A common casting medium, plaster is also a popular pick for making molds. Using this substance, which is manufactured in powder form, is ideal when you want a rigid structure to make casts as an ...

The Plaster Cast Workshop of the GrandPalaisRmn has molds of more than 6,000 artworks such as the “Venus de Milo” and Alexander the Great’s foot. An artisan at work in the Plaster Cast Workshop of the ...

If an artist is judged by the company his work keeps, Peter Agostini is a pop sculptor. At the current sculpture exhibition in Manhattan’s Jewish Museum, Agostini’s plaster popovers are on show across ...

Lord Elgin didn’t want to lose any more Parthenon marbles. The ancient temple atop the Athenian acropolis had already been through an ordeal: marred by a 3rd century AD fire, damaged when the temple ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Copy print of original silver gelatin ...

“We have a patient. We have placed him in a plaster cast. We keep him there until the wound heals,” said Premier George Papadopoulos, the colonel who is strongman of the current Greek military regime.

When Ian McMahon's "Sojourn" at T+H Gallery closes on April 22, the artist will destroy his work. He has to. It's the only way he can get his giant sculpture out the door. He spent 12 days building ...