noun / adjective
statuary
STACH-oo-air-ee/ˈstætʃueri/
Statues collectively as works of art or decoration.
The museum's statuary includes a scholar, a farmer, and a seated elder.
Etymology
A formation meaning “of statues” supplied a name for the art of sculpture. The noun later shifted from the art to its products: statues considered collectively.
In context
to rethink the statuary along Monument Avenue we proposed to actually lower the statues in two pools
More examples
- The garden's statuary needs cleaning after a long winter.
- She collects small pieces of bronze statuary.
- Workers cover the outdoor statuary before the storm.
Forms
statue noun — A sculpted figure representing a person or animal.
Similar words
- sculpture
- Includes abstract forms and reliefs, not just freestanding statues.