书名：Near Life: The Gipsformerei: 200 Years of Casting Plaster
定价：359.0
ISBN：9783791359403
作者：Veronika Tocha
版次：1
出版时间：2019-09

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书名：Near Life: The Gipsformerei: 200 Years of Casting Plaster/
作者：Veronika Tocha

出版：Prestel (2019年09月)
装帧：平装，265页
尺寸：30*23cm

位于柏林的石膏铸造厂 Gipsformerei是同类机构中拥有最大的规模和最悠久的历史。在它成立200 周年之际，本书追溯了工坊精益求精的铸造技术的文化历史。作为世界上最古老的艺术技艺之一，石膏的铸造从古至今一直被艺术家用来描绘生活。本书重点介绍动了植物模型、欧洲死亡面具和有生命般的雕塑，以及雕塑杰作的复制品和当代艺术作品。

 

书中收录了Gipsformerei 收藏的 200 多件非凡的雕塑和其他品种的藏品，并辅以来自国际收藏的作品作为参考比对，本书是最早将这些石膏铸件展示作为艺术品展示的出版物之一。是美术史从业者和雕塑艺术家的架上必备书。

As the world's most renowned plaster casting workshop turns two hundred, this book celebrates the extraordinary history of the Gipsformerei in Berlin.

For the last two centuries the Gipsformerei-or Reproduction Workshop-in Berlin has produced outstanding plaster cast replicas of some of the most famous works in the history of sculpture. Still in operation today, it is one of the oldest and most expansive institutions of its kind. Its archives hold several thousand original master models and molds-of artworks and artifacts up to 25,000 years old. To celebrate the Gipsformerei's anniversary, this book explores the cultural history of the casting technique that has been carefully perfected by the workshop. As one of the world's oldest artistic techniques, plaster casting has been used by artists from antiquity to the present to depict life. This book focuses on casts of animals and plants, European death masks and life casts, as well as sculptural masterpieces and contemporary works of art. Featuring more than two hundred extraordinary sculptures and objects from the collection of the Gipsformerei, complemented by pieces from international collections, this publication is one of the first to showcase the casts as works of art in their own right.