Statue of Mars of Todi. The statue is believed to have been executed in the 4th century B.C.
Statue: a sculpture representing a human or animal.
Stencil: Stiff paper (or other sheet material) with a design cut into it as a template for shapes meant to be copied.
Statue (Statuary): sculpture in the round depicting humans and/or animal figures or small figure groups
Space: see Negative space
Statuette: see Figurine ...
statue and statuary
stave - In architecture, a wedge-shaped timber; vertically placed staves embellish the architectural features of a building.
Also see wood.
Statue of Irish Philosopher
Edmund Burke, by
John Foley.
However, despite this gradual rise in Irish culture, the arts in Ireland were chiefly the preserve of the rich aristocracy.
No statue more perfect
"In it may be seen most beautiful contours of legs, with attachments of limbs and slender outlines of flanks that are divine; nor has there ever been seen a pose so easy, or any grace to equal that in this work, or feet, ...
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
The construction of a statue of liberty in New York was originally the idea of a French historian, Edouard de Laboulaye, who had a keen interest in American politics and institutions.
Statuettes from Kostienki
"The lady in a hood"-Brassempouy
Venus figures from the Stone Age
Upper Paleolithic Female Figurines ...
Statue from a Buddhist monastery, 700 CE, Afghanistan
Buddhist art in Afghanistan (old Bactria) persisted for several centuries until the spread of Islam in the 7th century. It is exemplified by the Buddhas of Bamyan.
Statue:- a sculpture representing a human or animal. Return to top
Stencil: -Stiff paper (or other sheet material) with a design cut into it as a template for shapes meant to be copied.
A statue or sculpture of the human body with the head and limbs omitted, removed or broken off.
triptych ...
The statue's feet don't allow it to stand on its own. Due to this it has been speculated that it was meant to be held, rather than simply looked at. The purpose of the carving is subject to much speculation.
This statuette was made for the Hapsburg emperor Rudolph II in Prague, after de Vries had been appointed a court artist. An allegorical figure of Empire holds the wreath of victory over a vanquished figure of Avarice, a money bag at her feet.
Pair statue of Queen Ankh-nes-meryre II and her son Pepi II seated
Sixth Dynasty
Atjema standing ...
Two other statues that were meant to hold up the pope's tomb are the Bound Slave and the Dying Slave (c. 1510-13). Both are considered to be unfinished, but the Captive Slave, in particular, demonstrates Michelangelo's approach to carving.
Terracotta statuettes similar in style to those of Greece are also found in houses and tombs of the Roman period or as votive offerings on sacred sites.
jamb figures : Statues carved on the jambs of a doorway or window. Jamb statues were often human figures- either religious figures or secular or ecclesiastical leaders. See also : jamb. trumeau figure.
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SCULPTURE a statue or 3-D work of art.
SEASCAPE artwork that shows a scene of the sea, ocean, large lake or coastline.
SFUMATO a smoky, hazy effect with soft edges.
African Funerary Statue
Raphael Madonna, 17th c.
One of the first things to consider about a given work of art is the context in which it was produced.
figurine - small carved or molded figure; statuette
filigree - ornamental work of fine wires, esp. lacy jeweler's work of scrolls and arabesques; anything very delicate or fanciful ...
" An Archaic Greek statue of a standing clothed young woman.
kouros Greek for "youth." An Archaic Greek statue of a standing nude young male.
lens The part of a camera that concentrates light and focuses the image.
This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ...
But chiefly he is remembered for Verrocchio's bronze equestrian statue alongside the church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo in Venice. Colleoni, in his will, had left 100,000 ducats to the Republic to spend on war against the Turk.
Bronze statue of Amida Buddha at Kotokuin in Kamakura (1252 CE) Japanese art and architecture, works of art produced in Japan from the beginnings of human habitation there, sometime in the 10th millennium BC, to the present. ...
He was son to Charmides and is well known for his 40 foot tall statue of Athena in the Parthenon, and his statue of Zeus at Olympia.
Base: The lowest element of a wall, dome, or building, or occasionally of a statue or painting.
Bay: A subdivision of the interior space of a building, usually in a series bounded by by consecutive architectural supports.
The squares are unnaturally empty, and in them objects and statues are brought together in strange juxtapositions. The artists thus created a visionary world of the mind, beyond physical reality, hence the name.
Viele Städte sind mit heroischen Statuen dekoriert, die Kriege and ihre Helden verherrlichen. "PATH II" stellt diese früheren Gestaltungsformen von Denkmälern in Frage.
Paintings of Elvis on velvet, lamps from the statue of David, and clocks in statues of Budda. The term comes from the German verkitschen meaning "to make cheap." It has been made popular in the years since the beginning of pop art.
Instruction progressed from drawing from classical statues or plaster casts to modeling from nudes to applying paint to original work.
" An objet d'art is something small and decorative - such as a miniature painting, or porcelain statuette, or the hand-print your 4-year-old child made in wet plaster and decorated with glitter when it had dried - that has artistic value.
These temples were often only big enough to house a cult statue and were not meant to be places for large gatherings of people. A typical Greek temple had a long, inner chamber surrounded by columns.
Either a head or a bust-length statue that is set on a quadrangular pillar that tapers toward the base. Herms were often executed in antiquity and were revived as a style during the Baroque period.
(n.)
A falsified work of art, as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing parts supplied.
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Canopy : An overhanging shade or shelter above an artwork or statue, sometimes situated upon pillars.
Capital : The upper element of an architectural pillar, often finely decorated in Romanesque and Early Gothic structures.
Tall, narrow base which supports a statue, lamp, vase or any decorative object. Usually treated with moldings at the top and a base block on the bottom. Without moldings it is called a plinth.
Pediment ...
This manifesto was not unlike Marinetti's original in tone, including for example the following section; "We rebel against that spineless worshipping of old canvases, old statues and old bric-a-brac, ...
Gipsoteca. A collection of plaster moulds used to produce series of statues, bas-reliefs, medallions etc.
Gothic. Style which influenced first architecture and later painting, sculpture and the minor arts.
Aedicule. Small structure intended to house a sacred image or statue. It may also be a niche set into the external wall of a building.
Unglazed porcelain, looking like marble, used primarily in the manufacture of Victorian statuettes and doll heads; translucent, highly fluxed.
Pastel ...
Certificate of Authenticity
A formal document certifying the authenticity of an individual piece (e.g. artwork, statue, an autograph, etc.) and stating its current market value on the open market.
But their statues and their histories and their mosaics and their poems were mere Latin imi- tations of Greek originals.
niche A recess in a wall (interior or exterior), especially for a statue. Usually curved at the top or back.
The traditional bronze statue of soldiers would not have been nearly as effective as a memorial to Vietnam veterans; as it is, it has become a powerful catharsis for Vietnam vets, ...
 See also: Painting, Sculpture, Roman, Portrait, Classic
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