Editing Plaster cast (section)

===Other ancient cultures===
[[Image:This room is full of plaster cast copies of famous world statues, sculptures and monuments.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The West Court of the Cast Courts of the Victoria and Albert Museum]]
The technique was also applied later that century to [[art of Ancient Egypt|reliefs]] from [[Ancient Egypt]] and [[frieze]]s from [[Mesopotamia]] (examples of both of which may be seen on the North-East Staircase and in Room 52 of the [[British Museum]]), as well as to medieval and Renaissance sculptures (as may be seen in the [[Cast Courts (Victoria and Albert Museum)|Cast Courts]] at the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], which were a product of growing interest in medieval art at that time and the resulting desire to have a "reference collection" of such art). In the early 19th century, for example, perhaps as an expression of national pride, casts were made of outstanding national monuments particularly in France and Germany.