A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human body, depicting a person's head and neck, and a variable portion of the chest and shoulders. The piece is normally supported
The Nefertiti Bust of Ancient Egypt
The colossal Adiyogi Shiva bust in Coimbatore, India
The Veiled Nun by an unknown Italian workshop
The bust of Antinous-Dionysus in the Hermitage
A herma, commonly herm in English, is a sculpture with a head and perhaps a torso above a plain, usually squared lower section, on which male genitals may also be carved at the appropriate height. Her
Bust (sculpture)
…his Bust of the young Louis XIV was hugely influential on French sculptors. Bernini's rival Alessandro Algardi was another leading sculptor in Rome. Herma Portrait…
Herma of Demosthenes from the Athenian Agora, work by Polyeuktos, c. 280 BC, Glyptothek
Herma with the head of Herakles (Hermherakles). Museum of Ancient Messene, Greece
Archaic bearded head of Hermes from a herm, early 5th century BC
Marble herme head depicting Hermes, Roman period, exhibited at the İzmir Archaeological Museum