单词 | statuist |
释义 | † statuistn. Obsolete. A maker of statues; = statuary n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > maker of statues image-maker1500 statuary1542 statuist1620 statuarist1658 bust-maker1774 monumenter1890 portraitist1899 santero1931 1620 Horæ Subseciuæ 365 The most famous Painter and Statuist in the world, Michael Angelo. 1650 L. Willan tr. Æsop Phrygian Fabulist 157 Mercurie beeing desirous once to know In what esteem men held him here below, A Statuist's yard enter'd in humane Guize, Where of Jove's Statue hee requir'd the Price. 1839 Ladies' Compan. (N.Y.) Dec. 75/2 (heading) The first statuist. 1865 J. Rush Brief Outl. Anal. Human Intellect II. xxxvi. xxv. 315 The truth of imitation is an essential quality of a painter, as it is of a statuist. 1874 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 1 Jan. 8/4 (advt.) Ashphalte Works and Statuists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1620 |
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