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nude sculpture

nude sculpture

5.6
A statue showing a naked person made as art
  • noun
  • /nuːd ˈskʌlpʧər/
translation icon : escultura desnuda
  • Visitors admired the intricate details of the nude sculpture displayed in the art exhibit.

Examples

  • The first ever female nude sculpture in classical art.

  • Now, all three girls leave the paintings, but to BEAN's chagrin, head over to a classical nude sculpture in the middle of the room.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Several nude sculptures were just as awesome as they were all intricately hand-carved.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The set is lush velvet drapes, Aubusson rugs, lots of mirrors, nude sculptures, and elaborate gold-framed paintings.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The gallery featured a stunning nude sculpture of a woman that captured the beauty of the human form.

  • During the tour, we stopped to examine a famous nude sculpture by Michelangelo, renowned for its lifelike representation.

Synonyms

statue
vsnude sculpture
381 1.0

A carved figure, often life-size, of a person or animal made from stone

refers specifically to a human figure without clothes rather than any figure
nude
vsnude sculpture
  • NSFW
53 4.9

A person without clothes or a painting that shows that person

is specifically a three dimensional carved or cast representation of that subject
sculpture
vsnude sculpture
37 3.4

The art of making three-dimensional figures by carving or molding

names a specific three dimensional human figure without clothes rather than the process
nude statue
vsnude sculpture
1 5.0

A statue showing a naked person

is the same meaning but often used to stress artistic subject

Surface Forms

nude sculpture singular
nude sculptures plural

Morphology

nude + sculpture

The meaning 'a statue representing a naked human figure' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'nude' (naked depiction) with 'sculpture' (a three-dimensional art object). This compositional interpretation follows normal noun-noun modification patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.

Etymology

Nude sculpture comes from an old art idea of making a sculpture that shows the nude human body. Ancient Greek and later European artists studied the 'naked' body to learn its shape and beauty, and they made these statues for art and teaching. So, nude sculpture means 'a statue representing a naked human figure'.