Dictionary entry

Statuette

Pronunciation: /statʃʊˈɛt/

Pronunciation

/statʃʊˈɛt/

Myanmar Meaning

ကျောက်ရုပ်တုငယ်။

Definition

statuette /stætʃu'et / n အခ်ဳိးအစား ငယ္ေသာ႐ုပ္တု၊ ေက်ာက္ဆစ္ ႐ုပ္၊ ေၾကး႐ုပ္စသည္။ A china statuette of a shepherdess stood on the table.

Examples

  1. ‘Some of the interesting works available at the exhibition are bronze statuettes inspired by the metal sculpting of the Gupta and Chola period and a Panchloha sculpture of Lord Krishna playing the flute.’
  2. ‘A bronze statuette of a Persian dancing boy with a high hat
  3. long sleeves and pointed shoes also testifies to the ubiquity of foreign performers.’
  4. ‘In a chapter about the origins of the griffin in classical thought
  5. she describes a large collection of bronze griffin statuettes excavated from a sanctuary on Samos.’
  6. ‘Forman has photographed all of the presidential statuettes from Washington through Nixon
  7. though not all the images were exhibited.’
  8. ‘The foreign and attractive objects Carpaccio portrays acquire an undeniable prestige
  9. receiving the same precise treatment as the small bronze statuettes of Italian manufacture.’
  10. ‘The small Greek figurines known as Tanagra statuettes were mass produced from moulds
  11. and reproduce everyday life as well as copies of famous statues.’
  12. ‘Such photographs are thought to have spiritual powers and are sometimes placed in shrines
  13. receiving offerings of food like the carved statuettes.’
  14. ‘Moore himself requested the loan of the statuette for his show at the Museum of Modern Art in 1946.’
  15. ‘Marble building model with four square columns and four statuettes of female deities
  16. from Hatra
  17. second to third century A.D.’
  18. ‘Armies of gilded statuettes of saintly figures adorned little notches in the chiselled stone walls and framed iconographic pictures hung from any spaces which weren't already occupied.’
  19. ‘The iconography of the Liege statuette further refutes the notion that it could have been offered in atonement.’
  20. ‘The reduced-scale copies of statuettes featured in these early photographs reflect a growing bourgeois market for such things
  21. and with it the commercialization of art making itself.’
  22. ‘These call attention to tie fact that Frey's large sculptures often look like ordinary
  23. blocky statuettes or cheap figurines that have been enlarged to humongous size.’
  24. ‘Tradition requires the carver to give both statuettes the same facial features to emphasize the oneness in their twoness
  25. even if the deceased twins were not identical.’
  26. ‘Stone carvings and marble statuettes from Uttar Pradesh are on display along with statues
  27. hookahs and plates made of brass coated with enamel.’
  28. ‘The Quentin Foundation has assembled a topflight collection of renaissance and baroque bronze statuettes
  29. including some of the boldest statements made by Mannerist and baroque sculptors.’
  30. ‘On show at the festival are leather goods
  31. clay statuettes
  32. wooden showpieces
  33. handloom garments
  34. jute bags
  35. paper articles
  36. metal crafts and so on.’
  37. ‘The Queen was presented with a bronze statuette of a mines rescue worker and visited a memorial garden for those who died underground at the pit which was finally closed in 1993.’
  38. ‘You see a small statue based on Edgar Degas' ballet dancers
  39. along with other statuettes and a huge poster of cave art from Lascaux
  40. France.’
  41. ‘But in France silver statuettes are documented as having at least faces and hands painted
  42. as distinct from being enamelled
  43. from the early fourteenth century onwards.’