the right, identified by an inscription in Greek,...
Paved drainage ramp leading to a creek bed or drainage pool with stone retaining walls. Houses are at the top of the hill. Three manholes are to the left of the ramp protruding from the dirt hill above the walls. Title supplied by cataloger.
Group portraits; Industrial facilities; Buildings; People
Address: 829 Logan Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A group of men and women pose at the corner of the Stimpson Computing Scale Company. The corner of the building has a protruding section which frames one of the company's scales. The rest of the...
Sculpture; Heads (Anatomy); Portraits; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Men; Hairstyles; Crowns; Headdresses; Headgear; Leaves; Symbols
"[…] this portrait probably came from the forum's Augusteum (a shrine dedicated to the imperial family). […] In this portrait, the hair is combed forward, with short bangs over the forehead, formed by straight and regularly laid locks that...
