Sculpture /(?; 135)/
Sculp·ture
Sculpture
n.
- 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.
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Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc.
There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen The mad affection of the Cretan queen.
Sculpture
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.
Phrases & Compounds
- Sculptured tortoise
- a common North American wood tortoise (Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is marked with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured figures.