Mari Lending, "Plaster Monuments: Architecture and the Power of Reproduction"
English | ISBN: 0691177147 | 2017 | 304 pages | PDF | 36 MB
English | ISBN: 0691177147 | 2017 | 304 pages | PDF | 36 MB
We are taught to believe in originals. In art and architecture in particular, original objects vouch for authenticity, value, and truth, and require our protection and preservation. The nineteenth century, however, saw this issue differently. In a culture of reproduction, plaster casts of building fragments and architectural features were sold throughout Europe and America and proudly displayed in leading museums. The first comprehensive history of these full-scale replicas,
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