sculpture

sculpture
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin sculptura, from sculptus, past participle of sculpere to carve, alteration of scalpere to scratch, carve Date: 14th century 1. a. the action or art of processing (as by carving, modeling, or welding) plastic or hard materials into works of art b. (1) work produced by sculpture (2) a three-dimensional work of art (as a statue) 2. impressed or raised markings or a pattern of such especially on a plant or animal part II. verb (sculptured; sculpturing) Date: 1645 transitive verb 1. a. to form an image or representation of from solid material (as wood or stone) b. to form into a three-dimensional work of art 2. to change (the form of the earth's surface) by natural processes (as erosion and deposition) 3. to shape by or as if by carving or molding intransitive verb to work as a sculptor

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  • Sculpture — • In the widest sense of the term, sculpture is the art of representing in bodily form men, animals, and other objects in stone, bronze, ivory, clay and similar materials Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sculpture     Sculpture …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • SCULPTURE — LORSQUE, dans les débuts de la civilisation occidentale, Aristote se demande ce que sont les choses naturelles et artificielles, de quoi elles sont composées, et qu’il édifie alors la théorie des quatre causes (matérielle, formelle, efficiente,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Sculpture — en ronde bosse. David de Michel Ange La sculpture est une activité artistique qui consiste à concevoir et réaliser des formes en volume, en relief, soit en ronde bosse, en haut relief, en bas relief, par modelage, par taille directe, par soudure… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • sculpture — Sculpture. s. m. L art de sculper. Il s addonne à la sculpture. il excelle dans la sculpture. Il se prend aussi, pour L ouvrage du sculpteur. La sculpture de ce portrait est fort belle. on a payé tant pour la sculpture de cet autel. cette frise… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • sculpture — [skulp′chər] n. [ME < L sculptura < sculptus, pp. of sculpere: see SCULPTOR] 1. the art of carving wood, chiseling stone, casting or welding metal, molding clay or wax, etc. into three dimensional representations, as statues, figures, forms …   English World dictionary

  • Sculpture — Sculp ture (?; 135), n. [L. sculptura: cf. F. sculpture.] 1. 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sculpture — ► NOUN 1) the art of making three dimensional figures and shapes, especially by carving stone or wood or casting metal. 2) a work of such a kind. ► VERB 1) make or represent by sculpture. 2) (sculptured) formed or shaped as if by sculpture,… …   English terms dictionary

  • sculpture — late 14c., from L. sculptura sculpture, from pp. stem of sculpere to carve, engrave, back formation from compounds such as exculpere, from scalpere to carve, cut, from PIE root * (s)kel to cut, cleave …   Etymology dictionary

  • Sculpture — Sculp ture (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sculptured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sculpturing}.] To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave. [1913 Webster] {Sculptured tortoise} (Zo[ o]l.), a common North American… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sculpture — index contour (shape) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • sculpture — sculpture, sculpt, sculp *carve, chisel, engrave, incise, etch Analogous words: shape, fashion, form (see MAKE): depict, portray, *represent …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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