Plaster casts and the diffusion of classical art

Introduction

Classical archaeology

Discovery, reception and diffusion of classical art

Copies and restoration

Gardens

Artists and their use of plaster casts

Excavations

Napoleon's invasion of Italy

L'Atelier-de-moulage

The-Great-Exhibition

The foreign and the exotic

Academic study of classical archaeology

Gems

Architectural models

Painted pottery

The academic discipline of classical archaeology

Cast collections

Lincoln Professorship