- the
health of the
hated one decline.
During the
Italian Renaissance,
modeling in
wax took a
position of high importance, and it was
practised by some of...
- Lost-
wax casting – also
called investment casting,
precision casting, or cire
perdue (French: [siʁ pɛʁdy];
borrowed from French) – is the
process by which...
-
Waxes are a
diverse class of
organic compounds that are lipophilic,
malleable solids near
ambient temperatures. They
include higher alkanes and lipids...
- A
wax museum or
waxworks usually consists of a
collection of
wax sculptures representing famous people from
history and
contemporary personalities exhibited...
-
Paraffin wax (or
petroleum wax) is a soft
colorless solid derived from petroleum, coal, or oil
shale that
consists of a
mixture of
hydrocarbon molecules...
-
known as cera alba) is a
natural wax produced by
honey bees of the
genus Apis. The
wax is
formed into
scales by
eight wax-producing
glands in the abdominal...
-
Bikini waxing is the
removal of
pubic hair
using a
special wax,
which can be hot or cold, that
adheres to
hairs and
pulls them out when the
wax is removed...
-
Tussauds (UK: /tuːˈsɔːdz/, US: /tuːˈsoʊz/) is a
wax museum founded in
London in 1835 by the
French wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. One of the
early main attractions...
- The
Wax Model is a lost 1917
American drama silent film
directed by E.
Mason Hopper and
written by
Julia Crawford Ivers. The film
stars Vivian Martin...
- housekeeper. Curtius, whom
Marie would call her uncle, was
skilled in
wax modeling. He
initially used this
talent to
illustrate anatomy, but he
later used...
