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Questions McNutt – this article you get through database JSTOR. Go to Eastern homepage, academics, library and click on data bases.
1. What had the most influence on the development of Western taste, during and after the Renaissance? What did educated people feel bound to do?
2. How, why and when did the first cast collection enter the United States?
3. Which artists used this first collection?
4. What happened to the casts that John Singleton Copley ordered?
5. Which casts did George Washington order? What about Thomas Jefferson?
6. What was the problem of THE NUDE?
7. How did Napoleon influence the quality of education at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts?
8. Cast or live model – what did artists prefer? Which was more practical? How did artists and educators cope?
9. As casts lost their importance for artists, their influence shifted. What use did casts then assume, and for which group of people?
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?
