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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.
Selma Hortense Burke (December 31, 1900 – August 29, 1995) was an American sculptor and a member of the Harlem Renaissance movement. [1] Burke is best known for a bas relief portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt which may have been the model for his image on the obverse of the dime. [2]
The smallest forms of life-size portrait sculpture are the "head", showing just that, or the bust, a representation of a person from the chest up. Small forms of sculpture include the figurine , normally a statue that is no more than 18 inches (46 cm) tall, and for reliefs the plaquette , medal or coin.
The Invergordon Common Good Fund owns the bust, which was purchased in 1930 for about $6.35. Now, the historical bust could sell for $3.1 million. ... People. Mark Wahlberg strips down for 4 AM ...
The sculpture of Douglass — who lived part of his life in New Bedford and Lynn after escaping slavery in Maryland — is the first bust depicting a person of color in a permanent place in the ...
The definition of statue for this list is a free-standing sculpture (as opposed to a relief), representing one or more people or animals (real or mythical), in their entirety or partially (such as a bust). Heights stated are those of the statue itself and (separately) the total height of the monument that includes structures the statue is ...
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 ]
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