For more on Shelley's taste in statuary, see Stephen Larrabee, English Bards and. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on 'The Uses and Abuses of Historicism: Halperin and Shelley on the Otherness of Ancient Greek Sexuality'] Reference
Among the statuary will be the largest image of King Tut ever found, a 10-foot statute that retains much of its original paint. From Wordnik.com. [Blisstree] Reference
In fact, before the Persian wars had commenced, the branch of sculpture termed statuary had attained nearly the summit of its perfection. From Wordnik.com. [Mosaics of Grecian History] Reference
I'm never turning my back on this kind of statuary in a cemetery ever again!. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-12-27] Reference
The name will be more welcome to me than 'statuary' to. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
The statuary and sculpture of the Middle Ages and the. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Second vestibule, more Roman statuary, and an inimitable. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Dutch statuary, as a model of majesty and lordly grandeur. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
Also some statuary by Girardon, and other French sculptors. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Mascall, and there is a good deal of fine statuary in the grounds. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
The altar is of statuary marble manufactured by Cox & Sons, of London. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
Two magnificent pieces of statuary stand on either side of the transept. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
The picture-gallery contains a few choice paintings, and some good statuary. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
The halls are painted in fresco, and adorned with statuary and rich tables of. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
The statuary and marbles found here are now dispersed among different museums. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
Her house was crammed with Oriental hangings, statuary, furniture, and gewgaws. From Wordnik.com. [Old Wounds] Reference
There was also a lot of crockery statuary, mostly faded, chipped or worn in some way. From Wordnik.com. [Out Like a Light] Reference
Painting and statuary suffered such a loss in the deaths of Titian, Raphael, and Michael. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810] Reference
It is appropriately adorned inside and out with elaborate carvings, statuary, and paintings. From Wordnik.com. [Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes] Reference
By the time the war was over, Bosnian parks and squares were scattered with statuary beheadings. From Wordnik.com. [Monumental War] Reference
And the Lord said to me: Cast it to the statuary, a handsome price, that I was prized at by them. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 43: Zacharias The Challoner Revision] Reference
We were walking across the wide polished floor inlaid with marble, and statuary stood on the stage. From Wordnik.com. [dishonest decade)] Reference
And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and I cast them into the house of the Lord to the statuary. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 43: Zacharias The Challoner Revision] Reference
All kinds of ornaments may be made in bronze — small animals, fish, shells, birds, statuary, etc. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
If you know only one thing about African art, it's probably the stylized profile of Yoruba statuary. From Wordnik.com. [Jim O'Grady: Art You Can Eat -- An Edible Sculpture Contest] Reference
On the walls hung wire baskets with ferns in them, alternating with brackets carrying plaster statuary. From Wordnik.com. ['Wind In The Willows': A Christmas Take On A Classic] Reference
He lingered at her desk, staring down at her hands which were as pale as crumbled pieces of Greek statuary. From Wordnik.com. [Another Supper] Reference
It is not so beautiful in statuary as that of Genoa, but from its great antiquity is even more interesting. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
The queen of dairy statuary, Duffy Lyon, celebrates her 29th year with a Last Supper at the Iowa State Fair. From Wordnik.com. ['A Scandal Waiting To Blow'] Reference
Perhaps in statuary and painting the Vatican carries off the palm, but scarcely, I think, in other treasures. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
A splendid granite cathedral ornamented with beautiful statuary still attests to the former grandeur of the city. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
Workers were invited to tour the Guggenheim mansion and the graceful gardens, complete with statuary and flowing fountains. From Wordnik.com. [Boys of Summer in Yonkers (Memoir Excerpt # 2)] Reference
Some years ago, in an art store in Boston, a group of girls stood together gazing intently upon a famous piece of statuary. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
Some have exquisite monuments and statuary, the figures most eloquently expressive of tender feelings of both joy and sorrow. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
After two hours, in which he bought in small lots about a carload of statuary, paintings, vases and rugs, he said, "This is too slow.". From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
Typically this includes the use of rocks, gravel, water, statuary, bridges, wood and some plants that appear to be hundreds of years old. From Wordnik.com. [Green Scene: A Japanese garden's natural serenity] Reference
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