Domenico Brucciani and the Formatori of 19th-Century Britain.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Wandering Italians -- The fortunes of Brucciani's formatori -- Chapter 2: Object Lessons -- The context of the Schools of Design -- Brucciani and the educational market -- The contested classical in industrial education -- Plaster casts as teaching objects -- The Leeds School of Design: A case study -- Chapter 3: Exhibitions Great and Small -- Brucciani's Apollo Belvedere at the Great Exhibition of 1851 -- Brucciani's Greek Slave and the International Exhibition of 1862 -- Brucciani beyond London -- The Galleria delle Belle Arti -- Exhibiting plasters in parks and gardens -- Plaster casts and production of ceremonial space -- Decorating the Alexandra Palace (twice) -- Chapter 4: Death Masks and Dance Halls -- Posthumous plaster heads and hands -- The places of plaster and the spaces of rational recreation -- Chapter 5: Building Museum Collections of Plaster Casts -- The British Museum -- The South Kensington Museum -- The National Portrait Gallery -- The Natural History Museum -- Plasters in 'provincial' museums: Leeds Art Gallery -- Australasia -- North America -- Chapter 6: Casting Aside -- The death of Domenico Brucciani -- D. Brucciani and Company Limited -- The first rescue mission -- The second rescue mission -- The Department for the Sale of Casts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Bibliography -- Primary sources -- Secondary sources -- Index.

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