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Pompeii Plaster Casts

By Leah Long

Published August 25, 2021 at 5:00 PM CDT

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Giorgio Sommer (Italian, born Germany, 1834–1914) [Plaster Casts of Bodies, Pompeii], ca. 1875 Albumen print from glass negative; Image: 27.3 x 38.4 cm (10 3/4 x 15 1/8 in.) Sheet: 27.8 x 38.4 cm (10 15/16 x 15 1/8 in.) Mount: 47.8 x 55.8 cm (18 13/16 x 21 15/16 in.) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Harriet Ames Charitable Trust Gift, 2012 (2012.111) http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/299472 — Giorgio Sommer (Italian, born Germany, 1834–1914) [Plaster Casts of Bodies, Pompeii], ca. 1875

In this episode, we'll explore the Plaster Casts of Pompeii.

For more information visit https://www.archaeology.org/slideshow/3928-casts-of-pompeii-slideshow

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Leah Long

Leah Long received her Ph.D. in Classical Art and Archaeology from the University of Michigan. Since 2003, she has been active in archaeological field projects in Turkey, where she was a member of the Aphrodisias Excavations and Aphrodisias Regional Survey projects, and is now working with an interdisciplinary Polish-Italian team documenting ancient marble quarries in western Turkey. Her research focuses on Greco-Roman stone exploitation, and its intersections with urbanism, economy, and artistic production in the ancient world.

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