introduction BEGINNINGS: THE PHOEBE HEARST ERA (1902-1920) THE PHOEBE HEARST COLLECTIONS GUATEMALA NATIVE CALIFORNIA ALASKAN ESKIMO PHILIPPINES ANCIENT NORTH AMERICA ANCIENT PERU ANCIENT egypt ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN 01. “Temple of Castor and Pollux,” Girgenti, Sicily 02. Female head, limestone 03. Equestrian figurine, terracotta 04. Drinking cup (skyphos), red-figure ceramic 05. Stemmed goblet, black-figure ceramic 06. Pot stand, bucchero terracotta 07. Bottle, glass 08. Mosaic fragment, scene with soldiers 09. Head of a goddess or votary, terracotta 10. Head of a young woman, marble 11. Head of a one-eyed man, sarcophagus fragment, marble 12. Statue of Herakles, marble TRANSITION (1920-1945) EXPANSION (1945-1960) CULMINATION (1960-1980) RECENT YEARS (1980-2001) RECENT ACQUISITIONS “Curator’s Choice” Head of a one-eyed man, sarcophagus fragment, marble Italy, Rome; ca. 250 A.D. 8–4274 “Highly polished and deftly exploiting the shifting effects of light to achieve a sense of quivering immediacy, this head is a masterpiece of the “impressionist” portrait style of the mid third century A.D. The convulsive closure of the man’s right eye dominates the entire play of his facial musculature. Living in an age when thirty emperors ruled Rome in fifty years and the empire was torn by war and insurrection, he confronts the future with a resolute, even defiant expression, entirely without illusions.” Andrew Stewart (Co-Curator of Greek and Roman Archaeology).