Wisdom - Berkeley, California
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member DougK
N 37° 52.075 W 122° 16.332
10S E 564013 N 4191409
This large relief sculpture can be found above the east facing entrance to the Shop & Sciences Building at the Berkeley High School.
Waymark Code: WMKWAC
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/02/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Dorcadion Team
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This relief sculpture is about 10-feet wide and 20-feet tall. From the Smithsonian AIC Description:
A bas-relief of Wisdom as a robed woman holding a torch in her upraised proper right hand. Her proper left hand rests on a world globe, which rests in turn on several books. At her proper right side is some machinery, including an air-cooled engine and gears. Below this panel is a window, and below it and above an entry-way is a bas-relief of two figures, one male and one female, flanking the words "Science/Industry/Commerce."
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Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 01/01/1939

Website for sculpture?: [Web Link]

Where is this sculpture?:
2134 Martin Luther King Junior Way
Shop & Sciences Building, east side
Berkeley, California USA
94704


Sculptors Name: Lulu Hawkins Braghetta (1901- )

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