portrait bust
Head and shoulders
A portrait bust is a sculpture depicting a person's head, neck, and usually shoulders or upper chest.
Unlike full statues, busts focus attention on the face and expression.
They have been used since antiquity to commemorate rulers, philosophers, and other notable figures: a marble portrait bust of Julius Caesar, The library displayed portrait busts of its founders.
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- bronzeCopper-tin alloy
- carved in stoneFixed beyond alteration
- pedestalSupport for statuary
likeness · effigy · head · shoulders · Roman · Roman senator · ancient Rome · classical · plinth · life size · carved · chiseled · commemorative · noble · stoic · toga · emperor · gallery
portrait buststanding figure
Vertical human representation
equestrian statue · reclining figure · death mask · relief sculpture · colossal statue
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