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Half-length   /hæf-lɛŋkθ/   Listen
Half-length

noun
1.
A portrait showing the body from only the waist up.





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"Half-length" Quotes from Famous Books



... door, executed with spirit, though in a bravura style that curiously anticipates the decline of Italian sculpture. Gaunt, hollow-eyed, with prominent cheek bones and strong jaws, this animated, half-length statue of the hero bears the stamp of a good likeness; but when or by whom it was ...
— Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete - Series I, II, and III • John Symonds


Words linked to "Half-length" :   abridged, portrait, portrayal, little, short


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