Budget Decorating with Museum Reproductions
There’s an old saying that “good things come in small packages” and we can apply this saying to home decorating. Sometimes even the smallest change can be the most effective one. And small things don’t have to be expensive! This is especially important today when everyone is most concerned about thier budget.
With a decorating budget of $50 to $100, we’d like to suggest using solid stone or bronze museum quality reproduction statues and wall plaques to add a new look to any room. Made with a bonded stone composite and with great attention to detail, the statues and wall plaques become the focal point or centerpiece of any room in your home. They can ven become a definite conversation starter. For example some one could ask “Did you travel to Greece to bring home that statue of Athena?” or “Were you in the Degas Museum in France?” Or you could discuss the artistic merits of the statue called “The Thinker” by Rodin. The statues don’t have to be large to attract attention. They can be placed on a table top in your living room or in a curio cabinet or even on a shelf over the fireplace. You can be quite creative in finding a location. As for the wall plaque a large one such as the Winged Isis, can be placed over a sofa in a grouping with other pictures or a small one such as theMask of Buddha can enhance a little nook or cranny that we all have in our homes.
So you ask what exactly is a museum reproduction? Here is the answer.
A replica is a highly accurate copy, exact in all the details, of the original statue or wall hanging crafted by extremely talented artists. These artisans bring wall plaques and statues to life as the original artist created them. As far as we know, the history of art reproductions takes us back to Imperial Rome where bronze and marble reproductions of Greek masterpieces served as decoration for lavish Roman villas and gardens. The art of casting is thousands of years old: terracottas, bronzes and ancient glass were cast from molds. Closer to our time in the mid-18th century, coinciding with the search for new artistic styles which took inspiration from the roots of classic art (neoclassicism) and the discovery of Herculaneumin 1738 and Pompeii in 1748, archaeological reproductions reappeared all over Europe. As a result of French expeditions to Egypt during the nineteenth century, a casting facility was set up next to the Louvre Museum where many important archaeological pieces from ancient Egypt were reproduced. Following the example of the Louvre, other leading European museums began to reproduce some of the masterpieces in their collections thus initiating a trend that continues until today.
So with this in mind, you can enhance your home today with fine quality museum reproductions from Ageless Classical Reproductions, even on a small budget. You will see the envy of your friends and neighbors when you add a new museum quality replica statue or wall plaque to any room for a relatively small amount of money.
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About the Author
Martie has been the lead decorator at Ageless Classical Reproductions for the past 5 years. She has a keen eye for art and design and is a Patron of the Arts at her local museum.
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