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Antiquity in plaster : production, reception and destruction of plaster copies from
the Athenian Agora to Felix Meritis in Amsterdam
Godin, F.T.J.
Publication date 2009
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Godin, F. T. J. (2009). Antiquity in plaster : production, reception and destruction of plaster copies from the Athenian Agora to Felix Meritis in Amsterdam.
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I CONTENTS:
Preface p.1
Introduction p.1
1. Moulding and casting techniques in Classical antiquity
Introduction p.7
1. Sculpture p.8
2. Relief plaques p.9
3. Metalwork p.10
4. Pottery p.12
5. Small plastic art p.14
6. Gypsum-plaster: utilization and material aspects p.14
7. The application of plaster for moulds and casts p.16
8. The evolution of a Roman copy industry p.18
9. Athena Parthenos and Harmodius and Aristogiton p.19
10. Roman copying techniques: puntelli and bitumen p.20
2. Hellenism and the Roman taste for Greek art. Changing art concepts
Introduction p.23
1. Greek concepts p.23
2. Individualism and new ways of evaluating art p.26
3. Roman statuary practises: Greek spoils of war p.29
4. Public art collections: Rome p.34
5. A boost of copies and copy-workshops p.35
3. Classical art in medieval collections. Damnatio and Interpretatio christiana
1. Christian- versus pagan art, salvage or destruction? p.41
2. The evolution of Christian art p.45
3. Damnation of Classical statues: a means of church propaganda p.48
4. Spolia and Interpretatio christiana p.50
5. Medieval treasuries: relics p.51
6. Unimpaired survivors: gems and cameos p.55
7. Christianity and humanism: traditions in late medieval collections p.58
8. A revival of Classical art and culture: Rome in the 12th-century p.60
9. Decorartive use of stucco in medieval churches p.62
4. Renaissance collections. A shift in attitude towards the physical remains of antiquity
Introduction p.65
1. Collections and prototypes of Renaissance art p.66
2. Encyclopedic collections p.67
3. A revived interest: a new kind of archaeology p.70
4. Originals and plaster copies p.72
5. Plaster statues: Kunstkammer and royal collections p.74
II
5. The exemplary function of antique art forms during 17th-century classicism
1. Antique sculpture as a didactic paradigm in the education of artists p.79
2. Module theories p.81
3. Academies of art and styles in Italy p.83
4. Discussions on style: the Classical tradition and Classicism p.85 5. Copies and casts in 17th-century collections: the artist as restorer p.87
6. The artist as collector and copyist: Rubens and Rembrandt p.88
7. Sketchbooks, travel guides and engravings p.92
6. Museums and French spoils of war. The atelier de moulages and new concepts of the imitation of the antique in the 18th- and 19th-centuries
Introduction p.95
1. Terminology: Neo-classicism p.98
2. The public museums as an instrument of education p.101
3. French spoils of war and the atelier de moulages in Paris p.103
4. New archaeological museums and private collections p.105
5. The craze of collecting casts and copies of antique statues p.107
6. Glyptic art p.110
7. An inquiry into the plaster collection of the learned society Felix Meritis in Amsterdam (1777-1889)
Introduction p.115
1. The expansion of copy practises in the 18th-century p.116
2. Historical aspects: the Enlightenment in the Dutch Republic p.117
3. The reception of Neo-classicist ideals p.119
4. The learned society as a means to reform p.119
5. Grand plaster collections from Paris ordered by King Louis Bonaparte p.121
6. The learned society Felix Meritis in Amsterdam p.124
7. The didactic significance of plaster statues p.126
8. A Dutch National Museum of plaster statues by Humbert de Superville p.128
9. Plaster statues: prices and other costs p.129
10. The Drawing Department of Felix Meritis and its plaster collection p.130
11. The plaster collection at its full glory: the Beeldenzaal painted by A. de Lelie p.134
12. Glory and demise p.137
15. The fate of the plasters of Felix p.138
16. Conclusion p.140
Appendices p.142
8. Plaster collections in defiance of modernism
1. Plaster cast production during the 19th-century p.157
2. Art styles: Romantic Classicism p.159
3. Historical awareness and romantic nostalgia p.161
4. Photography: a new means of reproduction p.163
5. Tourism: a new travelling vogue and continuation of classicist interests p.164
6. Museums p.168
7. The first steps towards modern archaeology p.171
8. Growing knowledge of Classical sculpture and ancient history p.172
9. The dispersal of great collections with antiquities p.173
10. Plaster collections at art academies, universities and museums p.174
III
Conclusion p.183
Abbreviations p.189
Bibliography (modern) p.189
Bibliography of Classical authors including Church-Fathers and post patristic
authors p.213
Index nominum p.217
Index rerum p.236
Texts to the illustrations p.254
Biography of the author p.273
Nederlandse samenvatting p.275
Illustrations p.283
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