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Encyclopedia > Bust

A bust can be one of:

  • Bust (sculpture), a sculpture depicting a person's chest, shoulders, and head, usually supported by a stand.
  • the portion of the human body delimited by the neck and the waist, although in general use denotes female breasts.
  • the measure around a woman's breasts in the context of sewing and garment manufacture.
  • a slang term for an arrest.
  • a slang term for broken or defeated or lost
  • Bust, a commune of the Bas-Rhin département in France.
  • a feminist pop culture magazine.
  • a sports athlete who was projected to be a great player and failed to live up to that potential.
  • an informal term for an economic recession.

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ArtLex on Busts (753 words)
Bust of a Lady, c.1470s, marble, height 18 3/4 inches (46.6 cm), width 18 inches (45.8 cm), diameter of base 9 3/8 inches (23.9 cm), Frick Collection, NY.
Bust of the Pseudo-Seneca, before 1626, pen and brown ink over fl chalk heightened with white, with brush and gray ink, 10 3/8 x 7 inches (26.5 x 17.7 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, 1653, oil on canvas, 56 1/2 x 53 3/4 inches (143.5 x 136.5 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
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