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Carve :: Carve (v. t.) To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave..

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

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

Altarpiece :: Altarpiece (n.) The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos.

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

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

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..

Ground :: Ground (n.) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief..

Insculpture :: Insculpture (n.) An engraving, carving, or inscription..

Genre :: Genre (n.) A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners..

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..

Glyphic :: Glyphic (a.) Of or pertaining to sculpture or carving of any sort, esp. to glyphs..

Elgin Marbles :: Elgin marbles () Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin..

Divarication :: Divarication (n.) A divergence of lines of color sculpture, or of fibers at different angles..

Corbell :: Corbell (n.) A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel.

Sculpture :: Sculpture (v. t.) To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave..

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..

Sculptor :: Sculptor (n.) One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve statues, or works of sculpture..

Bas-relief :: Bas-relief (n.) Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo..

Mezzo-rilievo :: Mezzo-rilievo (n.) Sculpture in this kind of relief. See under Alto-rilievo.

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