Amazing Plaster Figures

A magic atmosphere, suspended in time and space: that is what awaits you when you enter the Gipsoteca Fumagalli and Dossi, where wonderful plaster casts, ranging from ancient Greek art to the 19th century, are being created; an atmosphere enhanced by the collusive fine dust from chalk-working and the patinas developed by Mario Dossi and Roberto Fumagalli. Canova’s heads, the horses from the Parthenon’s frieze and Michelangelo’s David are just sensational