| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 92 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
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Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-81) and indexes. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
This book explores the provenance of the so-called Berkeley Herm of Plato, a sculptural portrait that Stephen G. Miller first encountered over thirty years ago in a university storage basement. The head, languishing since its arrival in 1902, had become detached from the body, or herm, and had been labeled a fake. In 2002, while preparing another book, Miller-now an experienced archaeologist-needed an illustration of Plato, remembered this piece, and took another look. The marble, he recognized immediately, was from the Greek islands, the inscription appeared ancient, and the ribbons visible o. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Plato -- Portraits.
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Plato. |
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Portraits.
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Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology -- History -- 20th century.
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Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Plato. |
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Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology -- History -- 20th century. |
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Hermae.
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Hermae. |
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Inscriptions, Greek.
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Inscriptions, Greek. |
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Portrait sculpture, Classical -- Italy -- Tivoli.
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Portrait sculpture, Classical. |
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Italy -- Tivoli. |
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Portrait sculpture, Classical -- California -- Berkeley.
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California -- Berkeley. |
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Classical antiquities -- Conservation and restoration -- California -- Berkeley -- History -- 20th century.
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Classical antiquities -- Conservation and restoration. |
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Classical antiquities. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Portraits.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Miller, Stephen G. (Stephen Gaylord), 1942- Berkeley Plato. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2009 9780520258334 (DLC) 2009018650 (OCoLC)262893252 |
| ISBN |
9780520943599 (electronic book) |
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0520943597 (electronic book) |
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9780520258334 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520258339 |
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1282703498 |
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9781282703490 |
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