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 ...
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Plaster Casts of the Elgin Marbles Are Actually Better Preserved Than the Marbles Themselves, According to a New Study

Lord Elgin didn’t want to lose any more Parthenon marbles. The ancient temple atop the Athenian acropolis had already been through an ordeal: marred by a 3rd century AD fire, damaged when the temple ...
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Plaster Paris Statuary, (sculpture)

S. Medal. [P. 118.] No. 133, being a fine collection of well moulded figures and busts, in plaster of Paris, your committee recommend as worthy a premium. [P. 119.] Second Ohio State Fair. Artist ...