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The Berkeley Plato : from neglected relic to ancient treasure : an archaeological detective story
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- Creator
- Stephen G. Miller ; with an appendix by John Twilley
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2009]
- ©2009
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 92 pages, 56 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9786612703492, 0520258339, 9780520943599, 9781282703490, 1282703498, 0520943597, 9780520258334
- OCLC
- ocn262893252, ocn464674243
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- History of acquisition and the first century in California -- Description of the artifact -- Pertinence of the head -- The inscription -- The Seven Sages -- The Tivoli Plato -- The Berkeley Plato and the Renaissance -- Portraits of Plato -- The Berkeley Plato and the Akademy -- Ribbons -- Plato and ribbons -- Why Plato and ribbons -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: The square-omicron and square-theta portrait herms from Tivoli -- Appendix B: Technical and scientific analysis / by John Twilley
Subjects
- Plato.
- Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology -- History -- 20th century.
- Hermae.
- Inscriptions, Greek.
- Portrait sculpture, Classical -- Italy -- Tivoli.
- Portrait sculpture, Classical -- California -- Berkeley.
- Classical antiquities -- Conservation and restoration -- California -- Berkeley -- History -- 20th century.