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Book Review
Thorvaldsen: Collector of Plaster Casts from Antiquity and the Early Modern Period
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1249-1250
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Reviewer:
Trusted, Marjorie (Trusted, Marjorie)
Subjects
artists:
Thorvaldsen, Bertel
museums and institutions:
Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
subjects:
Sculpture / Antiquity / Collections / Plaster casts
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subjects:
Thorvaldsen: Collector of Plaster Casts from Antiquity and the Early Modern Period By Jan Zahle. 3 vols, 828 pp. with approx. 200 col. + b. & w. ills. (Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen, and Aarhus University Press, 2020), DKK699.95. ISBN 978–87–7184–359–0. | :
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5. A sculptor in his studio working from the life, by Wilhelm Ferdinand Bendz. 1827. Oil on canvas, 190 by 158 cm. (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen).
Book Review
Johann Gottfried Schadow: Embracing Forms
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 463-466
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Reviewer:
Ward-Jackson, Philip (Ward-Jackson, Philip; Ward-Jackson, Phillip; Jackson, Philip Ward; Ward-Jackon, Philip)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Schadow, Johann Gottfried
museums and institutions:
Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
subjects:
German sculpture / Plaster casts
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Johann Gottfried Schadow: Embracing Forms Edited by Yvette Deseyve with Sintje Guericke. 320 pp. incl. 318 col. + 34 b. & w. ills. (Hirmer, Munich, 2022) £55. ISBN 978–3–7774–4087–3. | :
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10. Double statue of Princesses Luise and Friederike of Prussia, by Johann Gottfried Schadow. 1795. Plaster, height 174 cm. (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin).
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11. Tomb of Count Alexander von der Mark, by Johann Gottfried Schadow. 1788–90. Marble, 623 by 370 cm. (Nationalgalerie, Berlin).
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12. Frederick the Great with greyhounds, by Johann Gottfried Schadow. 1821/22, cast 1906. Bronze, 90 by 46 by 35 cm. (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin).
Exhibition Review
The plaster cast collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
06/2022 | 1431 | 164
Pages: 602-606
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Reviewer:
Marchand, Eckart (Marchand, Eckart)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Szépművészeti Múzeum (Museum of Fine Arts), Budapest, Hungary
subjects:
Plaster casts / Conservation
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subjects:
The plaster cast collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Star Fortress, Komárom, and National Museum Conservation and Storage Centre, Budapest from October 2021 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. The Romanesque Hall of the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, after the restoration of 2015–18. (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest).
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14. The Colleoni Hall in the Star Fortress, Komárom, 2022. (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest).
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15. The Star Fortress, Komárom, after its renovation and expansion 2017–19. (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest).
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16. The gallery ‘Masterpieces from the Hellenistic period’, in the Star Fortress, Komárom, 2022. (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest).
Book Review
Casting the Parthenon Sculptures from the Eighteenth Century to the Digital Age
12/2021 | 1425 | 163
Pages: 1210-1211
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Reviewer:
Marchand, Eckart (Marchand, Eckart)
Subjects
subjects:
Elgin Marbles (British Museum, London) / Parthenon, Athens, Greece / Sculpture / Plaster casts / Digital technology
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Casting the Parthenon Sculptures from the Eighteenth Century to the Digital Age By Emma M. Payne. 224 pp. incl. 88 b. & w. ills. (Bloomsbury Academic, London, 2021), £85. ISBN 978–1–350–12034–1. | :
Exhibition Review
Near Life: The Gipsformerei – 200 Years of Casting Plaster. James-Simon-Galerie, Berlin
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 250-251
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Reviewer:
Marchand, Eckart (Marchand, Eckart)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
James-Simon-Galerie, Berlin, Germany
subjects:
Chipperfield, David / Gipsformerei (plaster cast workshop), Berlin, Germany / Plaster casts / Copies / Human figure / Drawings / Paintings / Academies / Sculpture / Reproductions
Reviewed Items
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Near Life: The Gipsformerei – 200 Years of Casting Plaster James-Simon-Galerie, Berlin 30th August 2019–1st March | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
23. Installation view of Near Life: The Gipsformerei – 200 Years Gipsformerei at James- Simon-Galerie, Berlin, 2019–20 (photograph David von Becker).
Attributed works:
24. Wall in the studio, by Adolph Menzel. 1852. Oil on paper on panel, 61 by 44 cm. (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin; photograph J rg P. Anders).
Book Review
Plaster Casts: Making, Collecting and Displaying from Classical Antiquity to the Present
07/2011 | 1300 | 153
Pages: 481
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Reviewer:
Compton, Ann (Compton, Ann)
Subjects
print:
Plaster casts
subjects:
Plaster / Collecting / Displays / Sculpture / Casts (sculpture) / Models (representations) / Conferences
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Plaster Casts: Making, Collecting and Displaying from Classical Antiquity to the Present | reviewer: Frederiksen, Rune , editor: Marchand, Eckart