| 单词 |
protome |
| 释义 |
‖ protome|ˈprɒtəmiː|
[mod.L., a. Gr. προτοµή the foremost or upper part of anything, a bust or half-figure, f. προτέµν-ειν to cut off in front; cf. τοµή cutting.]
A bust. Now spec. the forepart of an animal represented decoratively, as in (ancient) sculpture.
1737W. Stukeley in Mem. (Surtees) III. 57 A very ancient protome of our Saviour's effigies over the south porch. 1868Ecclesiologist XXIX. 72 A finely benignant head, or rather protome of the Saviour. 1886A. J. Evans in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. VII. 14 The horse's head, or protomê, as is well known, is introduced generally in a sunken square. 1933C. Seltman Greek Coins v. 60 The device of the foreparts of two lions facing one another. The son..replaced one of the half-lions by the forepart of a bull, and at first the two protomes were back to back. 1942Antiquity XVI. 356 But there is one motive, the bull's protome, that does seem really distinctive of the Halaf style. 1972Scripta Hierosolymitana XXIV. 41 A Greek artist conceived the strange idea of..combining two traditional elements..by uniting a lion protome with a swinging handle. 1978W. A. P. Childs City-Reliefs of Lycia 13 The lintel was decorated with four winged bull-protomes. |
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