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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 Sylvette sculpture in Rotterdam is a smaller version of the similarly constructed Bust of Sylvette in New York, both being larger versions of several small sculptures that Picasso created using painted sheet metal.
Aristotle with a Bust of Homer (Dutch: Aristoteles bij de buste van Homerus), also known as Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer, is an oil-on-canvas painting by Rembrandt that depicts Aristotle wearing a gold chain and contemplating a sculpted bust of Homer. It was created as a commission for Don Antonio Ruffo's collection.
Bust of Marianne sculpted by Théodore Doriot, in the French Senate. Marianne (pronounced) has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty.
The first drawing of the bust was made by the Dutch artist Maarten van Heemskerck sometime between 1532 and 1536, although it was first described in writing in 1549. [7] The bust was kept on the Capitoline Hill and from 1627 in the Palazzo dei Conservatori (Capitoline Museum), until Pope Pius VI surrendered it to the French First Republic in 1797
The Tusculum portrait, also called the Tusculum bust, is the only extant portrait of Julius Caesar which may have been made during his lifetime. [1] It is also one of the two accepted portraits of Caesar (alongside the Chiaramonti Caesar ) which were made before the beginning of the Roman Empire . [ 2 ]
The curve is placed on the drawing material, ... Commercial clothing patterns can be personalized for fit by using French curves to draw neckline, sleeve, bust and ...
Le Musée des beaux-arts of Dijon holds a collection of Rude's work, consisting of 38 sculptures and 175 of his design drawings. The sculptures include: L'Amour Dominateur du Monde a work in marble shown at the Paris Salon of 1857. Commissioned by Anatole Devosge, it was finished by Paul Cabet. A bust depicting François Devosge.