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Sculpture
Sculpture Sculp"ture (?; 135), n. [L. sculptura: cf. F.
sculpture.]
1. The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal,
etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as
of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing
figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials.
2. Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal,
etc.
There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen The
mad affection of the Cretan queen. --Dryden.
SculptureSculpture Sculp"ture (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Sculptured; p. pr. & vb. n. Sculpturing.]
To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or
metal; to carve; to engrave.
Sculptured tortoise (Zo["o]l.), a common North American
wood tortoise (Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is marked
with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured
figures.
Meaning of Sculpture from wikipedia
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Sculpture is the
branch of the
visual arts that
operates in
three dimensions.
Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work
which is
physically presented...
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Motherless is an 1889
sculpture by
George Anderson Lawson. It
depicts a
child in the arms of
their seated father. It is in the
collection of the Kelvingrove...
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Gothic sculpture was a
sculpture style that
flourished in
Europe during the
Middle Ages, from
about mid-12th
century to the 16th century,
evolving from...
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Social sculpture is a
phrase used to
describe an
expanded concept of art that was
invented by the
artist and
founding member of the
German Green Party...
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Renaissance sculpture is
understood as a
process of
recovery of the
sculpture of
classical antiquity.
Sculptors found in the
artistic remains and in the...
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French sculpture has been an
original and
influential component of
world art
since the
Middle Ages. The
first known French sculptures date to the Upper...
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Chinese sculpture originated from the Shang, and has a
history of more than 3,000 years.[dubious – discuss]
Chinese sculpture eventually influenced the...
- The
visual arts are art
forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking,
sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, image, filmmaking, design, crafts, and...
- bronze,
stainless steel, and
marble sculpture in
several locations by the
artist Louise Bourgeois. The
sculpture,
which depicts a spider, is
among the...
- Tanzania.
Masterworks of
African Sculpture (German: Tanzania.
Meisterwerke afrikanischer Skulptur; Swahili:
Sanaa za
Mabingwa wa Kiafrika) was an art...
