Firing the Canon: The Cornell Casts and their Discontents

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Channel: Cornell University · 2014 · Education

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Cornell used to have one of the largest collections of plaster casts in North America. But casts fell out of favor, and the collection deteriorated. 'Firing the Canon,' a video about the College of Arts and Sciences' sesquicentennial exhibit, explores how Cornell's prized
collection was 'embraced, defaced and dethroned.'

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