A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human figure depicting a person s head and neck and a variable portion of the chest and shoulders.
Marble bust definition.
Probably the most popular material used in sculpture marble s translucency and durability has made it the medium of choice for all the greatest sculptors including greek artists like phidias myron polykleitos and praxiteles as well as their successors donatello.
A piece of sculpture in marble.
Marble bust of a man mid 1st century a d.
The piece is normally supported by a plinth.
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It is much used in building and sculpture.
The plinth for the statue will be some two feet higher than originally planned in the interests of health and safety and to prevent vandalism.
A heart of marble.
Any variety of this stone.
To fail to complete a straight see straight entry 4 sense 3 or flush.
Something resembling marble as in hardness.
The expanse of chest and the full fleshy.
1 a heavy base supporting a statue or vase.
Even before painting cave walls early humans fashioned shapes from stone.
Venus de milo c 130 100 bce marble statue musee du louvre.
On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 162.
An object made of or carved from this stone especially a sculpture.
Break down her camera busted.
This bust belongs to a tradition of veiled marble figures carved to virtuosic effect in italy since the 18th century.
A piece or slab of this stone used as a monument inscribed record etc.
To lose at cards by exceeding a limit such as the count of 21 in blackjack b poker.
Although the surface of this piece has been strongly cleaned and even recut in places evidence of a heavy dark incrustation formed during centuries of burial is still visible especially at the back.
Lorenzo bartolini italian 1777 1850 la table aux amours the demidoff table metropolitan museum of art new york city marble sculpture marble sculpture is the art of creating three dimensional forms from marble.
Metamorphosed limestone that consists chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite occurs in a wide range of colors and variegations takes a high polish and is used esp.
Sculpture is among the oldest of the arts.
Busts of the king and queen on marble plinths.
See pergamene school of greek sculpture.
They may be of any medium used for sculpture such as marble bronze terracotta plaster wax or wood.
Prominent examples were made by antonio corradini 1668 1752 and giuseppe sanmartino 1720 1793 both for the cappella sansevero in naples and by innocenzo spinazzi 1726 1798 active in florence.
As a format that allows the most distinctive characteristics.
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In sculpture and architecture.
A hard crystalline or granular metamorphic limestone white or variously colored and sometimes streaked or mottled which can take a high polish.