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OverviewBased 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Annetta Alexandridis , Lorenz Winkler-HoračekPublisher: De Gruyter Imprint: De Gruyter Weight: 1.621kg ISBN: 9783110751314ISBN 10: 3110751313 Pages: 620 Publication Date: 06 September 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationAnnetta Alexandridis, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA; Lorenz Winkler-Horaček, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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