Calco


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Molde

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Sources


General Dictionaries

Enciclopedia Treccani. (2010). Rome, Italy: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana., (http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/calco1/[definition 1])
Battaglia, S. (1961) Grande dizionario della lingua italiana. Edited by Giorgio Bárberi Squarotti. Turin, Italy: Unione tipografico-editrice torinese. Available at: http://www.gdli.it/ (Accessed: 25 April 2021)., (http://www.gdli.it/pdf_viewer/Scripts/pdf.js/web/viewer.asp?file=/PDF/GDLI02/GDLI_02_ocr_534.pdf&parola=calco[definition 1])

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English mold

General Dictionaries

Merriam Webster Dictionary (no date). Available at: https://www.merriam-webster.com/.

Cultural Heritage Publications

Bassett, J. and Fogelman, P. (1997) Looking at European Sculpture: A Guide to Technical Terms. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Beale, A. (1975) ‘A Technical view of Nineteenth-century sculpture’, in Metamorphoses in nineteenth-century sculpture : [exhibition, November 19, 1975-January 7, 1976, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University : catalogue]. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum : distributed by Harvard University Press, pp. 28–55.

Art and Craft Textbooks

Reliance foundry (web) ‘Foundry glossary’. Available at: https://www.reliance-foundry.com/castings/glossary-casting.
English mould [alternate spelling]
French creux

Cultural Heritage Publications

Baudry, M. T., Bozo, D. and Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la, F. (1978) La Sculpture: Méthode et vocabulaire. Paris: Impr. nationale (Principes d’analyse scientifique)., (p759)
French moule (preferred term]

Historical Sources

Boffrand, G. (1743) Description de ce qui a été pratiqué pour fondre en bronze d’un seul jet la figure équestre de Louis XIV, élevée par la ville de Paris dans la place de Louis le Grand, en 1699…. Paris: Guillaume Cavelier. Available at: https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010863229/page/n3.
Mariette, P.-J. (1768) Description des travaux qui ont précédé, accompagné et suivi la fonte en bronze d’un seul jet de la statue équestre de Louis XV, le Bien-Aimé, dressée sur les mémoires de M. Lempereur. Paris: Imprimerie de P.-G. Le mercier. Available at: https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010908289/mode/2up.
Diderot, D., Alembert, J. L. R. d’ and etc (1751) Encyclopédie; ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, (17 tomes vol). Paris: Briasson. Available at: http://enccre.academie-sciences.fr/encyclopedie/., (1752 t2 p436-39 entry « bronze »)

Cultural Heritage Publications

Baudry, M. T., Bozo, D. and Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la, F. (1978) La Sculpture: Méthode et vocabulaire. Paris: Impr. nationale (Principes d’analyse scientifique)., (p562)

Art and Craft Textbooks

Lambert, D. (2002) Moulage et fonderie d’art : Du modèle au bronze final. Dourdan: Vial., (p272)

Copper Industry

Cuénin, P. (1994) ‘Moulage – Noyautage’, Techniques de l’ingénieur. Fonderies et moulages : aspects généraux, TIB352DUO(m3512). Available at: https://www.techniques-ingenieur.fr/base-documentaire/materiaux-th11/fonderies-et-moulages-aspects-generaux-42352210/moulage-noyautage-m3512/., (p5)
Italian calco

General Dictionaries

Enciclopedia Treccani. (2010). Rome, Italy: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana., (http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/calco1/[definition 1])
Battaglia, S. (1961) Grande dizionario della lingua italiana. Edited by Giorgio Bárberi Squarotti. Turin, Italy: Unione tipografico-editrice torinese. Available at: http://www.gdli.it/ (Accessed: 25 April 2021)., (http://www.gdli.it/pdf_viewer/Scripts/pdf.js/web/viewer.asp?file=/PDF/GDLI02/GDLI_02_ocr_534.pdf&parola=calco[definition 1])
Italian cavo

Other

Cellini, B. (1568) Due trattati: uno intorno alle otto principali arti dell’oreficeria: l’altro in materia dell’arte della scultura, dove si veggono infiniti segreti nel lavorar le figure di marmo, & nel gettarle di bronzo. Edited by Antonio Altomonte. Modena: Edizioni Aldine., (fols. 45v-46)
Italian forma

General Dictionaries

Enciclopedia Treccani. (2010). Rome, Italy: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana., (https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/forma/[definition 6])

Historical Sources

Biringuccio, V. (1540) De la pirotechnia: 1540. Edited by A. Carugo. Milano: Edizioni Il Polifilo., (fols. 77v and 80v)

Art and Craft Textbooks

Bruni, F. (1994) La fusione artistica a cera persa. Venezia-Marghera: Edizioni Arte in., (pp. 85-86)
Italian stampo

General Dictionaries

Enciclopedia Treccani. (2010). Rome, Italy: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana., (http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/stampo/[definition 2c])
Chinese

Cultural Heritage Publications

张昌平 = Zhang Changping et al. (2010) ‘二里冈文化至殷墟文化时期青铜器范型技术的发展 = Development of Clay mold-making technology for bronze casting from Erligang Culture to Yinxu Culture’, 考古 = Archaeology, 8, pp. 79–86. Available at: https://kns.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbcode=CJFD&dbname=CJFD2010&filename=KAGU201008008&v=7H3xbOKrwAp9RiqZZ94xWGgAYucuwaKSFCEHZoz%25mmd2F70epAo2hJoZ0rWq3YIh5JY0R.


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