Simply on aesthetic grounds I can almost applaud the Victorians’ fig obsessed Bowdlerisation of Greek and Roman statuary.
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Statuary
//ˈstæ.t͡ʃu.ɛəɹi//
Synonyms for "statuary" (93 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (46)
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3 entriesTranslations
23 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- ваятелство noun (craft of making statues)
- ску́лптор noun (person who makes or deals in statues)
- скулптура noun (craft of making statues)
Catalan
2 entries- estatuari noun (craft of making statues)
- estatuari noun (person who makes or deals in statues)
Czech
2 entries- sochařská výzdoba noun (statues considered collectively)
- sochy noun (statues considered collectively)
Finnish
4 entries- kuvanveisto noun (craft of making statues)
- kuvanveistäjä noun (person who makes or deals in statues)
- kuvapatsaat noun (statues considered collectively)
- veistokset noun (statues considered collectively)
French
3 entries- statuaire noun (craft of making statues)
- statuaire noun (statues considered collectively)
- statuaire noun (person who makes or deals in statues)
German
1 entries- Bildhauerkunst noun (craft of making statues)
Greek
3 entries- αγάλματα noun (statues considered collectively)
- αγαλματοποιία noun (craft of making statues)
- αγαλματοποιός noun (person who makes or deals in statues)
Hungarian
3 entries- műkereskedő noun (person who makes or deals in statues)
- szobrász noun (person who makes or deals in statues)
- szobrászat noun (craft of making statues)
Russian
2 entries- ску́льптор noun (person who makes or deals in statues)
- скульпту́ра noun (craft of making statues)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
He [Francis Bacon] lyeth interred in the Church of St. Michael at St. Albans in Hartfordſhire, and hath there a fair ſtatuary monument erected for him of white Marble at the coſt of Sir Thomas Meautis, his ancient ſervant, who was not neerer to him living then dead: […]
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There is the lady’s own book, complete without a teacher—showing how the waist should be boddiced; the parasol handled; the statuary attitudes; the Parisian curtsy; the prettiest toss of the head, and swing of the train.
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Characteristically, the photo series ends with the trainer having successfully contorted the boy’s body into a classical, statuary pose, even as the boy forces a pained smile for the camera.
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