Destroy the Copy – Plaster Cast Collections in the 19th–20th Centuries: Demolition, Defacement, Disposal in Europe and Beyond

Published by De Gruyter 2022

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-Horaček

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110757965

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About this book

Based on two international conferences held at Cornell University and the Freie Universität of Berlin in 2010 and 2015, this volume is the first ever to explicitly address the destruction of plaster cast collections of ancient Mediterranean and Western sculpture. Focusing on Europe, the Americas, and Japan, art historians, archaeologists and a literary scholar discuss how different museum and academic traditions – national as well as disciplinary –, notions of value and authenticity, or colonialism impacted the fate of collections. The texts offer detailed documentation of degrees of destruction by spectacular acts of defacement, demolition, discarding, or neglect. They also shed light on the accompanying discourses regarding aesthetic ideals, political ideologies, educational and scholarly practices, or race. With destruction being understood as a critical part of reception, the histories of cast collections defy the traditional, homogenous narrative of rise and decline. Their diverse histories provide critical evidence for rethinking the use and display of plaster cast collections in the contemporary moment.

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Annetta Alexandridis, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA; Lorenz Winkler-Horaček, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Introduction Annetta Alexandridis and Lorenz Winkler-Horaček Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I (Post)colonial Contexts
Introduction Annetta Alexandridis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
The (Mis)Performance of Cast Collections Henrik Holm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
The Rise and Fall of the Museo de Copias: On the History of the Collection of Sculpture Replicas in the National Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago de Chile Natalia Keller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Embrace the Copy: Plaster Casts and Modernity in Art Education in Japan Shinya Araki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
II Contested Classification: Art vs. Archaeology vs. Anthropology
Introduction Annetta Alexandridis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Hidden in Plain View: The Plaster Cast Collection at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution Lauren Kellogg DiSalvo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Falling Between the Cracks: UC Berkeley’s Plaster Casts Stephanie Pearson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
“Museum of Ancient Art” or White Elephant? The Battle Collection of Plaster Casts at the University of Texas at Austin Adam Rabinowitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Through Athena’s Eyes: The Henry W. Sage Collection of Casts at Cornell University Hannah C. M. Hume Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
From Pillar to Post: Classical Casts at the British Museum Emma Payne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
III The Contingencies of Value
Introduction Lorenz Winkler-Horaček Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Burnt, Destroyed, Sold, Lost: The Fate of Cast Collections in the 18th and 19th Centuries Charlotte Schreiter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
What Archival Records Do or Do Not Say: The Destruction of Plaster Casts in Geneva Clara Bolle-Fivaz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Die Abguss-Sammlungen im Museum Fridericianum und in der Gemäldegalerie Kassel Rüdiger Splitter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Von systematischer Vernachlässigung bis absichtlicher Zerstörung: Gipsabgüsse in Jenaer und Wiener Antikensammlungen im 20. Jahrhundert Hadwiga Schörner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
IV The Contingencies of Authenticity
Introduction Lorenz Winkler-Horaček Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
Keep the Copy! Die Gipsabguss-Sammlung der Kunsthalle im sog. Hamburger Faksimile-Streit Nadine Leisner and Ulfert Oldewurtel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
Verkauft, verschenkt, zerstört. Vergessen? Die Frankfurter Abguss-Sammlung(en): Versuch einer Rekonstruktion Britta Rabe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
The Fate of the Berlin Plaster Cast Collections: From Veneration to Destruction, Defacement, and Disposal Lorenz Winkler-Horaček Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
Smashing Casts: Replication of Scottish Early Medieval Sculpture as a Case Study on the Fragility of Value Sally Foster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	375
V Revolution and Iconoclasm
Introduction Annetta Alexandridis and Lorenz Winkler-Horaček Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401
Destruction of Plaster Casts in Workshops and Collections of Important French Institutions in the 19th and 20th Centuries Christiane Pinatel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	407
The Fate of Cast Collections in French Education: Between Destruction and Abandonment Soline Morinière Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	435
“A Rampage by Vandals”: The History and Destruction of the Plaster Casts of the National College of Art and Design of Ireland Michael Ann Bevivino Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	455
Models for Eternity: The Changing Role of Plaster Casts at The Maryland Institute Joseph J. Basile Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	469
VI Envois
‘Classical’ Plaster Casts in Enlightenment and Colonialist Discourses on Race Annetta Alexandridis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	491
Destroy the Copy? Destroy the Copy! A History of (Non-)appreciation Lorenz Winkler-Horaček Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	527
About the Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	585
Indices
Locations and Collections Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	589
Individuals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	595
General Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	601

(Deutsch)

Languages: English, German
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars in the field of Classics, History of Art, Fine Arts, History, Archaeology and Anthropology
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 608
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 118
- Coloured Illustrations: 22
Keywords: Copy; Iconoclasm; Plaster Casts; Sculpture

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Published: September 6, 2022
ISBN: 9783110757965

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Published: September 6, 2022
ISBN: 9783110751314