History of Art
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BOOK: This book is precious to me because it was how mother passed on to me her love for art when I was so very young. Grandmother had moved to Chicago to take classes at the Art Institute well before she ever met grandfather.
success. " Modelling from Life " represents the workshop of a maker of plaster casts. In the background are seen casts from the antique; one of a figure by Michel Angelo, and one of a head by Donatello; the mortar with its swinging pestle for pulverizing plaster, sacks of plaster, and the tubs, bowls, sieves, and the like used in the trade. The mould maker has been taking a cast from life.