Plaster cast of Standing Discobolus (Discophoros) (Version 2)
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- Mid 19th century-early 20th century
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Plaster cast of Standing Discobolus (Discophoros) (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of the Belvedere Apollo (also called Pythian Apollo)
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This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018.
Original: The Apollo is thought to be a Roman copy of Hadrianic date (120 - 140 BC) of a lost bronze original made between 350 and 325 BC by the Greek sculptor Leochares. Statue depicts the Greek god Apollo, who has just overtaken the serpent Python, the cthonic serpent of Delphi. Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; archery; medicine, healing and plague; music, poetry, and the arts; and more. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and has a twin sister, the chaste huntress Artemis. Listed in first catalogue of casts as Greco-Roman and from the Vatican Museum, and purchased from D. Brucciani. Original currently in the collection of the Vatican Museum, Rome, italy.
Plaster cast of the Dying Slave (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of the Dying Slave (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of the meeting of St Francis and St Dominic (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of the meeting of St Francis and St Dominic (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of the meeting of St Francis and St Dominic (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of the meeting of St Francis and St Dominic (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of the Rebellious Slave (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of the Rebellious Slave (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of the Wrestlers (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of the Wrestlers (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of tiger head (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of tiger head (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of tiger head (Version 3)
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Plaster cast of tiger head (Version 4)
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Plaster cast of tondo from relief portrait of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of tondo from relief portrait of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of tondo from relief portrait of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of tondo from relief portrait of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of tondo from relief portrait of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (Version 3)
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Plaster cast of tondo portrait of Andrea Mantegna (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of tondo portrait of Andrea Mantegna (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of tondo portrait of Andrea Mantegna (Version 3)
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Plaster cast of Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Milos) (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Milos) (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Milos) (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Milos) (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Milos) (Version 3)
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Plaster cast of Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Milos) (Version 3)
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Plaster cast of Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Milos) (Version 4)
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Plaster cast of Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Milos) (Version 5)
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Plaster cast of Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Milos) (Version 6)
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Plaster cast of Virgin adoring the Child, with God the Father and angels (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of Virgin adoring the Child, with God the Father and angels (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of Virgin and Child roundel (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of Virgin and Child roundel (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of Virgin and Child roundel (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of Virgin and Child roundel (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of Virgin and Child roundel (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of Virgin and Child roundel (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of Virgin and Child roundel (Version 3)
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Plaster cast of Virgin and Child roundel (Version 3)
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Plaster cast of Virgin and Child roundel (Version 4)
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Plaster cast of Virgin and Child (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of Virgin and Child (Version 2)
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Part of Papers of Conrad McKenna, student and staff member at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Conrad McKenna’s correspondence and materials relating to The Glasgow Summer School held in San Gimignano during his various teaching roles at The Glasgow School of Art. Including a combination of typed and hand written materials, newspaper clippings, floor plans and printed ephermera. Including correspondence in English and Italian with: The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, Robert Gordons Institute of Technology, Universita Italiana per Stranieri, Provincial Tourist Office – Sienna, Societa Dante Alighieri, Convento S. Agostino, Comune Di Bresica, Intercultural and Permanent Education Centre (San Gimignano), and Professor Mario Serchi. Correspondence generally details travel and accommodation arrangements, itineraries and costings for The Summer School at San Gimignano alongside its relationships and partnerships with individuals and institutions. Selections of correspondence detail Italian students’ visit to Scotland. Also includes correspondence with the Intercultural and Permanent Education Centre, San Gimignano, detail Draft Articles of Association; an account of The Glasgow Summer School in 1969 by Douglas Percy Bliss, which describes San Gimignano, the Church of Saint Agostino where the school was held and accommodated and the school’s interaction with the local population. A typed account of the origins of The Summer School at San Gimignano by Conrad McKenna is also included. Printed ephemera includes two brochures from 1969 and 1971 detailing itineraries, arrangements and costs of The Glasgow Summer School.
McKenna, Conrad