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Sculpture

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Sculpture
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 groups, whether in plastic or hard materials. [1913 Webster]

2. Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc. [1913 Webster]

There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen The mad affection of the Cretan queen. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • 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 — 1> скульптура, ваяние Ex: a work of sculpture скульптурное произведение 2> изваяние, скульптурное произведение Ex: ancient sculptures античная скульптура 3> складки на земной коре 4> инкрустация (на коже животных, листьях и т. п.) 5> ваять,… …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

  • sculpture — 1. noun 1) скульптура, ваяние 2) скульптура, изваяние 3) складкина земной коре 2. v. 1) ваять, высекать, лепить 2) украшать скульптурной рабо той 3) выветривать; размывать …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

  • 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 — sculptural, adj. sculpturally, adv. /skulp cheuhr/, n., v., sculptured, sculpturing. n. 1. the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the… …   Universalium

  • Sculpture — Sculptor redirects here. For the constellation, see Sculptor (constellation). For other uses, see Sculpture (disambiguation). The Dying Gaul, a Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic work of the late 3rd century BCE Capitoline Museums, Rome …   Wikipedia

  • SCULPTURE — s. f. L art de sculpter. Il s adonne à la sculpture. Il excelle dans la sculpture. Un chef d oeuvre de sculpture. La sculpture antique. La sculpture moderne. La sculpture en marbre, en pierre, en bois.   Il signifie aussi, L ouvrage du sculpteur …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • sculpture — ˈskʌlptʃə 1. сущ. 1) ваяние, скульптура (скульптурное искусство) Both studied sculpture. ≈ Оба они изучали скульптурное искусство. 2) изваяние, скульптура (произведение скульптурного искусства) to cast a sculpture ≈ отливать скульптуру to create …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

  • SCULPTURE — n. f. Art de sculpter. Un chef d’oeuvre de sculpture. La sculpture grecque. La sculpture du moyen âge, de la Renaissance. Il désigne aussi l’Ouvrage du sculpteur; Cette galerie renferme d’admirables sculptures. Un musée de sculptures …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

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  • The Artistic Chronicle Of the Country., 1978 — Annotation: The film about the fifth Congress of Artists of the USSR in the Great Kremlin Palace, dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of the Great October. The jubilee art Exhibition, paintings…
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