statue

Noun
  1. A sculpture representing a human or animal (synset 104313985)
    is a type of: sculpture - a three-dimensional work of plastic art
    subtypes:
    • herm - a statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost
    • nude, nude sculpture, nude statue - a statue of a naked human figure
    • olympian zeus - a seated statue of the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology created for the temple at Olympia; the statue was 40 feet tall and rested on a base that was 12 feet high
    • sphinx - one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians
    • term, terminal figure, terminus - (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome
    specific instances:
    • colossus of rhodes - a huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios that was built around 285 BC and that stood beside the harbor entrance on the island of Rhodes for about 50 years before it was toppled by an earthquake
    • statue of liberty - a large monumental statue symbolizing liberty on Liberty Island in New York Bay

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