Full bas-relief on side of G Building, Berkeley High School - Berkeley CA
Description
The G Building of Berkeley High School sports a large group of cast stone bas-relief sculptures on the exterior. The artist was Lulu Braghetta, who worked under the auspices of the Federal Art Project (FAP) of the Works Progress Administration. The reliefs were installed in 1940.
Building G was originally part of the Industrial Arts and Sciences buildings and the Braghetta bas-reliefs portray scenes pertaining to science and the industrial arts. Some have figures (including one woman) and others are representations of carpentry, electricity, motors, engineering and machining. They decorate all sides of the building
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Detail of bas-relief on Building G, Berkeley High School - Berkeley CA
Source notes
https://www.newdealartregistry.org/
Smith, Harvey. Berkeley and the New Deal. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Books. 2014, pp. 73-78.
Project originally submitted by Barbara Bernstein on December 28, 2014.
Additional contributions by Richard Walker.
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