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Definition of Statuettes
1. statuette [n] - See also: statuette
Lexicographical Neighbors of Statuettes
Literary usage of Statuettes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Attic Theatre: A Description of the Stage and Theatre of the Athenians by Arthur Elam Haigh (1898)
"Copies of two of these statuettes (Fig. 24) are here inserted ‘ The costume
found ‘on the vase and in the statuettes is much the same as that depicted in ..."
2. A Guide to the Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Bloomsbury) by British Museum (1892)
"Rude statuettes of mixed Greek and Phoenician character, from Cyprus and ...
Archaic exam ples of statuettes from Rhodes ; and of reliefs from Melos and ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... or scenes from sacred mythology, such as the labours of Heracles.1 These also
mostly date from tbe 4th century Bc, and the statuettes often appear to be ..."
4. Buried Herculaneum by Ethel Ross Barker (1908)
"IN addition to the large bronze statues and busts, there are in the Museum about
a hundred statuettes and tiny figures, ranging from two feet or so downward ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1889)
"At Tanagra has been found the tomb of a child, within which were thirteen statuettes
of the same subject, representing a nude man pressing to his bosom with ..."
6. Paris and Environs: With Routes from London to Paris; Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1891)
"2nd Section: bronze statue of Jiso, the guardian deity of children; historical
articles, very interesting statuettes; lacquer work; weapons; two palanquins ..."
7. History of Art in Sardinia, Judæa, Syria, and Asia Minor by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1890)
"Bronzes, statuettes, Votive Boats. We had occasion to observe, in another part
... Moreover, Sardinian statuettes are exceedingly rare out of the country, ..."
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