sculpture

sculp·ture  (sklpchr)

n.

1. The art or practice of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, as by chiseling marble, modeling clay, or casting in metal.

2.

a. A work of art created by sculpture.

b. Such works of art considered as a group.

3. Ridges, indentations, or other markings, as on a shell, formed by natural processes.

v. sculp·tured, sculp·tur·ing, sculp·tures

v.tr.

1. To fashion (stone, bronze, or wood, for example) into a three-dimensional figure.

2. To represent in sculpture.

3. To ornament with sculpture.

4. To change the shape or contour of, as by erosion.

v.intr.

To make sculptures or a sculpture.

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[Middle English, from Latin sculptra, from sculptus, past participle of sculpere, to carve; see skel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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sculptur·al adj.

sculptur·al·ly adv.

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sculpture

Noun

1. the art of making figures or designs in wood, plaster, stone, or metal

2. works or a work made in this way

Verb

[-turing, -tured]

1. to carve (a material) into figures or designs

2. to represent (a person or thing) in sculpture

3. to form or be formed in the manner of sculpture: limestone sculptured by fast-flowing streams [Latin sculptura a carving]

sculptural adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sculpture - a three-dimensional work of plastic art bronze - a sculpture made of bronze bust - a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person carving - a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape marble - a sculpture carved from marble mobile - sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents clay sculpture, modeling, moulding, molding, mould, mold - sculpture produced by molding plastic art - the arts of shaping or modeling; carving and sculpture relievo, rilievo, sculptural relief, embossment, relief - sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background stabile - a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support statue - a sculpture representing a human or animal solid figure, three-dimensional figure - a three-dimensional shape
	2.	sculpture - creating figures or designs in three dimensions carving artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" modelling, modeling, moulding, molding - a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied beaux arts, fine arts - the study and creation of visual works of art
Verb	1.	sculpture - create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice" sculpt artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" grave, sculpt, sculpture - shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband" shape, mould, mold, form, forge, work - make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
	2.	sculpture - shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband" grave, sculpt carve - form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice" sculpt, sculpture - create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice"

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sculpture

noun 1. statue, figure, model, bust, effigy, figurine, statuette

verb 2. carve, form, cut, model, fashion, shape, mould, sculpt, chisel, hew, sculp

Translations

sculpture [ˈskʌlptʃəʳ] n → escultura

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sculpture [ˈskʌlptʃəʳ] n → sculpture f

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sculpture [ˈskʌlptʃəʳ] n (art) → Bildhauerei f;

(object) → Skulptur f

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sculpture [ˈskʌlptʃəʳ] n → scultura