Sculpture

Quick meaning: Sculpture is a noun meaning Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.

Meaning

Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.

More Meanings

1. (zoology) The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.
2. To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
3. To represent something in sculpture.
4. To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.
5. (countable) A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
6. (countable) More generally (since modernism), a three-dimensional work of art of any material or of mixed materials, whether sculpted, assembled, found, constructed or created using multiple techniques.
7. (archaic) A printed picture, such as an engraving.

Example Sentences

There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen / The mad affection of the Cretan queen.

Both are Tranſlated into Engliſh, Illuſtrated with Sculptures, and Printed about two Years ago.

Word Forms

• sculptures
• sculpturing
• sculptured

Synonyms for sculpture

Depending on context, synonyms include sculpt, carving, grave.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sculpt, carving, grave, statue, sculptor, sculpting.

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