Usage Note
Büste is a sculpture of a person's head and upper chest. It is feminine; the plural is Büsten. A marble portrait bust is eine Marmorbüste.
Examples
"Im Foyer steht die Büste des Gründers."
Natural Translation
The bust of the founder stands in the foyer.
Literal Translation
In-the foyer stands the bust of-the founder.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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