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A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human body, depicting a person's head and neck, and a variable portion of the chest and shoulders. The piece is normally supported by a plinth. The bust is generally a portrait intended to record the appearance of an individual, but may sometimes represent a type.
The Lady of Elche (Spanish: Dama de Elche, Valencian: Dama d'Elx) is a limestone [1] bust that was discovered in 1897, at La Alcudia, an archaeological site on a private estate two kilometers south of Elche, Spain. It is now exhibited in the National Archaeological Museum of Spain in Madrid.
The Flapper generation of 1920s flattened their chests to adopt the fashionable "boy-girl" look by either bandaging their breasts or by using bust flatteners. [111] Corsets started to go out of fashion by 1917, when metal was needed to make tanks and munitions for World War I [112] and due to the vogue for boyish figures. [113]
Luis Antonio Sanguino de Pascual (Spanish: [ˈlwis anˈtonjo saŋˈɡino ðe pasˈkwal]; born 1934) is a Spanish sculptor who is known for many monumental works, mostly in bronze, both in Spain and in the Americas.
Female body shape or female figure is the cumulative product of a woman's bone structure along with the distribution of muscle and fat on the body.. Female figures are typically narrower at the waist than at the bust and hips.
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In round sculpture Donatello spread the Renaissance portrait of the bust cut horizontally across the chest and not on pedestal (as was customary in Roman sculpture). Examples: Bust of Antonio de Narni wearing a large cameo around his neck; terracotta bust of St. Lawrence, depicted as a young deacon, in the Old Sacristy of San Lorenzo in ...
Modesty (appicchatà or hiri) is the quality of being unpretentious about one's virtues or achievements. Genuinely modest people are able to see themselves as they really are and rejoice in their good qualities without becoming vain or self-promoting, and acknowledge their faults without shame or self-loathing. [15]