Definitions of sculpture [ˈskʌlp tʃər]

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Definition of 'sculpture'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) sculpture
the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.

2.  sculpture
such works of art collectively.

3.  sculpture
an individual piece of such work.

4. (v.t.) sculpture
to carve, model, weld, or otherwise produce (a piece of sculpture).

5.  sculpture
to produce a portrait or image of in this way; represent in sculpture.

6.  sculpture
to change the form of (the land surface) by erosion.

7. (v.i.) sculpture
to work as a sculptor.

Etymology: (1350–1400; < L sculptūra, der. of sculpt(us) (ptp. of sculpere to carve))

Definition of 'sculpture'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) sculpture
a three-dimensional work of plastic art

2. (verb) sculpture, carving
creating figures or designs in three dimensions

3. (verb) sculpt, sculpture
create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
"sculpt a swan out of a block of ice"

4. (verb) sculpt, sculpture, grave
shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
"She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"

Definition of 'sculpture'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) sculpture
a work of art carved or shaped from stone, wood, clay, etc.
Rodin's most famous sculpture; the beauty of ancient sculpture

2. sculpture
the art of making sculptures
He studied sculpture.

Definition of 'sculpture'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) sculpture
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. (noun) sculpture
carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc

3. (verb) sculpture
to form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave

Translation of 'sculpture'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the art of modelling or carving figures, shapes etc He went to art school to study painting and sculpture.
Afrikaans: beeldhou	Arabic: فَن النَّحْت	Bulgarian: склуптура
Brazilian: escultura	Czech: sochařství	German: die Bildhauerkunst
Danish: billedhuggerkunst; skulpt	Greek: γλυπτική	Spanish: escultura
Estonian: skulptuur, kuju	Farsi: پيكرتراشي	Finnish: kuvanveisto
French: sculpture	Hebrew: פִּיסוּל	Hindi: मूर्तिकला
Croatian: skulptura, kip	Hungarian: szobrászat	Indonesian: seni pahat
Icelandic: skúlptúr, höggmyndalist	Italian: scultura	Japanese: 彫刻
Korean: 조각	Lithuanian: skulptūra	Latvian: skulptūra
Malay: seni pahat	Dutch: beeldhouwkunst	Norwegian: billedhoggerkunst
Polish: rzeźba	Persian: پيكرتراشي	Pashto: مجسمه جوړونه، سنګ تراشي،
Portuguese: escultura	Romanian: sculptură	Russian: скульптура
Slovak: sochárstvo	Slovenian: kiparstvo	Serbian: vajarstvo
Swedish: skulptur	Thai: ประติมากรรม	Turkish: heykeltraşlık
Taiwanese: 雕刻藝術	Ukrainian: ліплення; різьбярство	Urdu: سنگتراشی
Vietnamese: nghệ thuật điêu khắc	Chinese: 雕刻艺术
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