178 STATUARY. 



Al'to-Riliev'o (It. high relief). — A representation of fi<;;ures 

 and otlier objects against a flat surface ; it differs from demi- 

 rilievo and basso-rilievo only by the greater projection, 

 or higher relief, of the figures. 



Animated. — Appearing as if endowed with life. 



Ar'abesque. — A capricious, fantastic, or heterogeneous species 

 of ornament, adopted from ancient art in Arabian and 

 Moorish architecture, and consisting of fruit, flowers, 

 foliage, and many other forms, except those of animals, 

 which, in pure arabesque, were excluded by the law of 

 Mohammed. 



At'titude. — The posture or action in which a statue is placed. 



Bas'so-Riliev'o, or Bass-Relief (It. low relief). — In which 

 the figures project but little from the plane on which they 

 are formed. 



Bear'ing. — The mutual relations of the parts of a figure. 



Bis'cuit. — A species of unglazed porcelain in which groups 

 and figures are formed in miniature. 



Boast. — To cut roughly, as stone, in order to form the outline 

 of a figure. 



Boss. — A projecting mass of material to be afterward cut or 

 carved. 



Bust. — A figure or portrait showing only the head and shoul- 

 ders, the arms being absent. 



Cam'eo. — A precious stone carved in relief 



Carv'ing'. — The art of cutting figures in wood or stone. 



Casting'. — The art of taking casts or impressions of figures, 

 busts, medals, etc. 



Ceroplas'tic (Gr. keros, wax, and plastikos, relative to the art 

 of the modeller or carver). — The art of modelling or of 

 forming models in wax. 



Chas'ing'. — The art of embossing or representing figures on 

 metals by a kind of basso-rilievo, punched out from 

 behind, and carved on the front with small gravers. 



Contour'. — That line which cfefines or bounds a figure. 



Creux. — A term used where the lines and figures are cut 

 below the surface of the substances engraved ; thus it 

 stands opposed to rilievo. 



Dem'i-Riliev'o (It. half relief). — The projection of one-half 

 of the figure from the plane. 



Dra'pery. — The representation of the clothing or dress of 

 human figures, etc. 



