waxworks
Sculpted celebrity likenesses
Waxworks is a museum or exhibition of wax figures, typically depicting famous people or scenes from history.
The figures are life-sized sculptures made from wax, often startlingly realistic: We visited the waxworks to see the royal family.
Madame Tussauds is the most famous example.
The singular waxwork refers to an individual figure.
Life-sized display figure
- effigySculpted human representation
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- dummyLifelike substitute figure
replica · model · cast · mold · statue · figurine · representation · facsimile
Disturbingly strange
- lifelikeResembling the real thing
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- creepyDisturbingly strange
- realisticTrue to life
spooky · macabre · ghostly · chilling · doppelganger · simulacrum · verisimilitude · haunting
Public display of items
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
- attractionPull toward something
- touristsTravelers seeing sights
- hallInterior connecting pathway
display · curator · guide · ticket · collection · venue · installation · showcase
Thing preserving remembrance
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- VictorianOf a prim era
- sideshowSecondary carnival attraction
- anatomicalOf bodily structure
curiosity · heritage · preservation · historical · documentation · portraiture
mannequin
Life-sized display figure
- effigySculpted human representation
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
dummy · replica · model · cast · mold · statue · figurine · representation · facsimile · celebrity
eerie
Disturbingly strange
- lifelikeResembling the real thing
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- creepyDisturbingly strange
realistic · spooky · macabre · ghostly · chilling · doppelganger · simulacrum · verisimilitude · haunting · surreal
exhibition
Public display of items
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
- attractionPull toward something
- touristsTravelers seeing sights
hall · display · curator · guide · ticket · collection · venue · installation · showcase · viewing
memorial
Thing preserving remembrance
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- VictorianOf a prim era
- sideshowSecondary carnival attraction
anatomical · curiosity · heritage · preservation · historical · documentation · portraiture
sculpting
Shaping material into forms
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- moldingDecorative architectural edging
- castingShaping through liquid form
craftsmanship · detailing · anatomy · proportion · realism · armature · finishing · polishing · texture · patina
- curiositiesoddities, curiosities, rarities, wonders, anomalies
- Victorian attractionspanorama, diorama, magic lantern, pleasure garden, music hall
- wax artMadame Tussauds
- British Seasidepier, piers, beach hut, beach huts, promenade
- Blackpoolpromenade, Blackpool, tramway, trams, piers
waxworksliving statues
Street performers feigning stillness
animatronics · flesh and blood · real people · actors · human beings
waxworksbronze statues
Cast alloy artworks depicting figures
marble sculptures · stone monuments · wooden carvings · clay figures · ice sculptures
waxworksbronze sculptures
Artwork cast in copper alloy
marble statues · stone carvings · metal sculptures · wooden figures