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sculpture
the art of making forms by chiseling, carving, modeling, casting, etc.
Not to be confused with:
sculptor – an artist who makes sculptures
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sculp·ture
(skŭlp′chər)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: sculpture a lion.
3. To ornament with sculpture.
4. To change the shape or contour of, as by erosion.
v.intr.
To make sculptures or a sculpture.
[Middle English, from Latin sculptūra, from sculptus, past participle of sculpere, to carve; see skel- in Indo-European roots.]
sculp′tur·al adj.
sculp′tur·al·ly adv.
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sculpture
(ˈskʌlptʃə)n
1. (Art Terms) the art of making figures or designs in relief or the round by carving wood, moulding plaster, etc, or casting metals, etc
2. (Art Terms) works or a work made in this way
3. ridges or indentations as on a shell, formed by natural processes
4. (Physical Geography) the gradual formation of the landscape by erosion
vb (mainly tr)
Also (for senses 5–8): sculpt 5. (Art Terms) (also intr) to carve, cast, or fashion (stone, bronze, etc) three dimensionally
6. (Art Terms) to portray (a person, etc) by means of sculpture
7. (Art Terms) to form in the manner of sculpture, esp to shape (landscape) by erosion
8. (Art Terms) to decorate with sculpture
[C14: from Latin sculptūra a carving; see sculpt]
ˈsculptural adj
ˈsculpturally adv
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sculp•ture
(ˈskʌlp tʃər)n., v. -tured, -tur•ing. n.
1. the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.
2. such works of art collectively.
3. an individual piece of such work.
v.t. 4. to carve, model, weld, or otherwise produce (a piece of sculpture).
5. to produce a portrait or image of in this way; represent in sculpture.
6. to change the form of (the land surface) by erosion.
v.i. 7. to work as a sculptor.
[1350–1400; < Latin sculptūra, derivative of sculpt(us) (past participle of sculpere to carve)]
sculp′tur•al, adj.
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sculpture
Past participle: sculptured
Gerund: sculpturing
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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 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 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" 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" |
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" carve - form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice" |
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sculpture
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Translations
فَن النَّحْتفَنُّ النَحْتنَحْتِيَّه، تِمْثال مَنحوت
sochasochařství
skulpturbilledhuggerkunst
kuvanveistomuovataveistääveistosesittää
skulptura
szoborszobrászat
skúlptúr, höggmyndskúlptúr, höggmyndalist
彫刻
조각술
sculptură
sochárstvo
kipkiparstvo
kip
skulptur
การแกะสลัก
heykelheykeltraşlık
tác phẩm điêu khắc
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sculpture
n (= art) → Bildhauerkunst f, → Skulptur f; (= work) → Bildhauerei f; (= object) → Skulptur f, → Plastik f
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sculptor
(ˈskalptə) – feminine ˈsculptress – noun an artist who carves or models in stone, clay, wood etc.
ˈsculpture (-tʃə) noun1. the art of modelling or carving figures, shapes etc. He went to art school to study painting and sculpture.
2. work done by a sculptor. These statues are all examples of ancient Greek sculpture.
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sculpture
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