classical sculpture

collocation in English

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classical
adjective
uk
/ˈklæs.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈklæs.ɪ.kəl/
traditional in style or form, or based on methods developed over a long period of time, and considered to be of ...
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sculpture
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈskʌlp.tʃər/us
/ˈskʌlp.tʃɚ/
the art of forming solid objects that represent a thing, person, idea, etc. out of a material such as wood, clay, metal, or stone, or an object made in ...
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(Definition ofclassicalandsculpturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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With biological literalism, the photograph conveys the material truth behind the alabaster male torso ofclassicalsculpturethat it self-consciously displaces.
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Her images encompass everything fromclassicalsculptureto urban street life, transforming the mundane.
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Other works from the family collection ofclassicalsculpturewere also housed in the palace.
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Hegel documents the rise of art from symbolic architecture,classicalsculptureand romantic poetry.
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Studies on the plaster casts ofclassicalsculpturehe led in purely impressive mode, in which forgiving executives completely did not complain.
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He began to collectclassicalsculpturein the late 1850s.
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The artist depicts the earl dressed in fantastically ornamented clothing and surrounds him with architectural details and emblems fromclassicalsculpture.
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Mimoplastic attitude is differentiated from tableaux vivant by its imitation ofclassicalsculpture.
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Following a traditional curriculum, he drew from casts ofclassicalsculpturefor the first two years, and then drew from live models.
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His first works were inspired by antiqueclassicalsculpture.
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The foundation of these programs rests on an intensive study of the human figure, renderings of plaster casts ofclassicalsculpture, and the emulation of their instructors.
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Drer intended the work to represent both an idealised vision of 15th-century beauty, and an homage toclassicalsculpture.
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Duncan was the quintessence of modernism, shedding the rigid shackles of the balletic form and exploring movement through a combination ofclassicalsculptureand her own inner sources.
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Tauch became more-or-less his adopted daughter, student and protge, and he, after extracting a promise from her that she would never marry, molded her into a devotee ofclassicalsculpture.
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First, students copied prints after classical sculptures, becoming familiar with the principles of contour, light, and shade.
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It featured numerous parterres cut into the slopes above the house, and many fountains, garden buildings and classical sculptures.
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Likewise, another of the sculptor's source of inspiration for the composition of a certain design were both classical sculptures and celebrated paintings.
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