Bronzes

But by far the most notable thing about the sculpture display is the extensive collection of charming small bronzes, which is scattered through the many rooms. ❋ Sheldon Cheney (N/A)

They are called bronzes, but to me they always looked more like castings. ❋ Peter Newell (1910)

In late January, the lower house of Nigeria's parliament called on President Olusegun Obasanjo to request repatriation of objects taken during British colonial rule, especially the "bronzes," sixteenth-century cast brass sculptures and plaques, of which the museum has 50, that were taken by a 1897 British military expedition that deposed the ruler of Benin, a city-state in what is now southeastern Nigeria. ❋ Unknown (2002)

In 1972, Macklowe Gallery launched its exhibition programming with a selection of bronzes by the sculptor Rembrandt Bugatti. ❋ Kimberly Chou (2011)

Long before the statue was unearthed, the natural process of patination had caused the formation of the red cuprite, blue azurite and green malachite commonly found in ancient bronzes. ❋ Arnie Cooper (2011)

This recent blizzard reminded me entirely of that adventure, of bronzes that seemed to float, barely visible through the cloudy scrim of a sky that fell in frozen pieces. ❋ Allan M. Jalon (2011)

Another major highlight will be 51 bronzes by France's famed 19th-century sculptor of animals, Antoine-Louis Barye. ❋ Margaret Studer (2011)

"It's been about the experience," Ohno said of his three Olympics, at which he has won two golds, two silvers and four bronzes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I am implacably opposed to private medicine, but the minute push comes to slightly harder push, here I am, in a low-lit waiting room with tasteful pregger-art (isn't-the-female-form-marvellous! bronzes) and eerily polite receptionists. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Maria Los, a Christie's specialist who often buys for collectors from Mexico and Spain, helped a telephone bidder win three other bronzes by Moore, including his £5 million $8 million "Working Model for Three Piece No. 3: Vertebrae." ❋ Unknown (2012)

More on Ascot Tina Gaudoin on Style: A Flashy, Positively Ghastly Spectacle A Week at the Races This devotion to the Platonic ideal of the horse's head, rather than to representations of, for example, individual racehorses, readily distinguishes his sculptures from the rather pedestrian, often slightly kitsch, bronzes so often found decorating the houses of "horsey" people. ❋ Andrew McKie (2011)

Says Mr. Saunders: There's a very big misnomer about how bronzes should look. ❋ Arnie Cooper (2011)

New York sculptor Carole Feuerman, whose life-size Aqua-Resin "Brooke With Beach Ball" is now outside Jim Kempner Fine Art in Chelsea, noted that her monumental bronzes are $335,000 while the resins of the same size cost $300,000. ❋ Daniel Grant (2011)

I am by no means an expert on coins but I have uncovered frauds in other spheres, bzw the fake Rodin and Remington bronzes which I exposed some years ago. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Moore was the son of a Castleford miner, and his bronzes sit particularly well in their native county. ❋ Unknown (2011)