May 10, 2011
UC Berkeley in California displays Parthenon Frieze casts
UC Berkeley is displaying casts of the Parthenon Frieze in the lobby of the building that houses their Classics department. It is not the only American university in the USA to house casts from the Parthenon, as there is at least one other that I’m aware of that also has a set.
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Berkleyside
Ancient Greek history appears in plaster cast form at Cal
February 16, 2011 11:15 am by Tracey TaylorYou no longer need to travel to the British Museum in London, or to Athens, to see at least some of the creative wonders of the Parthenon.
Last weekend saw the installation on the UC Berkeley campus of a series of plaster cast panels of the Parthenon Frieze in the main lobby of Dwinelle Hall, which houses the university’s Classics department.
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