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(Hollywood High School Bas-Relief: Science Building), (sculpture). Artist:  Mako, Bartolomeo J., 1890-1970, sculptor. Marsh, Norman, architect. Title:  (Hollywood High School Bas-Relief: Science Building), (sculpture). Dates:  1934-1935. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Painted concrete. Dimensions:  Approx. 5 ft. x 15 ft. x 3 in. Inscription:  11 Mako signed Description:  Bas-relief above entrance to school. It depicts influential scientists: Euclid, Plato, Archimedes, Aristotle, Benjamin Franklin, Galileo, Galvani, Lavoiser, Newton, Plato, Euclid and Fancaul (sic). They are all at work with books, globes, scrolls, and chemistry equipment. Subject:  Portrait male -- Archimedes -- Full length Portrait male -- Aristotle -- Full length Portrait male -- Euclid -- Full length Portrait male -- Fancaul (sic) -- Full length Portrait male -- Franklin, Benjamin -- Full length Portrait male -- Galvani, Luigi -- Full length Portrait male -- Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent -- Full length Portrait male -- Newton, Isaac -- Full length Portrait male -- Plato -- Full length Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Science Object Type:  Relief Architectural component Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Los Angeles Unified School District, Office of the Superintendent, 450 North Grand Avenue, Room 8223, Los Angeles, California 90012 Located Hollywood High School, Highland & Sunset, Science Building, Los Angeles, California References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. Gebhard, David, and von Breton, Harriet, "Los Angeles in the Thirties 1931-1941," 2nd ed. revised and enlarged, Los Angeles: Hennessey & Ingalls, 1989, pg. 78, 88. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS CA000243   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000243 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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