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statuary, n. and a.|ˈstætjuːərɪ|
[ad. L. statuārius adj. (also absol. as n. masc., sculptor, and ellipt. fem. statuāria sc. ars, art of sculpture), f. statua statue n. Cf. F. statuaire adj. and n. masc. and fem. (n. masc. from 14th c.), It. statuario adj. and n. masc., statuaria n. fem. (similarly Sp., Pg. estatuário, -ária).]
A. n.
1. One who practises the art of making statues, a sculptor of statues.
1581Mulcaster Positions v. 35 If I..should seeme to contemne that principle, which brought forth..so many statuaries, so many architectes. 1607Chapman Bussy d'Ambois i. i. 7 Vnskilfull statuaries, who suppose (In forging a Colossus) if they make him Stroddle enough..Their worke is goodly. 1631Massinger Emperor East ii. i, If Statuaries could By the foote of Hercules set downe punctually His whole dimensions. 1777Johnson Let. to Mrs. Lucy Porter 20 Nov., in Boswell (1831) IV. 63 Mr. Nollikens, the statuary, has had my direction to send you a cast of my head. 1814Scott Diary 25 Aug. in Lockhart III. vii. 237, I think a statuary might catch beautiful hints from the fanciful and romantic disposition of the stalactites. 1864Tennyson Boadicea 64 Burn the palaces, break the works of the statuary. 1890Daily News 21 Mar. 5/4 Other cracks..may easily be discovered, and the statuary should be called in before the damage gets more serious.
2. Sculpture composed of statues, statues collectively. † Also pl., works of sculpture.
1673[R. Leigh] Transp. Reh. 97 The image of episcopacy, like the statuaries in Pallas target. 1701in Cath. Rec. Soc. Publ. VII. 106 We were..to see y⊇ fine antient pieces of Statuary, of which there are several of the Passion. 1848H. Rogers Ess. I. vi. 305 The persons of the drama stand out in their appropriate characteristics as distinctly as the various forms in a group of Greek statuary.
3. The art of making statues, sculpture.
1563Shute Archit. B iij b, Neither in painting like Apelles nor Plastes, or Stattuary like vnto Miron or Policrates. 1704Addison Italy Pref., The noblest productions of statuary and architecture. 1776Johnson in Boswell 19 Mar., The value of statuary is owing to its difficulty. You would not value the finest head cut upon a carrot. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 1009 It was he [Wedgewood] who first erected magnificent factories, where every resource of..science was made to co-operate with the arts of painting, sculpture, and statuary. 1840Hood Up Rhine 55 A painted wooden figure of a Dutchman... This wooden statuary is, timberly speaking, quite a branch of the Dutch fine arts. 1846Ellis Elgin Marbles I. 110 Statuary, or the art of making complete figures.
4. Comb.
1875Knight Dict. Mech., Statuary-casting. 1914Daily News 15 Jan. 12, I was admitted to the inner sanctum of the statuary-makers' haunts.
B. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to the making of statues.
1627Hakewill Apol. iii. v. §3. 198 And therefore Plato banished Poets from his common-wealth; and Moses,..both painting and the statuary Art. a1700Evelyn Diary 16 June 1683, Nor doubt I at all that he will prove as greate a master in the statuary art.
2. Consisting of statues or a statue; sculptured.
1629Maxwell tr. Herodian (1635) 120 He..presented them also to publicke view, in Statuarie Representations. 1654H. L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 64 Sir Francis Bacon..hath there a fair statuary monument erected for him of white Marble. a1718Penn Tracts Wks. 1726 I. 542 Which shows he [Orpheus] meant no Statuary Deity, but God that made the Heavens and the Earth. 1753in Picton L'pool. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 159 The statuary work by him executed. 1892Daily News 13 May 3/1 When Cato was offered statuary honours, he refused them on the ground that he would rather people asked why there was not a statue of Cato than why there was one.
†3. fig. Resembling that of a statue; statuesque.
1759Goldsm. Bee No. 2 On our Theatres ⁋1 Actresses..who have..what connoisseurs call statuary grace, by which is meant elegance unconnected with motion.
4. Of materials: Suitable for statues or statuary work; esp. statuary marble (see quot. 1909), hence statuary vein, a variety of statuary marble (see quot. 1909).
1815W. Bakewell Introd. Geol. 87 The crystalline translucent qualities of statuary marble. 1823W. Phillips Introd. Min. (ed. 3) 152 Statuary Marble. The most celebrated statuary marble was found in the island of Paros, thence termed Parian marble. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Statuary-brass, an alloy of copper, zinc, and tin, used for statuary, generally known as bronze. 1909Renwick Marble 218 Statuary, a general name given to pure white marble, free from markings, but generally understood as meaning the best quality of Italian white marble. Ibid., Statuary Vein, white Italian marble having a statuary ground and fine blue veins traversing the formation.
attrib.1881W. S. Gilbert Foggerty's Fairy (1892) 26 A handsome statuary marble mantelpiece. |
