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Destroy the copy - plaster cast collections in the 19th-20th centuries demolition, defacement, disposal in Europe and beyond edited by Annetta Alexandridis and Lorenz Winkler ...

Introduction / Annetta Alexandridis and Lorenz Winkler-Horaček -- I. (Post)colonial contexts -- Introduction / Annetta Alexandridis -- The (mis)performance of cast collections / Henrik Holm -- The ...
The New York Times

In France, This Workshop Copies the World’s Great Sculptures

The Plaster Cast Workshop of the GrandPalaisRmn has molds of more than 6,000 artworks such as the “Venus de Milo” and Alexander the Great’s foot. An artisan at work in the Plaster Cast Workshop of the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Haunting Casts Preserving Pompeii Victims’ Final Moments 2,000 Years Ago Go on Display in a Solemn New Exhibition

One of the plaster casts on display in the new exhibition Marco Cantile / LightRocket via Getty Images The plaster casts of more than 20 victims of Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 C.E. are now on ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

Prof Explores History Behind Plaster Casts in Karman Atrium

As students hunt for tables, stare intently at their computer screens or wait in the endless, winding lines for a between-class snack, they often unwittingly ignore the plaster casts of the Venus de ...