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Frieze :: Frieze (n.) That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture..

Sculptured :: Sculptured (imp. & p. p.) of Sculptur.

Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture..

Gyracanthus :: Gyracanthus (n.) A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and carboniferous strata; -- so named from their round, sculptured spines..

Sculpture :: Sculpture (n.) Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc..

Sculpture :: Sculpture (n.) 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..

Grouping :: Grouping (n.) The disposal or relative arrangement of figures or objects, as in, drawing, painting, and sculpture, or in ornamental design..

Rood :: Rood (n.) A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it.

Photosculpture :: Photosculpture (n.) A process in which, by means of a number of photographs simultaneously taken from different points of view on the same level, rough models of the figure or bust of a person or animal may be made with great expedition..

Demi-rilievo :: Demi-rilievo (n.) Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.

Aegicrania :: Aegicrania (n. pl.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls..

Allegory :: Allegory (n.) A figure representation which has a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured.

Effigy :: Effigy (n.) The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits..

Art :: Art (n.) The application of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature..

Toreumatography :: Toreumatography (n.) A description of sculpture such as bas-relief in metal.

Plastic :: Plastic (a.) Pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of, molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by, molding or modeling; -- said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts..

Acclamation :: Acclamation (n.) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy..

Bust :: Bust (n.) A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast..

Frieze :: Frieze (n.) Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. See Illust. of Column..

Grave :: Grave (n.) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image..

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