set on a pedestal
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Because the sculpture is large, tall, and set on a pedestal, it requires viewers either to look up at it or to regard it from a distance—both postures requiring a certain degree of reverence.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
The fibreglass structure was set on a pedestal and had four symmetrical wings.
From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2018
Their Philadelphia firm famously proposed a monumental red apple set on a pedestal in the place of the Times Tower.
From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2014
To one side of the dish is a small conch shell set on a pedestal; to the other, a small silver handbell.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Now, in the years when the voice of fame cannot reach him and his worst detractors are silent, he is set on a pedestal by the side of Velazquez and Titian.
From Rembrandt by Israels, Josef
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