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Definition of Statuette
1. Noun. A small carved or molded figure.
Definition of Statuette
1. n. A small statue; -- usually applied to a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta or the like. Cf. Figurine.
Definition of Statuette
1. Noun. A small statue, usually applied to a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta or the like. ¹
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Definition of Statuette
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Statuette
Literary usage of Statuette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1864)
"BRONZE statuette FROM WYCOMB. WE have now the pleasure of submitting to our
readers an engraving of the Bronze statuette found at Wycomb in October last, ..."
2. History of Art in Phœnicia and Its Dependencies by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1885)
"Terra-cotta statuette 72 66. Terra-cotta statuette in the Louvre 73 67. ...
Bronze statuette : 113 76. Terra-cotta galley found at Amathus 114 77. ..."
3. Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos by British School at Athens, Thomas Dinham Atkinson (1904)
"In this class of material the most interesting instance is the statuette discovered
in 1897 and published in BSA in., Pl. Ill, p. ..."
4. Tentative Lists of Objects Desirable for a Collection of Casts, Sculptural (1891)
"Thebes statuette of seated Hermes, .... Berlin Lamp in form of a ship, ...
Armband in form of a serpent, gold, Young athlete, statuette of bronze, ..."
5. Greek Terra-cotta Statuettes: Their Origin, Evolution, and Uses by Marcus Bourne Huish (1900)
"It is not proposed in these pages to examine at any length the rudimentary elements
from which the Art of statuette-making emanated. ..."
6. Pausanias's Description of Greece by Pausanias, James George Frazer (1898)
"As Mr. Six, who was the first to compare the attitude of the statuette with ...
(BRONZE statuette). 29. B. Ulysses is crouching and holding his sword over ..."
7. Catalogue of Casts by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Edward Robinson (1891)
"Bronze statuette of a warrior, No. 278. Bronze statuette of Zeus in long mantle, No.
288. ... Bronze statuette of a youth with raised hands, No. 289. ..."
8. Roman and Medieval Art by William Henry Goodyear (1897)
"... on which it now became British Museum i > ii statuette OF VENUS. dependent.
This statuette is ..."
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