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 Stemmed goblet (“Siana” kylix), black-figure ceramic Attributed to the “C” Painter. Greece, Athens (att.); Attic, ca. 560 B.C. 8–1 In the interior of this fine banquet ware—the museum’s first Classical object to be catalogued—is Nike, goddess of Victory; along the outside is a procession of alternating bearded men and youths, possibly spectators at a contest.