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The 58 pages that link to Lost-wax casting, each with the reason it gives.

• Bronze sculptureRelated: This widely used method lets sculptors reproduce intricate bronze forms from a wax original.

• BronzeRelated: Bronze’s fluidity made this method effective for detailed sculptures and fittings.

• Auguste RodinRelated: Bronze versions of Rodin’s works were produced through this process, often after his death.

• Tōdai-jiRelated: This technique helps explain how large bronze Buddhist images could be produced.

• DonatelloRelated: This technique enabled the complex bronze forms of works such as his David.

• Monumental sculptureRelated: It enabled the production of large bronze figures and complex sculptural forms.

• Ancient Greek sculptureRelated: Greek bronze statues were often made with this technique, though many survive only through Roman copies.

• Hellenistic artRelated: Bronze casting enabled large, intricate figures that could project limbs into surrounding space.

• Roman copies of Greek sculpturesRelated: Many Greek bronze originals were made by this process before Roman versions reproduced their forms in marble.

• BeeswaxRelated: Beeswax can form precise patterns for casting, though other waxes are also used.

• PhidiasRelated: Large bronze statues attributed to Phidias depended on the casting practices of Greek metalworkers.

• Renaissance sculptureRelated: Bronze sculptors used it to reproduce complex figures and fine surface details.

• BellRelated: It is one of the historical methods used to produce cast metal bells.

• Classical sculptureRelated: Bronze casting let sculptors create poses and projecting limbs difficult in stone.

• Lorenzo GhibertiRelated: The doors’ bronze panels depended on demanding casting and finishing techniques.

• Scythian artRelated: Casting allowed makers to produce solid or complex animal-shaped metal ornaments.

• Ancient Greek artRelated: Greek bronze sculptors used casting to produce complex figures and details difficult to carve in stone.

• Great Buddha of NaraRelated: Related casting techniques enabled the production of large bronze sections for the image.

• Greek sculptureRelated: It enabled hollow bronze statues that could be larger and more dynamic than solid castings.

• Paraffin waxRelated: Paraffin-containing wax blends can serve as materials for expendable casting patterns.

• Copper metallurgyRelated: Copper and copper alloys can be shaped into intricate objects with this method.

• Etruscan artRelated: The method enabled detailed bronze figures such as the Chimera of Arezzo.

• Archaic Greek sculptureRelated: Bronze casting offered sculptors another way to create figures and details.

• ChalcolithicRelated: Casting allowed some Chalcolithic communities to make complex copper forms.

• Classical Greek artRelated: Bronze casting enabled poses and forms difficult to realize in carved stone.

• Colossus of RhodesRelated: This ancient technique provides context for casting the statue’s sculptural components.

• FigurineRelated: This method produces detailed metal figurines and repeatable molds.

• NatarajaRelated: South Indian bronze Nataraja images were made using this casting technique.

• Andrea del VerrocchioRelated: Verrocchio used bronze casting to create complex sculptures such as his equestrian monument.

• Bronze Age EuropeRelated: It enabled artisans to produce detailed bronze objects and complex shapes.

• GoldsmithingRelated: It lets goldsmiths reproduce detailed forms that are difficult to shape from solid stock.

• Viking artRelated: Casting enabled complex relief forms and repeated ornament on metal fittings.

• LysipposRelated: This method commonly produced the bronze statues for which Lysippos was renowned.

• The Gates of HellRelated: This process enabled bronze versions of Rodin’s complex, densely populated design.

• Alberto GiacomettiRelated: Bronze versions of Giacometti’s sculptures were produced through this casting method.

• Equestrian statue of GattamelataRelated: Donatello used this demanding method to produce the large bronze figures.

• MyronRelated: Large bronze statues like those attributed to Myron were made using complex casting techniques.

• The Burghers of CalaisRelated: Bronze versions of the monument were produced through casting rather than carved from a single block.

• Andrea PisanoRelated: The doors’ bronze panels were produced through the demanding process of casting.

• Benvenuto CelliniRelated: Cellini used this process to cast Perseus as a large, intricate bronze.

• Little Dancer of Fourteen YearsRelated: Bronze versions were made from casts of Degas’s wax original.

• StatueRelated: It enables detailed bronze statues to be cast from a model.

• Pre-Columbian artRelated: Goldworkers in parts of the Americas used casting to create complex metal forms.

• Ancient artRelated: Bronze sculptors used it to produce complex forms that were difficult to carve.

• Antoine BourdelleRelated: Bronze versions of Bourdelle’s sculptures could be produced through this established casting method.

• Fusible alloyRelated: Low-melting alloys can be cast into detailed parts with less heat than conventional casting metals.

• GiambolognaRelated: This technique enabled Giambologna’s workshop to produce intricate bronze figures.

• JewelleryRelated: It enables intricate jewellery forms that are difficult to shape directly.

• L'Homme qui marche IRelated: Bronze sculptures of this kind can be produced through this casting method.

• Merovingian art and architectureRelated: It enabled the production of detailed metal fittings and sculptural components.