Marlene Curtis Jan 26, 2010:

Casts of the sculpture It sounds like the sculptures were copied from the original, they are cast copies (cópiad de gesso).

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida Jan 26, 2010:

A cópia em gesso... chama-se um molde (pelo menos em PT(pt), exemplos: Segundo o artista, a escultura “tem tamanho real” e é esculpida em granito de Figueira. Para a criar, Eugénio Macedo não se serviu de qualquer maqueta ou molde (http://www.novaguarda.pt/noticia.asp?idEdicao=194&id=13191&i... Fotografia a cores onde duas jovens preenchem a gesso o molde de uma escultura (http://mjm.imc-ip.pt/pt-PT/educacao/actividades/visitasOfici... A partir daí, coube ao escultor fazer o molde e a escultura final (http://semanal.omirante.pt/index.asp?Action=noticia&id=56775...

Marlene Curtis Jan 26, 2010:

I think Lynnea is right...See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaster_cast

Lynnea Hansen Jan 26, 2010:

Yes, Teresa! Exactly what I thought--the cast, then, is a plaster copy of the original (in this case bronze) sculpture. The translation, then, could be "cópia em gesso".
http://www.cvaonline.org/sculpture/plastercasts/default.htm

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida Jan 26, 2010:

Casts In the early Renaissance, artists, such as Michelangelo, were the first to carry out restorations, to make moulds and collect plaster casts (http://www.cvaonline.org/sculpture/plastercasts/artists.htm)

Lynnea Hansen Jan 26, 2010:

It seems to me the "cast" is the sculpture itself, and not the mold.
"Casting is a manufacturing process by which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which is ejected or broken out of the mold to complete the process." From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casting
If so, then "casts" could be "exemplares".