Questions Wallach - this article you get through course reserves. Go to Eastern home page, academics, library, click on course reserves for Art 140 or instructor MINK.
1. Between the years 1874 and 1914, what commonly defined the ordinary public's cultural experience in a museum?
2. Name a dozen of the most common antique sculptures that were represented in cast collections.
3. Who was Edward Robinson? What museums did he work with?
4. Why was it considered desirable to present casts of classical Greek sculptures to the public? What effect were casts to have on the public?
5. Describe how and why casts faded from favor.
6. What type of art grew in favor and gradually replaced casts of sculpture in art collections? How did the work of museums change?