his assistants and then printed others. Sculptors today routinely make models in clay, wax, or plastic to be cast at foundries, often in sizes different from the original.
Two groups are responsible for the resistance to creating and show- ing high-quality reproductions, says Banfield. Art historians teach the public to value art "relics" as part of history, rather than as "something to be responded to aesthetically." And private art collectors make pur- chases for the same...