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Cast: in art, a copy of a natural form (e.g. death mask) or a 
3-dimensional work of art using a pourable material which hardens with 
time (mostly plaster, clay, wax, plastic). A cast can be a copy of a 
work of art or the preliminary stage of a metal casting. The 
Rollettmuseum in Baden (Lower Austria) houses a number of collections 
of death masks. The Federal Monument Authority as well as private 
companies also produce casts of endangered works of art. For a long 
time, original works in Austria have been replaced with casts in order 
to protect them from environmental wear; the originals are then placed 
in museums (e.g. patron figures on St. Stephen's Cathedral and Donner 
Fountain on Hoher Markt in Vienna).


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