effigies

(noun)

A likeness of a person.

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Examples of effigies in the following topics:

  • Beadwork and Ceramics in the Eastern Woodland Cultures

    • In 1896, more than 1,000 carved and painted wooden objects—including masks, tablets, plaques, and effigies—were excavated in Key Marco, southwestern Florida.
    • Spanish missionaries described similar masks and effigies in use by the Calusa late in the 17th century, although no examples of the Calusa objects from the historic period have survived.
    • A human head effigy pot from the Mississippian culture, on display at the Hampson Museum State Park in Wilson.

  • Tiwanaku and Wari

    • These decorative objects typically depicted herders, effigies, trophy heads, sacrificial victims, and felines.
    • They were created in wood, engraved bone, and cloth and depicted puma and jaguar effigies, incense burners, carved wooden hallucinogenic snuff tablets, and human portrait vessels.

  • Chartreuse de Champmol

    • Only two monuments were ever erected, both in the same style, with painted alabaster effigies with lions at their feet and angels with spread wings at their heads.
    • Underneath the slab on which the effigies rested, small unpainted pleurants (mourners) were set among Gothic tracery.

  • Ceramics in Early South America

    • These decorative objects typically depicted herders, effigies, trophy heads, sacrificial victims, and felines.
    • They were created in wood, engraved bone, and cloth and depicted puma and jaguar effigies, incense burners, carved wooden hallucinogenic snuff tablets, and human portrait vessels.

  • Sculpture

    • Life-size tomb effigies in stone or alabaster became popular among the wealthy, and grand multi-level tombs evolved.

  • Gothic Architecture: The Abbey Church of Saint Denis

    • The effigies of many of the kings and queens are on their tombs, but during the French Revolution, those tombs were opened and the bodies were moved to mass graves.

  • Painting of the Mughal Period

    • The style became notably more rigid, and portraits resembled abstract effigies.

  • Woodlands in the East

    • This Mississippian culture ceramic effigy jug was found at Rose Mound in Cross County, Arkansas, and dates from 1400-1600.