Sentence examples for by small figures of from inspiring English sources

These are naturally followed, below the prophets and sibyls, by small figures of the 40 generations of Christ's ancestors, starting with Abraham.

29," the small figures of a man embracing an ecstatic girl seem to be enveloped by a field dotted with small white flowers.

Each point of the cross is decorated by a small gold ball; each angle has a small figure of a lion.

A small figure of Hanuman playing the veena.

The show includes sculptural works by Peter Voulkos, who was influenced by Abstract Expressionism and Japanese pottery; self-portraits in clay by Robert Arneson; porcelain vases by James Makins; and a 1939 statue by Viktor Schreckengost depicting a throned Nero with smaller figures of Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin and Hirohito.

The conventions of Kona-style bodies occur in some earlier figures, including smaller figures of gods mounted on props, apparently personally owned by chiefs.

The closing days of the Saturnalia were known as Sigillaria because of the custom of making, toward the end of the festival, presents of wax models of fruit and waxen statuettes that were fashioned by the sigillarii, manufacturers of small figures in wax and other media.

A few small figures on the sidewalk below, dwarfed by the architecture around them, lend an air of isolation and loneliness.

Two Comedians shows two small figures taking their final bow before being swallowed by the darkness of a cavernous stage.

Small figures without props were privately owned by families.

The surfaces of pyrite grains pretreated by Method 2 were covered by small pits (Figure 4F), whereas the surfaces of grains after pretreatment by Method 1 were covered in fine particulate matter and the identification of new or preexisting pits was not possible (Figure 4C).