Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A hall or large room for the exhibition of pieces of sculpture. It differs from the picture-gallery in being usually lighted from the sides, near the top, for skylights are less suitable.
Etymologies
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Examples
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He came in order to propose a visit to the sculpture-gallery.
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These lovely statues appeal more to the sympathy of the spectator than the medley contents of even a famous sculpture-gallery.
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Hawthorne felt the same disappointment after his first visit to the sculpture-gallery of the Vatican.
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George Bradford stated more than once that Emerson showed little interest in the pictorial art; and after walking through the sculpture-gallery of the Vatican, he remarked that the statues seemed to him like toys.
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The quick movement of the story -- the succession of devices by which the wily Ulysses lures Achilles to throw off his disguise, while Deidamia strives to conceal his identity; the scenic beauties of the background, shifting from sculpture-gallery to pleasance, from pleasance to banquet-hall; the pomp and glitter of the royal train, the melting graces of Deidamia and her maidens; seemed, in their multiple appeal, to develop in Odo new faculties of perception.
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George Bradford stated more than once that Emerson showed little interest in the pictorial art; and after walking through the sculpture-gallery of the
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Strange thus to escape for a time altogether from the region of human ugliness, to be as completely isolated from ill - favoured looks and uncomely gait as if we were in a sculpture-gallery of Florence!
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A mask of a grinning Faun may still be seen in the sculpture-gallery of the Bargello at Florence, and the marble is traditionally assigned to Michelangelo.
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At all events, Messer Gallo purchased a Bacchus, which now adorns the sculpture-gallery of the Bargello, and a Cupid, which may possibly be the statue at South Kensington.
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This, also, is the key of his last romance, _The Marble Faun_, one of the most perfect works of art in literature, whose marvellous spell begins with the very opening words: "Four individuals, in whose fortunes we should be glad to interest the reader, happened to be standing in one of the saloons of the sculpture-gallery in the Capitol at Rome."
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