Definition of sculpture

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

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Bucranium :: Bucranium (n.) A sculptured ornament, representing an ox skull adorned with wreaths, etc..
Elgin Marbles :: Elgin marbles () Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin..
Superstition :: Superstition (n.) An ignorant or irrational worship of the Supreme Deity; excessive exactness or rigor in religious opinions or practice; extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance; also, a rite or practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion..
Anaglyph :: Anaglyph (n.) Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo..
Divaricate :: Divaricate (a.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc..
Frieze :: Frieze (n.) Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. See Illust. of Column..
Insculp :: Insculp (v. t.) To engrave; to carve; to sculpture.
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..
Carving :: Carving (n.) The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving of the 15th century..
Sculptor :: Sculptor (n.) Hence, an artist who designs works of sculpture, his first studies and his finished model being usually in a plastic material, from which model the marble is cut, or the bronze is cast..
Toreumatography :: Toreumatography (n.) A description of sculpture such as bas-relief in metal.
Corbell :: Corbell (n.) A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel.
Ectype :: Ectype (n.) A work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in bas-relief (in this sense used loosely)..
Glyptotheca :: Glyptotheca (n.) A building or room devoted to works of sculpture.
Diaglyphtic :: Diaglyphtic (a.) Represented or formed by depressions in the general surface; as, diaglyphic sculpture or engraving; -- opposed to anaglyphic..
Grave :: Grave (n.) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image..
Altarpiece :: Altarpiece (n.) The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos.
Statuary :: Statuary (n.) The art of carving statues or images as representatives of real persons or things; a branch of sculpture.
Triglyphical :: Triglyphical (a.) Containing three sets of characters or sculptures.
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..
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