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Athens, Greece, north-west sector,Themistoclean walls, Dipylon and Sacred Gates in the 5th century BCE, reconstruction.
Greek (ancient)
"A reconstruction of the Dipylon (left) and Sacred gates as they might have appeared in the fifth century BC, before the forward defences [defenses] (proteichisma) and moat were added." (caption, p.18)
Acropolis, Athens, Greece, reconstruction, beginning of 4th century BCE, aerial view.
Greek (ancient); Classical; High Classical; Late Classical
"An aerial view of the Acropolis as it might have appeared at the beginning of the fourth century BC. Besides the important sanctuaries on the summit, many shrines dating back to the Bronze Age were located along the sides of the hill. / A-...
Erechtheum [Erechtheion], Acropolis, Athens, Greece, reconstruction, seen from the west at the beginning of the 4th century BCE.
Greek (ancient); Classical; Ionic
"The Erechtheum seen from the west, as it might have appeared at the beginning of the fourth century BC. A sacrificial procession with a lamb for the sacrifice is approaching the sanctuary of Athena Polias." (p.77)
Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore [Persephone], Eleusis, Greece, Telesterium (Great Hall of the Mysteries) in the center, 5th century BCE, reconstruction.
"The sanctuary of the goddess Demeter and her daughter Kore at Eleusis, as it might have appeared in the fifth century BC. The Telesterium, the Great Hall of the Mysteries, is in the centre [center]. The procession entered by the gate at the top of...
The Old Age of William Tell.
"Action behind the sheet, in the presence of the ubiquitous lion. Dali said the painting referred to his and Gala's repudiation by his father. There are allusions to Gala's operation, which Dali feared might be fatal." (Caption); "During his stay,...
The Profanation of the Host.
"Dali's variation on Paolo Uccello's work of the same title, this is probably his most sacrilegious painting." (Caption); The Profanation of the Host […] is one of Dali's most sacrilegious paintings (although later he tried to exonerate himself by...
Veils series, Blue Veil.
Abstract (fine arts style); Color-field; Post-painterly Abstraction; Modern (styles and periods); Modernist
"In Louis's enormous 'veils' of the 1950s the physical operations of pouring paint or tilting a canvas so that the paint floods down it are powerfully implied." (Caption, p.28); "[Clement] Greenberg's conception of 'Modernism' as synonymous with...
The First Days of Spring.
"The First Days of Spring inaugurated a series of works in which, determined to be more Surrealist than the Surrealists themselves, Dali elaborated a symbolic language for delineating, with microscopic precision, his erotic obsessions. It deserves,...
Outskirts of the Paranoiac-Critical Town.
"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 and most complex...
House of Poseidon, Zeugma [Turkey], mosaic pavement, Achilles Revealed.
Roman (ancient Italian style); Imperial (Roman)
"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 Trojan...
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, detail, left 2/3 of painting.
"Where Do We Come From? offers a flowing composition divided into three main figure groupings set in a jungle clearing with the sea in the background. In the center a Polynesian Eve, reminiscent of Botticelli's Giuliano de' Medici in the Allegory...
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
Symbolist; Post-Impressionist; Modern (styles and periods); Modernist
Dropping sugarcane off at mill, Iberia Parish, Louisiana, 1946.
Sugarcane; Sugar plantations; Trucks; Mills
A 5-ton steam driven steel derrick unloading cane from a sugar cane truck at the Iberia Sugar Co-op, New Iberia, Louisiana. A truck of cane such as this one carries on the average of 15-20 tons of cane and the farmer this year receives $7.50 per...
Louisville Railway Co. booth at Kentucky State Fair, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929.
Street railroads; Louisville Railway Company; Exhibitions; Fairs; Transportation
A booth at the Kentucky State Fair displays information about the Louisville Railway Co., with photos of trolleys under signs reading, "Have you ridden on these cars?" and "Ask Father about these cars." A three-dimensional display shows a railway...
Crowded condition at Sunday School, 1921.
African Americans; Children; Pianos; Students; Teachers; Religious facilities; Sunday schools; People
A crowd of people, mostly African American children, attend Sunday school in a classroom containing a row of chairs. An African American man in a suit stands by a podium and may be the minister. Two white women and a boy stand or play at the piano...
Kash Kolor Kontest display, Louisville, Kentucky, 1930.
Advertising; Miniature cities & towns; Model railroads; Miniature railroads; Models; Contests; Exhibit booths; Signs (Notices); Contests
A display table for the Kash Kolor Kontest. A long table with a miniature train set with miniature houses sits against a wall with another table's corner partially visible on the right side of the image. Six large posters labeled as "Pages" are...
Group portrait at Kentucky Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky, 1928.
Group portraits; Men; Women
A group of men and women dressed in suits and dresses pose at a U-shaped table in the Kentucky Hotel. The invoice indicates that this might be a group associated with Kaufman Straus Co.
Car presented to Reverend William F. Mehl, Louisville, Kentucky, 1928.
Men; Women; Children; Automobiles; Churches; Group portraits
A group of white men, women and children pose with Reverend William F. Mehl who stands next to a car being presented to him. The group might be in front of St. Paul's Evangelical Church at 213 East Broadway where Mr. Mehl presided as pastor.
Michael Murphy, 1927.
Men; Portraits
A head and shoulders portrait of Michael Murphy. The invoice indicates that the photograph might have been taken for St. Xavier high school.