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ALL ABOUT OUR MASTER REPLICAS
Have you been wondering just what
makes artwork a replica or a reproduction?
Here's the answer! A
replica is a highly accurate copy, exact in all the details, of the original
statue or wall hanging crafted by extremely talented artists. These artisans
bring our wall plaques and statues to life as the original artist created
them. Our reproductions are legal copies of wall plaques and statues that are
in the public domain
HISTORY OF ART REPRODUCTIONS
As far as we know, the history of art reproductions takes us back to Imperial
Rome where bronze and marble reproductions of Greek masterpieces served as
decoration for lavish Roman villas and gardens. The art of casting is
thousands of years old: terracottas, bronzes and ancient glass were cast from
molds. Closer to our time in the mid-18th century, coinciding with the search
for new artistic styles which took inspiration from the roots of classic art
(neoclassicism) and the discovery of Herculaneumin 1738 and Pompeii in 1748,
archaeological reproductions reappeared all over Europe. As a result of French
expeditions to Egypt during the nineteenth century, a casting facility was set
up next to the Louvre Museum where many important archaeological pieces from
ancient Egypt were reproduced. Following the example of the Louvre, other
leading European museums began to reproduce some of the masterpieces in their
collections thus initiating a trend that continues until today.
OUR WORK
For the making of art reproductions, our company has chosen masterpieces from
the best museums all over the world–The Louvre, The British Museum, The
National Museum of Athens, The Egyptian Museum at Cairo, The New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, etc. Working to obtain very fine pieces, up to the
last detail, we only use materials and techniques that can achieve the best
quality in reproducing original works of art. Our sculptures are cast in a
variety of mediums – bonded stone, polyresins, bronze, etc. The finish of each
reproduction, always hand-made and showing craftsmanship as well as historical
sense, is the work of an artisan. It is the task of our company to present to
the people of today the legacy of those ancient civilizations with all the
beauty and mystery of our ancestors, again in front of our eyes and at the
reach of our hands.
SCULPTING
Most
of our items are original artworks created by our sculptors, carved out of
clay, stone, or wood. Here, one of our sculptors carves our T-16 Degas Little
Dancer using sculpting clay
MOLD MAKING
Once
the original is carved, a mold is made, usually out of silicon. Here a casting
of the Egyptian Goddess Selket is taken from a silicon mold.
CASTING
Crushed
stone in a liquid resin medium is poured into a silicon mold where it
solidifies into a hard stone that reproduces all the detail and texture of the
original.
COLOR
DETAILING
Crushed
stone in a liquid resin medium is poured into a silicon mold where it
solidifies into a hard stone that reproduces all the detail and texture of the
original.
ABOUT PARASTONE
PARASTONE was originally part of the famous art dealer "Borzo", wich was established in 1880. The PARASTONE branch was set up in 1963 to do restoration work for Borzo and later specialized in restoring art in churches.
Eventually it began to create its own sculptures. Most of their replicas are made of museum quality resin with hand-colored finishing details.
The PARASTONE studios are based in Hertogenbosch in the south of the Netherlands, the birthplace of Hieronymus Bosch.
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