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a Closer look over Rome at the Caesar’s time

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...

2018-08-26

Museums

by Andrea Felice

Anatomy of Man by Edouard Lanteri

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...

2018-06-17

Art Anatomy

by Andrea Felice

Things To Know Before Buying a Plaster Cast

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...

2018-06-16

Cast Collections

by Andrea Felice

Escape Artist – The Amazing Craftsmanship of the most Famous Fugitives

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....

2018-06-05

Contemporary Art True Stories

by Andrea Felice

POETRY in THREE DIMENSIONS – the Sir John Soane Museum in London

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...

2017-02-26

Cast Collections

by Andrea Felice

Kline of Blue

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...

2016-10-21

Contemporary Art

by Andrea Felice

‘All is here Created and Transfigured by Me’ – the Gabriele D’Annunzio Collection

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...

2016-08-05

Museums

by Andrea Felice

Apollo Ecorché and the Salvage’s Innovation

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...

2016-07-20

Art Anatomy

by Andrea Felice

GLAZING BALL – a Contemporary Classic

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...

2015-11-15

Contemporary Art

by Andrea Felice

a Closer look over Rome at the Caesar’s time

Anatomy of Man by Edouard Lanteri

Things To Know Before Buying a Plaster Cast

Escape Artist – The Amazing Craftsmanship of the most Famous Fugitives

POETRY in THREE DIMENSIONS – the Sir John Soane Museum in London

Kline of Blue

‘All is here Created and Transfigured by Me’ – the Gabriele D’Annunzio Collection

Apollo Ecorché and the Salvage’s Innovation

GLAZING BALL – a Contemporary Classic

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