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exposethecriminals ago

This is a pretty good video of the pool, including hard to find shots of the shallow end area, which is adjacent to the gymnasium. Beginning at around 3:35:

Biltmore estate basement tour

Zzzmmm333 ago

WOW just found this... It's as if he's being held captive in the fkn pool.. https://imgur.com/a/R9XAj0v

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think- ago

Wow! Great find!! Notice the ladder - where you can climb down, but not so easily climb up again.

This is also interesting, because I looked at the artist's other works (artist that did the alleged 'Vanderbilt' pool paintings), and she also portrays men and women, obviously held captive, before a background of tiles.

I always assumed these paintings were referring to her experiences in the Yugoslavia wars in the 1990s, were they had concentration camps for adults, and rape camps for women and girls.

It never occured to me that there might be adults held captive in the Vanderbilt pool or a similar site.

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letsdothis2 ago

The interesting thing about all her tiles is that they are very relevant to Biltmore because of the architect that was commissioned there; Rafael Guastavino Moreno https://voat.co/v/GreatAwakening/2675947/13567656#13567656

Rafael Guastavino Moreno (Valencia, Spain, March 1, 1842 – Asheville, North Carolina, February 1, 1908) was a Spanish building engineer and builder.[1] Based on the Catalan vault he created the Guastavino tile, a "Tile Arch System" patented in the United States in 1885 used for constructing robust, self-supporting arches and architectural vaults using interlocking terracotta tiles and layers of mortar. Guastavino tile is found in some of New York's most prominent Beaux-Arts landmarks and in major buildings across the United States. It is used in a huge number of architecturally important and famous buildings with vaulted spaces.

https://www.history.swannanoavalleymuseum.org/guastavino/

The “Spanish Castle,” the estate of architect Rafael Guastavino, just south of Black Mountain. Examples of the internationally renowned architect’s craftsmanship grace many of America’s most famous Beaux-Arts landmarks, including the Boston Public Library, Grand Central Terminal, Grant’s Tomb, the Great Hall at Ellis Island, Carnegie Hall, the Smithsonian, and the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as the Biltmore Estate and Basilica of Saint Lawrence in Asheville.

think- ago

....although the tiles in her paintings look different (see the famous 'Anderson Cooper' pic).

letsdothis2 ago

artists don't do exact replicas...

think- ago

Well, depends on why she did the paintings... If she was commissioned to do them by the Vanderbilts, you'd assume they would be accurate.

letsdothis2 ago

Not necessarily...

think- ago

Elaborate?