Online Art Discussion: Plaster Casts & New Ways of Seeing the Past

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The long tradition of studying and drawing plaster cast reproductions of sculptures for artistic training is exemplified by artists such as Matisse, Rodin, Picasso, and Paul Manship, who studied plaster casts of ancient Greek sculpture while pioneering modernism. The current exhibition Paul Manship: Ancient Made Modern, at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, includes two of Fairfield’s historic plaster casts. Fairfield University professor of art history, and curator of the plaster cast collection, Katherine Schwab provides context for the importance of plaster casts as vehicles for learning.

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