Bust (sculpture)
Bust of Francis Bacon
A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human figure, depicting a person's head and neck, and a variable portion of the chest and shoulders. The piece is normally supported by a plinth. These forms recreate the likeness of an individual. These may be of any medium used for sculpture, such as marble, bronze, terracotta or wood. A parallel term, aust, is a representation of the upper part of an animal or mythical creature.
Sculptural portrait heads from classical antiquity are sometimes displayed as busts. However, these are often fragments from full-body statues, or were created to be inserted into an existing body; these portrait heads are not included in this article.
Pictorial timeline
Pericles with the Corinthian helmet (marble, Roman after a Greek original, ca. 430 BC)_01.jpg)
The Empress Vibia Sabina (ca. 130 AD)
Lucius Verus (ca. 140 AD)
Giuliano de' Medici by Andrea del Verrocchio (terracotta, 1475–85)
Jakob Fugger the Rich by Conrat Meit (polychrome wood, ca. 1515)
Head of a Dignitary, court workshop of the Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria (clay, 16th century)
Jules Hardouin-Mansart by Jean-Louis Lemoyne (marble, 1703)_by_shakko_01.jpg)
Simplicity of the Highest Degree, ninth in a series of character heads by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (alabaster, after 1770)
Unidentified woman, by Joseph Chinard (terracotta, 1802)
Étienne Vincent-Marniola by Joseph Chinard (terracotta, 1809)
Chief Beshekee by Francis Vincenti (marble, 1855–56)
Mater Dolorosa by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (terracotta, 1869-70)
Sarah Bernhardt by Jean-Désiré Ringel d'Illzach (wax, 1895).JPG)
Viktor Nessler by Alfred Marzolff (bronze, 1890s)
Jeanne Granier by Francis de Saint-Vidal (late 19th century)
Faduma Ali, wife of Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (Italian Somaliland, ca. 1920s)
Keys To Community by James Peniston (2007)
See also
References
- ↑ Previously known as The Blackamoor.
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