Title & Author:

Plaster casts : making, collecting, and displaying from classical antiquity to the present / edited by Rune Frederiksen and Eckhart Marchand.

Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, c2010.

Description:

xii, 752 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Series:

Transformationen der Antike ; Bd. 18

Notes:
Papers originating from an international conference of the same name, held at Oxford University, Sept. 23-27, 2007.
Colour plates included within pagination (p. 693-725).
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Antiquity -- The Renaissance -- Making and distribution from the eighteenth to the twentieth century -- Artists' academies -- Artists' workshops -- Conservation -- Architectural models and collections after gems -- Casting nations: te National Museum -- Display and the future of plaster casts.

Summary:

"This volume originates from an international conference held at Oxford University in 2007. Texts by classical archaeologists, art historians, students of the history of collecting, curators, conservators, collectors and artists address objects and themes from antiquity to the present day, ancient Egypt to 20th century Mexico and contemporary Europe. They explore the functions, status and reception of casts as well as hands-on issues, such as the making, trading, display and conservation of plaster casts. A handbook for students, academics, curators and collectors, the text will become a standard on the role of plaster casts in the history of Western sculpture."--P. 4 of cover.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9783110208566 (hardcover : alk. paper)
3110208563

Subject:

Antiquities Collection and preservation Congresses.
Cultural property Protection Congresses.
Plaster casts Congresses.
Sculpture, Ancient Conservation and restoration Congresses.
Art, Ancient Conservation and restoration Congresses.
Archaeology Methodology Congresses.
Antiquités Collections et conservation Congrès.
Plâtres Congrès.
Sculpture antique Conservation et restauration Congrès.
Art antique Conservation et restauration Congrès.
Archéologie Méthodologie Congrès.
Antiquities Collection and preservation.
Archaeology Methodology.
Cultural property Protection.
Plaster casts.

Form/genre:

Handbooks.
Conference publications.
Conference papers and proceedings.

Added entries:

Frederiksen, Rune.
Marchand, Eckart.
Plaster cast : making, collecting, and displaying from classical antiquity to the present. (2007: Oxford, England)
Transformationen der Antike ; Bd. 18.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275908
Call No.: BIB 210332
Status: Available