ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LAY FIGURE
From obsolete layman, from Dutch leeman, literally: joint-man.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAY FIGURE»
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lay figure in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
lay figure and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms ...
Her aunt asked her to stand as a sort of lay figure on which to display them [
shawls]. 2. smb. of little importance; an insignificant person: At chapel the
registrar is the important person, and the officiating minister is a mere lay figure.
2
The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Unlike the other members of the group, he was primarily a landscapist (although
he did also paint urban scenes), and his style was essentially *Impressionist. lay
figure. A doll-like model of the human figure, jointed so that it can be given all ...
The Christ is a popular lay-figure that never lived, and a lay-figure of Pagan origin
; a lay-figure that was once the Ram and afterwards the Fish ; a lay-figure that in
human form was the portrait and image of a dozen different gods. The imagery ...
4
The Historical Jesus, and the Mythical Christ
The Christ is a popular lay-figure that never lived, an da lay-figure of Pagan origin
; a lay-figure that was once the Ram and afterwards the Fish ; a lay-figure that in
human form was the portrait and image of a dozen different gods. The imagery ...
5
Seamanship Techniques: Shipboard and Marine Operations
Cross lay Figure 4.1 Rope lay. One rope lay Equal lay ... A cross lay construction
is one in which the wires in successive layers of the strand are spun at
approximately the same angle of lay (Figure 4.1 ). It follows that the wires in
successive ...
6
Engine Company Fireground Operations
For example, one side of the hose bed may be set for a reverse lay and the other
for a straight lay (Figure 2.11). (These hose lays will be discussed later in detail.)
This setup allows for flexibility of operation at the f ireground. The two separate ...
Harold Richman, National Fire Protection Association, 1986
7
The Culture of the Copy: Striking Likenesses, Unreasonable ...
Striking Likenesses, Unreasonable Facsimiles Hillel Schwartz. toward the “
peculiarities of form of any individual.” Artists could use Apollo as a lay figure;
gifted with several Apollos, tailors could fit uniforms to an army.32 That's one
giant leap to ...
8
Art in a Season of Revolution: Painters, Artisans, and ...
Ann Whytell (designer of clothes) and Simon Hennekin (designer of figure),
England, Artist's Lay Figure in Original Wooden Box with Male and Female
Wardrobe, 1769. Wood and fabric. n'A X 33/4 X 2'/4 in. (29.2 X 9.6 X 5.7 cm). Los
Angeles ...
Margaretta M. Lovell, 2007
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
THB LAY-FIGURE. A PAINTER 8 STORY. 586 The Lay-Figure. 1833.] itig the
figure, as I did,. " No chance of the steam-boat sailing to-night, gentlemen," said
the landlord of the Crown Inn at Dover, as he entered the room where I and
another ...
10
The Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus
protagonist would be able to take his place behind the lay-figure before 1. 88.
Between the scenes of Cratos, Oceanus, lo and Hermes are intervals filled by
Prometheus and the Chorus, giving the deuteragonist time to rest and change his
...
Aeschylus, H. Rackham, 2013
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAY FIGURE»
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Feminists fall out over 'violent, misogynistic' Rihanna video
She is merely Rihanna and her crew's lay figure here. And she was, in all likelihood, the accountant's lay figure too. Pun intended. The violence ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Eleanor Birne
A primitive lay figure once owned by Walter Sickert is stretched out on a sheet in a large cardboard coffin; it's as though we'd stumbled on the ... «London Review of Books, Dec 14»
Silent Partners
In the second room of Silent Partners, Walter Sickert's lay figure, George, generates the uncanny; a feeling reflected by the photographs of ... «Varsity Online, Oct 14»
Silent Partners: Artist & Mannequin from Function to Fetish …
Sometimes social convention demanded the use of a lay figure. When the Pre-Raphaelite John Everett Millais asked Charles Dickens's ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 14»
Radiographers carry out CT scans on body parts of 19th century …
Child no.98 – a “high quality” 19th century Parisian stuffed lay figure – and an 18th century, largely wood mannequin once owned by Walter ... «Culture24, Oct 14»
The secret world of the artist's mannequin
In the 18th and 19th centuries, ages of so many technological improvements, much thought and effort was devoted to making the lay figure ... «Spectator.co.uk, Oct 14»
Exhibition of CT scans at Fitzwilliam Museum reveal inner workings …
98', a high quality 19th century Parisian stuffed lay figure from the Hamilton Kerr Institute, and an 18th century, largely wooden mannequin once ... «Cambridge News, Oct 14»
The secret lives of mannequins
It shows how from being an inconspicuous studio tool, a piece of equipment as necessary as easel, pigments and brushes, the lay figure ... «BBC News, Oct 14»
A history of artists and their mannequins
Apparently, after painting his lay figure several times, the artist claimed to be "cured" of his passion, and so beheaded it. "A mannequin can be a ... «The Independent, Oct 14»
From model to sex toy – artists and mannequins
Walter Sickert's wooden lay figure George continues to do sterling work at Bath Spa University, where he struts its stuff for each new generation ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»
