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Definition of to sculpture in English English dictionary: A work of art created by sculpting; To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure; To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc; The art of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, professionally performed by a sculptor; Works of art created by sculpting, as a group; {v} to cut, to engrave; {n} carved work; To represent something in sculpture; A sculpture is a work of art that is produced by carving or shaping stone, wood, clay, or other materials. stone sculptures of figures and animals. a collection of 20th-century art and sculpture; creating figures or designs in three dimensions; The art of carving or modeling figures Sculpture includes cutting statues from blocks of stone or wood; casting in bronze (or other metals); constructing by welding and modeling in clay or wax; is the representation of a form in the round or in relief by modeling clay, chiseling stone or casting in metal; Carved, cut, hewn, cast, molded, welded or assembled into three dimensional representations, forms, or figures; Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc; A work of art created by sculpting; such works as a group; Sculptured carpets have a pattern formed by high and low areas in the carpet pile Often referred to as cut and loops; To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave; {f} form a three-dimensional work of art using any of several techniques (such as welding, modeling, carving, etc.); The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc; into statues, ornaments, etc; An art form created by altering the appearance of a mass by adding or subtracting material; a loose term of wide interpretation for - and better kept for - three dimensional work I use it to means carvings which are fully three dimensional: 'in the round'; as compared with a relief carving where the depth dimension is less than in reality There are two important approaches to creating in three dimensions and it is very important for carvers to understand and appreciate the difference: glyptic and plastic; Sculpture is the art of creating sculptures. Both studied sculpture. Three-dimensional art produced especially by forming hard or plastic materials into three-dimensional objects, usually by carving or modeling. The designs may be produced in freestanding objects (i.e., in the round), in relief, or in environments, and a variety of media may be used, including clay, wax, stone, metal, fabric, wood, plaster, rubber, and found objects. Materials may be carved, modeled, molded, cast, wrought, welded, sewn, or assembled and combined. Various forms of sculpture have been found in virtually every culture throughout history. Until the 20th century, sculpture was considered a representational art, but, beginning in the early 1900, nonrepresentational works were increasingly produced. The scope of the term became much wider in the second half of the 20th century. Present-day sculptors use any materials and methods of manufacture that will serve their purposes, and so the art of sculpture can no longer be identified with any special materials or techniques. See also environmental sculpture; kinetic sculpture. Amaravati sculpture Bharhut sculpture Daedalic sculpture Daidalic sculpture environmental sculpture kinetic sculpture Northern Wei sculpture Sanchi sculpture wax sculpture; A work of art with three-dimensions: height, width and depth Such a work may be carved, modeled, constructed or cast; {i} art of forming three-dimensional works using any of several techniques (such as welding, modeling, carving, etc.); three-dimensional work of art; a three dimensional artistic work Sculpture can be made out of any material including sound and movement; A 3-dimensional work of art; create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice"; or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials; creating figures or designs in three dimensions a three-dimensional work of plastic art; The term refers to a three-dimensional work of art; The art of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief; The action or art of processing (as by carving, modeling, or welding) plastic or hard materials into works of art; a three-dimensional work of plastic art; 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"; There are six main types of sculpture: wood, stone, ivory, terra-cotta, metal (gold work), and bronze (casting) In wooden sculpture the work may be carved from a single block or made of several pieces worked separately then joined together The surface is covered with a layer of plaster that is then painted or covered with thin cloth glued to the surface, which serves as a support for the plaster This is then painted, usually with tempera, or gilded Alternately, the wood is left visible and polished to resemble bronze The materials used in stone sculpture include scalpels of various shapes to be struck with mallets, drills and files The principal phases in the work are modeling and polishing The stone and marble sculptures may or may not be painted; the process of creating an original lighthouse from which molds will be made so reproductions can be created; A three-dimensional work of art either in the round (to be viewed from all sides) or in bas relief (low relief in which figures protrude slightly from the background)