The Architectural Model of Ancient Rome is the main attraction of the Museum of Roman Civilization. It represents the most realistic and detailed reconstruction of the Rome of Caesars at the...
Some time ago I discovered a remarkable Ecorchè model hiding in a dusty corner of the workshop. My father bought it many years before in an antiquary shop and...
During these recent decades, the passion for plaster casts and reproductions from the ancient works are having an amazing period of appreciation. Today we are seeing a new attention to the...
I always been fascinated by the adventurous and amazing escape from the Alcatraz Prison by Frank Lee Morris, and the brothers Clarence and John William Anglin on 12 june 1962....
The residence of an architect, the house of a visionary, the home of a dreamer of beauty. Walking from the crowded sidewalks of High Holborn in the overactive city of London...
How Make the International Kline Blue to Paint a Plaster Cast.
Maybe few people know that IKB is the abbreviation for the International Kline Blue, the most famous blue used...
Gabriele D'Annunzio (Pescara, 1863 - Gardone Riviera 1938), the genius of poetry and eclecticism was a great collector of fine art objects and therefore also a collector of plaster casts. This...
One of the most important anatomical studies applied on the arts belongs to Jean-Galbert Salvage (Saint Flour 1772 - Lavastrie 1813) that published it on 1812. The title of the...
A lot of contemporary artists has look to greek and roman classical masterpieces with different approaches and media. Casts represented undoubtedly the most versatile support in this regard.
From Yves Klein to...