The status of plaster casts after antique statues. The German experience and its reception in France (1880-1920)
This contribution focuses on collections of plaster casts of ancient sculptures, which proliferated in museums and university collections in the German states during the second half of the 19th century. Around 1900, plaster copies of sculptures began to lose their appeal to the public. However, the...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:cel_36751 https://doi.org/10.4000/15bjx urn:doi:10.4000/15bjx en https://journals.openedition.org/cel/36751 2025-12-10T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/15bjx https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The status of plaster casts after antique statues. The German experience and its reception in France (1880-1920) Les Cahiers de l'École du Louvre École du Louvre info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2262-208X URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cel Hurley, Cecilia muséographie France Allemagne musée Moulages statuaire antique xixe-xxe siècle museography France Germany museum Plaster casts ancient statues 19th-20th centuries This contribution focuses on collections of plaster casts of ancient sculptures, which proliferated in museums and university collections in the German states during the second half of the 19th century. Around 1900, plaster copies of sculptures began to lose their appeal to the public. However, the significant development of ancient archaeology in universities gave new impetus to this type of collection: they were used to give shape to the most recent hypotheses formulated on the original state and articulation of Greek and Roman sculptures preserved in international collections. This new scientific tool fascinated France, whose universities drew inspiration from this model. However, in the German states, the practice of reconstructing ancient sculptures using plaster quickly posed major problems; it even sparked a crisis that ultimately led to the decline of university plaster cast collections in favour of photography. Cette contribution porte sur les collections de plâtres d’après l’antique, qui se multiplient dans les musées et les collections universitaires dans les pays germaniques au cours de la seconde moitié du xixe siècle. Vers 1900, les copies en plâtre d’après des sculptures commencent à perdre de leur attractivité auprès du public. Pourtant, le développement important de l’archéologie antique dans les universités redonne un nouvel essor à ce type de collections : elles servent à donner forme aux hypothèses les plus récentes formulées sur l’état original, et l’articulation des sculptures grecques et romaines conservées dans les collections internationales. Ce nouvel instrument scientifique fascine la France, dont les universités vont s’inspirer de ce modèle. Pourtant, dans les états allemands, la pratique de la reconstruction de sculptures antiques par le plâtre pose rapidement de grands problèmes ; elle suscite même une crise qui débouche finalement sur le déclin des collections universitaires de plâtres, au profit de la photographie. |
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This contribution focuses on collections of plaster casts of ancient sculptures, which proliferated in museums and university collections in the German states during the second half of the 19th century. Around 1900, plaster copies of sculptures began to lose their appeal to the public. However, the significant development of ancient archaeology in universities gave new impetus to this type of collection: they were used to give shape to the most recent hypotheses formulated on the original state and articulation of Greek and Roman sculptures preserved in international collections. This new scientific tool fascinated France, whose universities drew inspiration from this model. However, in the German states, the practice of reconstructing ancient sculptures using plaster quickly posed major problems; it even sparked a crisis that ultimately led to the decline of university plaster cast collections in favour of photography. |
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Hurley, Cecilia |
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The status of plaster casts after antique statues. The German experience and its reception in France (1880-1920) |
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The status of plaster casts after antique statues. The German experience and its reception in France (1880-1920) |
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The status of plaster casts after antique statues. The German experience and its reception in France (1880-1920) |
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The status of plaster casts after antique statues. The German experience and its reception in France (1880-1920) |
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The status of plaster casts after antique statues. The German experience and its reception in France (1880-1920) |
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status of plaster casts after antique statues. the german experience and its reception in france (1880-1920) |
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