This bust belongs to a tradition of veiled marble figures carved to virtuosic effect in italy since the 18th century.
Marble bust definition.
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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.
Busts of the king and queen on marble plinths.
A hard crystalline or granular metamorphic limestone white or variously colored and sometimes streaked or mottled which can take a high polish.
As a format that allows the most distinctive characteristics.
In sculpture and architecture.
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Metamorphosed limestone consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite capable of taking a high polish occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
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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.
The bust is generally a portrait intended to record the appearance of an individual but may sometimes represent a type.
They may be of any medium used for sculpture such as marble bronze terracotta plaster wax or wood.
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.
Any variety of this stone.
A piece or slab of this stone used as a monument inscribed record etc.
See pergamene school of greek sculpture.
The expanse of chest and the full fleshy.
Venus de milo c 130 100 bce marble statue musee du louvre.
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.
Even before painting cave walls early humans fashioned shapes from stone.
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Something resembling marble as in hardness.
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.
Marble bust of a man mid 1st century a d.
The piece is normally supported by a plinth.
Sculpture is among the oldest of the arts.
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It is much used in building and sculpture.
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A piece of sculpture in marble.
1 a heavy base supporting a statue or vase.
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.
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.
