marble bust

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• Bust (sculpture) — A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human figure, depicting a person s head and neck, as well as a variable portion of the chest and shoulders. The piece is normally supported by a plinth. These forms recreate the …   Wikipedia

• Arles portrait bust — In the Rhone River near Arles, southern France, divers from the French Department of Subaquatic Archaeological Research, headed by Michel L Hour, discovered in September October 2007 a life sized marble bust showing an aging man with wrinkles,… …   Wikipedia

• Yule Marble — Lincoln Memorial: exterior is all Yule Marble. Yule Marble is a type of metamorphed limestone found only in the Yule Creek Valley, in the West Elk Mountains of Colorado , just south of the town of Marble, Colorado ( …   Wikipedia

• Clytie (Oceanid) — Bust of Clytie, by Hiram Powers, modeled 1865 1867, carved 1873. Clytia (or Clytie) was a water nymph, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys in Greek mythology.[1] She loved Apollo.[ …   Wikipedia

• Church of St. Polyeuctus — Marble bust of Anicia Juliana, from the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Church of St. Polyeuctus (Greek: Ἅγιος Πολύευκτος, Hagios Polyeuktos) was an ancient Byzantine church in Constantinople (now Istanbul …   Wikipedia

• Henry Weekes — Henry Weekes, RA (14 January 1807 – 1877) was an English sculptor, best known for his portraiture. He was among the most successful British sculptors of the mid Victorian period. Born in Canterbury, he spent most of his career in London, where he …   Wikipedia

• Christopher Hewetson — (1739–1799) was a neoclassical sculptor of portrait busts. Born in Ireland, he was active in Rome. Biography Hewetson was born in Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. He studied in Dublin under John van Nost the younger. In 1765 he arrived in… …   Wikipedia

• Western sculpture — ▪ art Introduction       three dimensional artistic forms produced in what is now Europe and later in non European areas dominated by European culture (such as North America) from the Metal Ages (Europe, history of) to the present.       Like… …   Universalium

• Art collections of Holkham Hall — Holkham Hall in Norfolk has extensive contents which include:Collections [ piano nobile at Holkham, showing the four symmetrical wings at each corner of the principal block. South is at the top of the plan. A Marble Hall; B The Saloon; C Statue… …   Wikipedia

• Desiderio da Settignano — Christ Child (?), marble of c. 1460, in the National Gallery of Art Desiderio da Settignano, real name Desiderio de Bartolomeo di Francesco detto Ferro (c. 1430 – 1464) was an Italian sculptor active during the Renaissance. Biography He came from …   Wikipedia