Technical FAQs

The objective of this section is to help addressing frequently asked technique-related questions one may have when studying a bronze scultpure.

In order to list most common questions, the CAST:ING Scientific committee members have put together some of their own frequently asked questions (FAQ) that they would like to share regarding bronze and bronze production.

The following pages are divided into 2 parts. Part 1 is an attempt to summarize all the different FAQ according to specific themes. Part 2 reports all FAQ as originally raised in the questionnaires (32 persons have answered so far, leading to more than 100 FAQ). When possible, links are drawn with relevant pages in the Guideline in order to help answering the questions.

WARNING! Some of these FAQ are very research-oriented (particularly those related with research topics) and may not be adressed by the present guideline. The latter indeed does not pretend to be a database of technical features associated to particular sculpture chronological and/or geographical contexts. The Guideline does not replace expertise.