Bust of Plato with column

Description

Set of bust of Plato and Ionic column-pedestal made of moulded marble (marble powder agglutinated with chronolite).

• Plato bust measurements: Width: 22cm. Depth: 18cm. Height: 37cm.
• Column measurements: Height: 95cm; Surface: 19x22cm.  Shaft diameter: 17cm.
• Total height bust + column: 132cm.

The bust of Plato reproduced here is a sculpture dating from the 4th century BC and is a Roman copy of a Greek original. It is in the Pio-Clementine Museum in the Vatican.

Plato was one of Greece’s leading philosophers. He lived from 427 to 347 BC. He was a disciple of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle. His influence has been felt through the centuries with great force up to the present day.

Plato’s philosophy can be identified as the philosophy of Unity. A philosophy that inspires a model of human fulfilment: seeking truth, doing good, promoting justice and creating beauty.