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Philosophy
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre, 1824-1898 · [ca. 1893–1896]
Representing the discipline of philosophy, Plato and one of his disciples discourse in an Athenian courtyard, with the Acropolis pictured behind them. Notably, the seated figure at left reads a bound codex book, a form of text that did not exist in classical times.
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