Variant (preferred term)


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Definition


A bronze that is similar in form to another, but with some differences between the two that are due to one having been cast from an altered or adapted wax model, or from an entirely new model. Artists can make variants of their own work, for example, by adjusting the positions of limbs between casts, or variants may be the result of others imitating the artist’s work.

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Synonyms


Version

Related Terms


Copy

To Be Distinguished From


After-cast   Aftercast   Replica   Surmoulage

Sources


General Dictionaries

Merriam Webster Dictionary (no date). Available at: https://www.merriam-webster.com/.

Cultural Heritage Publications

Dillon, J. (2002) ‘Technical reports’, in Avery, V. (ed.) Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. London, pp. 276–288.
Nicoletta Frapiccini (2017) ‘Roman Bronze Figurines of Deities in the National Archhaeological Museum of the Marche (Ancona)’, in Artistry in Bronze. The Greeks and Their Legacy (XIXth International Congress on Ancient Bronzes).
Bassett, J. (2008) The Craftsman Revealed: Adriaen de Vries, Sculptor in Bronze. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute.

Category


objects

Getty AAT



Translations


German variante

Cultural Heritage Publications

Weihrauch, H. R. (1967) Europäische Bronzestatuetten. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt & Biermann., (p.476)
French version

Cultural Heritage Publications

Baudry, M. T., Bozo, D. and Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la, F. (1978) La Sculpture: Méthode et vocabulaire. Paris: Impr. nationale (Principes d’analyse scientifique)., (p549)
French réplique
French variante
Italian variante

General Dictionaries

Enciclopedia Treccani. (2010). Rome, Italy: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana., (http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/variante1/)
Battaglia, S. (1961) Grande dizionario della lingua italiana. Edited by Giorgio Bárberi Squarotti. Turin, Italy: Unione tipografico-editrice torinese. Available at: http://www.gdli.it/ (Accessed: 25 April 2021)., (http://www.gdli.it/pdf_viewer/Scripts/pdf.js/web/viewer.asp?file=/PDF/GDLI21/GDLI_21_ocr_680.pdf&parola=variamte[definition 3])
Chinese 变体

General Dictionaries

明举新 = Juxin Ming (2010) 汉英冶金工业词典 = A comprehensive Chinese-English dictionary of metallurgical industry. 3rd edn. 中南大学出版社 = Zhong Nan University Press., (p. 65)

Other

國家教育研究院雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 = National Institute of Education Bilingual Vocabulary, Academic Terms and Dictionary Information Network (2012). Available at: http://terms.naer.edu.tw/ (Accessed: 1 February 2021)., (http://120.127.233.14/search/?q=variant)
Chinese 变型

General Dictionaries

明举新 = Juxin Ming (2010) 汉英冶金工业词典 = A comprehensive Chinese-English dictionary of metallurgical industry. 3rd edn. 中南大学出版社 = Zhong Nan University Press., (p. 65)

Other

國家教育研究院雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 = National Institute of Education Bilingual Vocabulary, Academic Terms and Dictionary Information Network (2012). Available at: http://terms.naer.edu.tw/ (Accessed: 1 February 2021)., (http://120.127.233.14/search/?q=variant)


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