Γύψινα προπλάσματα της οθωνικής περιόδου 1833-1862
Part of : Αρχαιολογικά ανάλεκτα εξ Αθηνών ; Vol.XIX, No.1-2, 1986, pages 185-225
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185-225
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Original plasters of the othonic period
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Σύμμεικτα
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The study is divided into three parts. The first contains a description of the technique of the original plaster, which characterizes 19th c. sculpture and distinguishes it from that of other periods. Its history, which is briefly given next, is of interest because thanks to this technique the sculptor was for the first time able at very little cost to produce works and could this afford to disregard the probability that they might never be commissioned. He was therefore emancipated from the patron, and he now found the road open before him to proceed with his search for form and content in his work and at the same time to take part in exhibitions. The result was that sculpture witnessed a unique flowering in the last century. In the second part the ideological and practical reasons are examined that gave sculpture its outstanding place in the Othonic period. In the field of art the Greeks also aspired to revive the glory of their ancient forebears through sculpture, since it was the Classical art form that had principally survived and it thus formed a standard for comparison. On the other hand the existence of craftsmen working in stone in the traditional manner, the abundance of marble and the great building construction activity in Athens were also factors of decisive importance. In addition, the production of plaster originals in the Polytechnic School, where foreign sculptors taught the technique, and in the first free sculpture studios was followed. Their history of the latter, which at the same time is the history of the beginnings of Modern Greek sculpture more generally, is directly connected with the traffic in the first casts of ancient Greek works, which were starting to arrive in Greece from abroad. The addresses of L. Kaftan- tzoglou at the annual exhibitions of the Polytechnic, the exhibition catalogues and the press of the period were the principal sources of information.In the third part over twenty plasters that it has been possible to locate arediscussed. Most of them are published here for the first time. They are statues, busts and plaques, some signed and others not. An attempt is made to identify and date them, as well as to solve a series of technical and iconographical problems. The bust of Coletti, the work of Dimi- trios Kossos, dated to 1846, is not only the oldest plaster but the oldest preserved example generally of Modern Greek sculpture. It is followed by works by L. Drosis, Ioannis Kossos and Yeoryios and Lazaros Phytalis.
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