the art of making two- or three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster.
"the boundary between painting and sculpture is displaced"
a work of art made by sculpture.
plural noun: sculptures
"a bronze sculpture"
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effigy
bust
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ZOOLOGY•BOTANY
raised or sunken patterns or texture on the surface of a shell, pollen grain, cuticle, or other biological specimen.
"ammonite shells with external sculpture near the aperture"
verb
verb: sculpture; 3rd person present: sculptures; past tense: sculptured; past participle: sculptured; gerund or present participle: sculpturing
make or represent (a form) by carving, casting, or other shaping techniques.
"the choir stalls were each carefully sculptured"
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form, shape, or mark as if by sculpture, especially with strong, smooth curves.
"marine invasions have played a prominent part in sculpturing Canada's scenery"
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sculptural processes originally used carving and modelling, in stone, metal, ceramics, wood and other materials but, since Modernism, there has been an almost complete freedom of materials and process.
