Borrowed Beauties: The National Collection of Artistic Reproductions

The role of the copy in the history of art; museums of art reproductions and the Spanish collection at the end of the 19th century; the phenomenon of the copy in ancient Rome and in the successive rebirths and recoveries of the classic in the Western tradition; historical and conceptual paradoxes th...

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Main Author: María Bolaños
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2013-12-01
Series:Culture & History Digital Journal
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Online Access:http://cultureandhistory.revistas.csic.es/index.php/cultureandhistory/article/view/34
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Summary:The role of the copy in the history of art; museums of art reproductions and the Spanish collection at the end of the 19th century; the phenomenon of the copy in ancient Rome and in the successive rebirths and recoveries of the classic in the Western tradition; historical and conceptual paradoxes that encloses the reproduction of sculptures; the incorporation of the national collection of casts to he National Museum of Sculpture.
ISSN:2253-797X