Bust (sculpture)

A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human figure, depicting a person's head and neck, and a variable portion of the chest and shoulders. The piece is normally supported by a plinth. These forms recreate the likeness of an individual. These may be of any medium used for sculpture, such as marble, bronze, terracotta or wood. A parallel term, aust, is a representation of the upper part of an animal or mythical creature.

Sculptural portrait heads from classical antiquity are sometimes displayed as busts. However, these are often fragments from full-body statues, or were created to be inserted into an existing body; these portrait heads are not included in this article.

Pericles with the Corinthian helmet (marble, Roman after a Greek original, c. 430 BC)

The Empress Vibia Sabina (c. 130 AD)

Lucius Verus (c. 140 AD)

Reliquary bust of Charlemagne (gold, Aachen Cathedral treasury, 14th century)

Giuliano de' Medici by Andrea del Verrocchio (terracotta, 1475–85)

Jakob Fugger the Rich by Conrat Meit (polychrome wood, c. 1515)

Reliquary of a saint (oak, paint, gilding, 1520–30)

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