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English
V & A Publishing
04 February 2019
First opened in 1873, the V&A's Cast Courts were purpose built to house copies of architecture and sculpture from around the world. They contain some of the Museum's largest objects, including casts of Trajan's Column (shown in two halves) and the twelfth century Portico de la Gloria from the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela. Among the Museum's most popular galleries, the Cast Courts are an extraordinary expression of Victorian taste, Ambition and public spirit.

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Imprint:   V & A Publishing
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 220mm,  Width: 155mm,  Spine: 11mm
Weight:   320g
ISBN:   9781851779796
ISBN 10:   1851779795
Pages:   112
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Angus Patterson and Marjorie Trusted are Senior Curators in the Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics & Glass department at the V&A

Reviews for The Cast Courts

Praise for The Cast Courts of the V&A: The Cast Courts of the V&A have reopened with the triumphant restoration of the second gallery, allowing us to see both parts of this, quite the best bit of the museum, in its entirety . Evening Standard These loving educational artworks bear witness to a passion to know, to see, and most of all to understand the cultural heritage of Europe: to bring the continent's artistic jewels to these rainy shores...Henry Cole hoped that visitors to the V&A would be inspired by its cast of David to go to Italy and see the original, so much more alive and powerful than any copy. The Guardian The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has added a new twist to an old classic. The Art Newspaper


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