Socrates bronze in Holcomb Gardens
| Description: |
The bronze of Socrates was made by W. V. Casey and it sits on a limestone tablet in Holcomb Gardens. The sculpture is 20 inches high x 13 inches wide x 6 inches deep and the tablet is 104 inches high x 48 inches wide x 10 inches deep. Hemlock was specifically chosen to be planted by the statue and stone benches flank the tablet. A part of the philosophers bench section of Holcomb Gardens, the space features quotes by Plato, Aristotle, John Locke, Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Jefferson, Jesus Christ, and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. |
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| Source: |
http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BldgsGrnds/id/2077 |
| Collection: |
Butler University Buildings and Grounds Collection |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted |
| Geography: |
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 39.845861, -86.170143 39.845861 -86.170143 |
| Subjects: |
Trees Plants Bronzes Socrates Benches Butler University--History Indianapolis (Ind.)--History Holcomb Gardens James Irving Holcomb Botanical Gardens Philosophers bench Fairview campus |
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This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Indiana State Library.