sculpture
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈskʌlpʧər/
:
escultura
- It is so amazing that you're into sculpture.
- the art of sculpture
- painting and sculpture
- history of sculpture
So paintings, sculpture, things where you're representing primarily visually.
- So paintings, sculpture, things where you're representing primarily visually.
Examples
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Surely, it is no coincidence that he turned completely to sculpture later in his life.
Academic text (1999) -
I work four days a week and Fridays are reserved for sculpture, and I rest Saturday and Sunday.
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OK, so this sculpture is going to be called Youth.
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Pictures, poetry and sculpture say something about yourself.
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Almost always, they are pieces of wooden or metal sculpture made and used by men.
Academic text (1991) -
Mother tells me that she has started to do sculptures and that the house is full of them.
Fiction book (1991) -
And this sculpture, the sculpture reminds me that God is the redeemer of broken things.
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This is a wonderful sculpture by Naum Kabo.
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Yusuf Amuda had virtually given up sculpture, as I have already said.
Academic text (1994) -
The artist unveiled her latest sculpture at the gallery, a striking representation of the human form.
Synonyms
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2.7
An act of cutting wood, stone and ice to make a shape or the thing made
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3.2
Shaping soft material like clay into a statue or rough copy used as a guide
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3.5
Art of shaping wood with cutting tools to make figures and designs
Art made by shaping materials like sculpture and carving
Compounds
- Specialized
A work of art that moves, often by wind or machine, to show changing shapes
How Three-Dimensional
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4.0
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3.4
- Specialized
- Specialized
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7.3
184
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sculpture comes from the Latin verb sculpere, 'to carve' or 'to cut', an idea you can remember like the simple word 'carve'. So sculpture also means the art or process of shaping materials into three-dimensional forms.