1) Ancient Roman sculpture
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An acrolith is a composite sculpture made of stone and other materials, as in the case of a figure whose torso is made of wood, while the head, hands, and feet are made of marble. The wood was concealed either by drapery or by gilding; only the marble parts were exposed to view. This type of statuary was common and widespread in Classical antiquit...
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wooden statue with stone extremities
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• (n.) A statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk being generally of wood.
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statue, especially ancient Greek, in which the trunk of the figure was of wood and the head, hands, and feet of marble. The wood was either gilded or ...
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Ac'ro·lith noun [ Latin
acrolthus , Greek
'akroli`qos with the ends made of stone;
'a`kros extreme +
li`qos stone.]
(Arch. & Sculp.) A statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk being generally of wood.
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In architecture an acrolith is a statue whose extremities (the head, hands and feet) are made of stone, and the trunk generally made of wood.
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acrolith, acrolithic In early Greek sculpture, a statue with a stone head, hands, and feet, and a wooden trunk.
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a sculptured figure having the head and extremities of stone and the torso of other material.
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