STATUARY

(From statue.) The art of carving or otherwise forming statues. STATUE. {Lat. statun, from sto, I stand.) In Sculpture, a representation in relief in some solid substance, as marble or bronze, or in some apparently solid substance, of a man or other animal. There are various species of statues: — 1. Those smaller than nature. 2. Those of the same size as nature. 3. Those larger than nature. 4. Those that are three or more times larger than nature, and are called colo al. The first were by the ancients confined to men and gods generally. The second were confined to the representation of men celebrated for their learning and talents, who had rendered service to the state, and were executed at the public expense. The third were confined to kings, emperors, and, when more than twice the size of nature, to heroes. The fourth species were confined to statues of the gods, or of kings and emperors represented under the form of gods. Equestrian statues are those in which the figure is seated on a horse. See Sculpture. [s. 1166]