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The Berkeley Plato : from neglected relic to ancient treasure : an archaeological detective story / Stephen G. Miller ; with an appendix by John Twilley.
LIBRA N7587.P6 M55 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Stephen G. (Stephen Gaylord), 1942-2021.
- Series:
- Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
- The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plato.
- Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology.
- Hermae.
- Inscriptions, Greek.
- Portrait sculpture, Classical--Italy--Tivoli.
- Portrait sculpture, Classical.
- Portrait sculpture, Classical--California--Berkeley.
- Classical antiquities--Conservation and restoration--California--Berkeley--History--20th century.
- Classical antiquities.
- Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology--History--20th century.
- History.
- Classical antiquities--Conservation and restoration.
- California--Berkeley.
- Italy--Tivoli.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 92 pages, 56 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2009]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780520258334
- 0520258339
- OCLC:
- 262893252
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