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noun

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.

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."

verb

Sculpture v. t. (past & past part. sculptured; pres. part. sculpturing) To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave.

Sculptured tortoise (Zool.), a common North American wood tortoise (Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is marked with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured figures.

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Etymology of 'Sculpture'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sculpture" Quotes from Famous Books

... day quietly in her room, and when she reappeared at dinner she was perfectly composed, although her eyes still bore traces of recent tears. Against the black of the simple frock she wore, her face and throat showed pale and clear like some delicate piece of sculpture. ...

— The Moon out of Reach • Margaret Pedler

... of the general scheme of epicycles taken from the history of art need only look at the School of Sculpture which flourished in the last century under Bernini, and especially at its further cultivation in France. This school represented commonplace nature instead of antique beauty, and the manners of a French minuet instead of antique simplicity and grace. It became bankrupt when, ...

— Essays of Schopenhauer • Arthur Schopenhauer

... by Jove! Schoolmaster abroad, I should think. When we got on to Athens and Greek sculpture he condescended to set us right ...

— The Great Hunger • Johan Bojer

... provinces, a footing upon two seas, a regular army trained on the European system, a large fleet, an admiralty, and a naval academy; besides these, some educational establishments, a gallery of painting and sculpture, and a public library. Nothing escaped his notice, even to such minutiae as the alteration of Russian letters to make them more adapted to printing, and changing the dress of his subjects so as to be more in conformity with European costume. All this interference ...

— Russia - As Seen and Described by Famous Writers • Various

... ingrained in the very fiber of one's brain and thought.... He will read deeper meaning thenceforward in every picture, every building, every book, every newspaper.... If you want to know the origin of the art of building, the art of painting, the art of sculpture, as you find them to-day in contemporary America, you must look them up in the churches, and the galleries of early Europe. If you want to know the origin of American institutions, American law, American thought, and American language, you must go to England; you must go farther still to France, ...

— Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes • J. M. Judy

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