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110 2 $aThorvaldsens museum,$eauthor.
245 10 $aThorvaldsen :$bcollector of plaster casts from antiquity and the early modern period /$cJan Zahle; contributions by Hans Effenberg and Thomas Chirstiansen
246 1 $aRoman plaster cast market
264 1 $aAarhus N :$bThorvaldsens Museum & Aarhus University Press,$c2020.
300 $a3 volumes :$billustrations ;$c28 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (volume 1, pages [255]-271)
505 0 $a1. The Roman plaster cast market, 1750-1840 / technical descriptions by Hans Effenberger, the Egyptian casts by Thomas Christiansen - 271 pages -- 2. The Roman plaster cast market, 1750-1840 / technical descriptions by Hans Effenberger, the Egyptian casts by Thomas Christiansen - 281 pages -- 3. The Roman plaster cast market, 1750-1840 / technical descriptions by Hans Effenberger, the Egyptian casts by Thomas Christiansen - 267 pages
520 8 $aThe Danish neoclassical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), who lived most of his life in Rome, was not only one of Europe's most sought-after artists; he was also a collector. In addition to his own works and drawings, he built extensive collections of paintings, prints, drawings and books and of ancient artefacts from Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquity: coins, lockets, containers, vases, lamps, fragments of sculpture and more. He also acquired a large collection of plaster casts, primarily after ancient sculptures and reliefs, but also of works dating from the Renaissance and up until his own lifetime. Thanks to Thorvaldsen's bequest to the city of Copenhagen, his birthplace, all of these collections are still largely intact and well preserved at his museum. Home to a total of 657 plaster casts, the Thorvaldsen Museum's cast collection is unique for several reasons: The collection offers us insight into the sculptor's working methods and the development of his work because it served a clear function as an image bank of forms, motifs and subjects for Thorvaldsen's own endeavours. Furthermore, the dual fact that the collection is so well preserved and was established over a relatively brief period of time makes it a valuable example illuminating the trade and distribution of plaster casts during the first half of the nineteenth century. These areas of study form the central focal point of Volume I of this publication. Volume II contains a catalogue of the individual objects in the cast collection, while Volume III collects the overviews, inventories, concordances and primary sources referred to in the first two volumes. Arising out of many years of study of Thorvaldsen's cast collection conducted by their author, the classical archaeologist Jan Zahle, these books contain comprehensive source material from the period, much of it previously unknown
546 $aIn English with some Italian and German
600 17 $aThorvaldsen, Bertel,$d1770-1844$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00050225
610 27 $aThorvaldsens museum$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00513226
650 7 $aPlaster casts$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01066414
650 7 $aSculpture, Neoclassical.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01109799
655 7 $aCatalogs$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423692
700 1 $aZahle, Jan,$eauthor.
700 1 $aEffenberger, Hans,$eauthor
700 1 $aChristiansen, Thomas
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