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Thanks Lisa. Glad I used the right "capitol"! I think I got lucky on my usage because their website had it correct, I'd not even thought about it. Now I know... I think...
"genteel instruction"... gotta love it. Thanks for the clarification. Too bad the fellow is not holding a psaltery though.
Those murals are pretty, the artist(s) did a wonderful job. Too bad the artists not credited on the webpage- the work is very highly skilled.
Yes that second link worked David. :)
And of course it all led me to this:
https://writingexplained.org/capital-vs-capitol
Lisa, from the description on the Kentucky State Capitol's website: The center female figure in traditional attire provides genteel instruction to an attentive young girl sitting in a ladder back chair handcrafted in Kentucky. The girl is learning from the teacher how to play the dulcimer, our state instrument. A robed male figure on the left holding leather-bound tome serves as the jurist or the moral and religious elements of faith, law and instruction."
See if this link works for you
https://capitol.ky.gov/Pages/CapitolCentennial.aspx
David, that link is not working for me.
Is the fellow playing some sort of small psaltery? An abacus?
Minor point, but...personally, I think the teacher is a ballad singer who is singing- it's a very typical arm gesture for both ballad and shape-note singers. I think the little girl is accompanying the ballad on dulcimer. Kentucky is very famous for its traditional ballad singer heritage.. i.e. the Cecil Sharp collections etc.
Wish i could better see what the man is holding. He's dressed like a religious man or a professor. Not sure what the 'ethereal lady' is doing- she seems a bit "Isadora Duncan-ish" in her diaphanous Greek gown. Maybe a clogger would have been better there? ;)
So neat.
I believe Ken Hulme told me last week while we were in Berea that the capitol also has an original Uncle Ed Thomas dulcimer on display. I couldn't find that on-line. Guess I'll need to stop there some time...
A pendentive is a curved triangle of vaulting formed by the intersection of a dome with its supporting arches.
In the state capitol in Frankfort, KY is a painting that includes a young girl and a dulcimore. According to the state's website, "In 2009, a coveted project to complete the dome pendentives of the Kentucky State Capitol was realized. The original design for the State Capitol included spaces for murals within the pendentives, or the reverse triangular spaces directly beneath the dome, that were never completed until now... The murals were officially unveiled at the June 4 2010 Centennial Gala."
You can see this image in the link below in the 3rd photo down
The caption reads: Culture -The Fruits of Knowledge
https://capitol.ky.gov/Pages/CapitolCentennial.aspx