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Feibelman's Shreveport: very large urns - an important choice since they are atop a 5-story building.
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Feibelman's Shreveport: this urn, symbol of reverence for life, features winged, angelic figures drinking from a fountain. It is topped by a pineapple, symbol of welcome.
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Feibelman's Shreveport: a decorative escutcheon with ribbonry says to viewers that design and history are herein valued.
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Feibelman's Shreveport: winged Hemes (or Mercury) surrounded by garlands.
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Feibelman's Shreveport: a celebratory portrait of a revered elder includes an indication of spiritual leadership by his skull cap. The balustrade adds texture.
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Feibelman's Shreveport
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Feibelman's Shreveport: Roman portrait of a self-possessed female accompanied by acanthus brackets. The visage is flanked by protective gryffons.
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Feibelman's Shreveport: artistic endeavor as well as patriotism is celebrated by the work of this patrician sculptor.
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Feibelman's Shreveport: artistic endeavor in computation. The contents of the basket, symbol of commerce, is being tallied in a formal setting.
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Feibelman's Shreveport: a confluence of aspirational symbols.
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Feibelman's Shreveport: the overall impact of designer Sam Wiener's use of architectural symbols was to offer a message of stability and high-mindedness.
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Feibelman's Shreveport: the 600 block of Texas St has a consistent and charming array of cornices and pilasters. This may be Shreveport's most intact historic demonstration of classical sources in design.
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Feibelman's Shreveport: the pursuit of artistic clarity was symbolized by this artist's use of the camera obscura to accurately render an object.
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Feibelman's Shreveport: Winged Hermes, herein presented as a cherubic messenger.
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Feibelman's Shreveport: Gryffons, symbols of a community's need to be tenacious in seeking stability, surround and protect a symbol of the holy grail.
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Feibelman's Shreveport: in the ideal society the pursuit of artistic expression is typified in the art of painting.
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Feibelman's Shreveport: Protected urn, symbol of the treasury. Observe the fern motif on the cornices.
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Feibelman's Shreveport: the bust of a patrician leader was symbolic of social cohesivness under benign guidance.
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Feibelman's Shreveport: patriotism, honoring a political or military hero, is the hallmark of a stable and productive community.
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Feibleman's friezes, of which there is no shortage.
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Feibelman's Shreveport: Hermes, fleet of wing and foot, is representative of a community's need for enhanced communications. Hermes fills the space in what might be called a Corinthian capital.