| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 350 pages, 16 numbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Series |
Studies in art & materiality, 2468-2977 ; volume 3 |
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Studies in art & materiality ; v 3.
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| Contents |
The global revival of lost wax casting -- Medardo Rosso and the modernity of lost-wax casting |
| Summary |
"Finding Lost Wax: The Disappearance and Recovery of an Ancient Casting Technique and the Experiments of Medardo Rosso, an edited volume by Sharon Hecker, is the first scholarly account of how lost wax casting was forgotten and rediscovered around the world thanks to transmission of know-how by Italian founders in the late nineteenth century. Against this backdrop, Medardo Rosso, an Italian sculptor living in Paris, overturned rules of the technique through creative approaches to serial reproduction. His unusual casts prefigured experiments in casting in the modern era. The volume includes art-historical essays by distinguished scholars on the revival of lost wax casting in different countries and a case study of Rosso's Bambino ebreo series, including scientific analysis and conservation studies"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 19, 2020) |
| Subject |
Rosso, Medardo, 1858-1928 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Rosso, Medardo, 1858-1928 fast |
| Subject |
Bronze sculpture -- Technique
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Precision casting.
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Precision casting -- Case studies
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lost-wax process.
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investment casting.
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Bronze sculpture -- Technique
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Precision casting
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hecker, Sharon, editor
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| LC no. |
2020042399 |
| ISBN |
9004439935 |
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9789004439931 |
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9004434216 |
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9789004434219 |
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