Plaster cast of water nymph from the Fontaine des Innocents (Version 3)
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Plaster cast of water nymph from the Fontaine des Innocents (Version 3)
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Plaster cast of water nymph from the Fontaine des Innocents (Version 3)
Part of Plaster Casts
Plaster cast of water nymph from the Fontaine des Innocents (Version 3)
Part of Plaster Casts
Plaster cast of water nymph from the Fontaine des Innocents (Version 3)
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Plaster cast of wooden carved decorated panel with foliage and two Satyr-like figures
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Panel showing scrolling foliage with two central figures turned toward each other in relief.
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Plaster cast of wooden carved decorated panel with foliage and two Satyr-like figures (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of wooden carved decorated panel with foliage and two Satyr-like figures (Version 2)
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Collection of plaster casts comprising human figures, architectural fragments, plaster friezes, plaster reliefs, marble reliefs, tondos and busts.
Casts were used as an important teaching aid by the School, from the late 19th century onwards. The casts are generally based on classical statuary and were originally sourced from Greek, Roman and later Italian and medieval periods. Whilst not totally unique (most art schools in the UK and across Europe owned their own collections, purchased from established suppliers in London, Paris etc.), their continued existence within their original setting gives them an added significance. Importantly, the Glasgow School of Art's photographic archive contains many period images of how these casts have been used by staff and students since they were first introduced.
The majority of GSA's plaster cast collection was located in the School's Mackintosh Building at the time of a fire in the building on 23rd May 2014. As a result the majority of the collection suffered damage, of varying degrees, and all casts were subsequently surveyed by a conservator. Six casts were lost in the fire and eleven larger casts have undergone remedial conservation in 2016-17. The majority of the remaining casts have undergone cleaning before being repositioned around GSA's campus during 2019.
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Plaster casts of double capital with stylised ornamentation
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Plaster casts of double capital with stylised ornamentation (Version 1)
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Plaster casts of double capital with stylised ornamentation (Version 2)
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Plaster portrait after a 15th century bronze bust of Dante Alighieri in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.
J Giusti & Co
J Giusti & Co
J Giusti & Co
Plaster bust after one of several "seated Voltaire" sculptures completed by the workshop of Jean Antoine Houdon in the late 18th century.
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Portrait of Voltaire (Version 1)
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Portrait of Voltaire (Version 2)
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Volume II.
Brown, Duncan
Plaster cast after the right ear of Michelangelo's David.
J Giusti & Co
Sainte Fortunade reliquary bust
Plaster reproduction of reliquary bust from the church of Saint Martial in Correze, France.
J Giusti & Co
Sainte Fortunade reliquary bust (Version 1)
J Giusti & Co
Sainte Fortunade reliquary bust (Version 2)
J Giusti & Co
Small bust after 'Young Octavian'
Small plaster bust, likely after the 'Young Octavian' portrait of the emperor Augustus in the Vatican Museums.
J Giusti & Co
Small bust after 'Young Octavian' (Version 1)
J Giusti & Co
Small bust after 'Young Octavian' (Version 2)
J Giusti & Co
J Giusti & Co
J Giusti & Co
J Giusti & Co
The Duncan Brown Photographic Collection
The collection consists of 305 photographs taken between 1853 and 1896. Sitters included local dignitaries, friends and family including John Brown, Queen Victoria's Ghillie. The collection also includes landscapes and the streets of Glasgow, particularly around the Pollokshields area on the south side of the city. Other subjects include ships, ship yards and stately houses.
Brown, Duncan
The Giusti Plaster Cast Collection
Collection of items related to the Glasgow based firm J. Giusti & Co. which specialized in the production of plaster figures, mould making, statuary repair, and other plaster work. The collection is primarily composed of plaster busts and portraits, six moulds, and two medals. The casts and moulds are formed after a range of sculptural styles including ancient Greek and Roman, French Gothic, Italian Renaissance, and 19th century anatomical studies.
The Giusti Plaster Cast Collection highlights mould making and casting processes that were used to produce objects for retail and to repair existing plaster casts. Records from The Glasgow School of Art document purchases and repairs from J. Giusti & Co. from as early as 1890, and casts related to those in the collection were widely used as teaching and learning tools at the GSA through at least mid-20th century.
As most of the items in the collection were used in commercial casting processes, very few items have a plain white, white washed, or decoratively painted surface that are often observed in plaster cast collections. Many of the plaster casts and all of the plaster moulds are widely covered with uneven layers of shellac that appear yellow, red, or brown. Shellac was applied as a sealant and resist agent to prevent existing plaster elements from sticking to fresh plaster elements during the casting process.
In addition to the plaster casts and plaster moulds, several items provide further insights into the material processes employed by J. Giusti & Co. Two medals (likely bronze) showcase the company's involvement with mould making for metal casting, and a gelatine mould is a surviving example of a traditional process used to produce detailed casts in small quantities.
Proudfoot, Alexander
Unidentified female death mask
Plaster copy of a death mask of an unknown woman.
Charles Smith & Sons
Unidentified female death mask (Version 1)
Charles Smith & Sons
Unidentified female death mask (Version 2)
Charles Smith & Sons
Plaster portrait of an unidentified woman.
J Giusti & Co
Unidentified female portrait (Version 1)
J Giusti & Co
Unidentified female portrait (Version 2)
J Giusti & Co
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Volume II.
Brown, Duncan
Volume I.
Brown, Duncan
Volume II.
Brown, Duncan
Volume I.
Brown, Duncan