Definition of Statuary. Meaning of Statuary. Synonyms of Statuary

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Definition of Statuary

Statuary
Statuary Stat"u*a*ry, n.; pl. Statuaries. [L. statuarius, n., fr. statuarius, a., of or belonging to statues, fr. statua statue: cf. F. statuaire. See Statue.] 1. One who practices the art of making statues. On other occasions the statuaries took their subjects from the poets. --Addison. 2. [L. statuaria (sc. ars): cf. F. statuaire.] The art of carving statues or images as representatives of real persons or things; a branch of sculpture. --Sir W. Temple. 3. A collection of statues; statues, collectively.

Meaning of Statuary from wikipedia

- A statue is a free-standing sculpture in which the realistic, full-length figures of persons or animals are carved or cast in a durable material such as...
- The National Statuary Hall is a chamber in the United States Capitol devoted to sculptures of prominent Americans. The hall, also known as the Old Hall...
- Universal Statuary Corp. was an American, Chicago-based, statue manufacturer. Jack and Leo Lucchesi were brothers that founded the Universal Statuary Corp...
- The National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol is composed of statues donated by individual states to honor persons notable in their...
- antiquity for sculpture. It was also contemporaneously referred to as Statuary Porcelain by Copeland. Parian was essentially designed to imitate carved...
- The National Statuary Hall Collection holds statues donated by each of the United States, portraying notable persons in the histories of the respective...
- from 1807 to 1857, they were held in the then-House Chamber (now called Statuary Hall). When held in the House chamber, the Speaker's podium was used as...
- A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction. A pardon...
- This article presents the statues to be found on the Great West Front of Salisbury Cathedral, in Salisbury, England. It names all the statues and their...
- armour were hammered from mild bronze. According to one definition, modern "statuary bronze" is 90% copper and 10% tin. The great civilizations of the old world...