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The craft of making statues.
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A person who makes or deals in statues.
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Statues considered collectively.
Examples of statuary in a Sentence
Two heroic groups of statuary for the building were designed by George Grey Barnard.
In Parliament Square and elsewhere are numerous statues, some of high merit, but it cannot be said that statuary occupies an important place in the adornment of streets and open places in London.
The church of Argues, a building of the 16th century, preserves a fine stone rood screen, statuary, stained glass and other relics of the Renaissance period.
It has one of the finest collections of casts in existence, a number of original pieces of Greek statuary, the second-best collection in the world of Aretine ware, the finest collection of Japanese pottery, and probably the largest and finest of Japanese paintings in existence.
It is a noble portal, erected in 1460, apparently from designs by Fra Giocondo, with the lion of St Mark in the attic. The statuary, with Sta Giustina on the summit of the tympanum, was added in 1571 and 1578.
The art museum, in Eden Park, contains paintings by celebrated European and American artists, statuary, engravings, etchings, metal work, wood carving, textile fabrics, pottery, and an excellent collection in American ethnology and archaeology.
The principal supply is in West Rutland, Proctor and Pittsford; this, the "Rutland marble," is a duller, less lustrous white, and of a greater durability than the Carrara marble, and is used largely for monuments and statuary.
After copies of such reliefs have been taken in gypsum, cement, statuary pasteboard, fossil dust mixed with vegetable oil, or some other suitable material, they are painted.
The statuary of the lateral portals, the stained glass of the 13th century, and the choir-screen of the Renaissance are all unique from the artistic standpoint.
The other three sides are lavishly decorated with statuary.
In the interior there is a fine organ and a quantity of statuary, and the vaults contain the remains of Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy, and Anne of Burgundy, daughter of John the Fearless.
The academy of San Carlos and school of fine arts (founded in 1778) likewise contains good collections of paintings and statuary.
Between Trinity College and St Stephen's Green, a large group of buildings includes the Royal Dublin Society, founded in 1683 to develop agriculture and the useful arts, with a library and gallery of statuary; the Science and Arts Museum, and the National Library, the former with a noteworthy collection of Irish antiquities; the Museum of Natural History, with a splendid collection of Irish fauna; and the National Gallery of Ireland, founded in 1853.
Round the base of it were probably disposed groups of statuary.
Among the others are two by Thomas Ball, one in statuary hall in the Capitol at Washington, and one in Boston; two - one in Rochester, N.Y., and one in Springfield, Ill.
In each age will be considered the (A) statuary, (B) reliefs, (C) painting.
The ordinary statuary of his reign is painfully stiff and poor, and there is no later work in the period worth notice.
The facade, which is flanked by two square towers without spires, has three portals decorated with a profusion of statuary, the central portal having a remarkable statue of Christ of the 13th century; they are surmounted by two galleries, the upper one containing twenty-two statues of the kings of Judah in its arcades, and by a fine rose-window.
The southern portal is remarkable for a figure of the Virgin and other statuary.
In the domain of bronze and imitation bronze statuary the originality of the French is absolutely unrivalled.
Greek faces and profiles constantly occur in ancient Buddhist statuary, and enrich almost all the larger museums in India.
A number of handsomely-laid-out plazas, or squares, ornamented with gardens and statuary, have been preserved; on these face the principal public buildings and churches.
Between the rotunda and the Hall of Representatives is the National Hall of Statuary (formerly the Hall of Representatives), in which each state in the Union may erect statues of two "of her chosen sons"; and between the rotunda and the Senate Chamber is the room of the Supreme Court, which until 1859 was the Senate Chamber.'
Not far from the White House is the Corcoran Gallery of Art (1894-1897; architect, Ernest Flagg), of white Georgia marble in a Neo-Grecian style, housing a collection of paintings (especially American portraits) and statuary; the gallery was founded and endowed in 1869 by William Wilson Corcoran (1798-1888) "for the perpetual establishment and encouragement of the Fine Arts."
Statuary is later; it appears to have come into existence in the 7th century, about the time when casting in metal was invented by Rhoecus of Samos.
The decorative sculpture of this epoch, whether combined with architecture or isolated in monumental statuary, ranks for grace and suavity with the best of Sansovino's.
Statuary marble has been found on the slopes of Buffavento in the northern range.
Here were found many inscriptions of Roman date and some statuary.
The interior is magnificently decorated with mosaics, mural paintings and statuary, chiefly the work of local artists.
Hither were removed, from the old and new museums, the national gallery of pictures, the statuary of the Christian epoch and the numismatic collection.
It is in the formal French style of the period, and is adorned with fountai, -G, statuary and artificial ruins.
Statuary bronze may contain from 80 to 90% of copper, the residue being tin, or tin with zinc and lead in various proportions.
Half the realm of creative art, that of statuary, was thus suppressed at a blow; and the other half, painting, forfeited all the grace and freedom, all the capacity of new themes, forms and colours, all the development which we see in the Latin Church.
There are also numerous fragments of Roman inscriptions and statuary.
Hard landscaping details such as steps, balustrades, pond copings, statuary and urns should be conserved.
These complement contemporary architecture in the way that statuary and relief ornamentation blended with classical architecture.
It has one of the finest Victorian gardens in Britain with a colorful parterre, statuary, walks, and views.
Between 1599 and 1659 the layout of the garden was changed from the elaborate heraldic Tudor garden to four grass plats containing fine statuary.
Sit in the shade, and take inspiration from a bubbling fountain and a neat semicircle of noble Belgian statuary.
Sit high up - if bored you can always admire the unexpected statuary and mirrors decor.
Along the paths sculptures make the park an immense open air museum of classical statuary.
What tempted me away was the opportunity to produce a second volume on London's public statuary.
Today Memphis is a smallish enclosed park, littered with broken statuary, amid groves of dusty, spiky palm trees.
Through its witty mimicry, Thank You also acts as a parody of both monumental statuary and decorative ' corporate ' sculpture.
Quinn's recent sculptures of disabled sitters evoke the broken figures and marble materials of antique statuary.
Selections of collectibles, home decor, garden statuary, plus many other inspiring gift items at below retail prices.
The statuary includes two Rogers groups, an original Truman Bartlett plaster statuette, and replicas of Leonard Volk's work.
The façade, flanked by two towers with cupolas, is decorated with arcades filled in with statuary and sculpture, the whole representing the Last Judgment.
A very large field is also opening for cast-lead work, whether associated with architecture, as in the leaden covered-way over Northumberland Street, in London (see Plate), and the fine rain-water heads of the Birmingham Law Courts (see Plate), or with the revival of the use of metal statuary and vases in gardens.
What tempted me away was the opportunity to produce a second volume on London 's public statuary.