noun
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statues collectively
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the art of making statues
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of statuary
From the Latin word statuārius, dating back to 1535–45. See statue, -ary
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Traditionally, Schrader argued, artists and technology have evolved together, from Greek statuary to printing presses to synthesizers to digital filmmaking.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
Under that water, buildings, statuary, coins and royal personal effects came to rest, and waited to be found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
Thankfully what was saved made a much longer list - including all the stained-glass windows, most of the statuary and artwork, and the holy relic known as the Crown of Thorns.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2024
In the last few years, Harvey turned to sculpting imaginary but mythic-seeming artifacts that exist as both 3-D printed statuary and glossy virtual models.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Furniture was overturned, statuary broken, walls stained; the pages of torn hymn books lay about everywhere.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Lush landscaping, gardens and statuaries fill out the grounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2020
Now I have a shelf in my office where all the statuaries are.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2018
He had a head which statuaries loved to copy, and a foot the deformity of which the beggars in the street mimicked.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III by Henry Cabot Lodge
She then sent for the statuaries, and bade them reproduce this pitiable object in a brazen statue.
From The Secret History of the Court of Justinian by Procopius
When taken from the coffin, the lineaments of the face fully corresponded with the numerous representations, transmitted by the hands of painters and statuaries.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School
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