Sculpture (statuary)

Sculpture (statuary)
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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

  • Statuary — Stat u*a*ry ( [asl]*r[y^]), n.; pl. {Statuaries} ( r[i^]z). [L. statuarius, n., fr. statuarius, a., of or belonging to statues, fr. statua statue: cf. F. statuaire. See {Statue}.] 1. One who practices the art of making statues. [1913 Webster] On… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sculpture —    The outcome of the Civil War led to the official encouragement of a pseudo imperial style in the visual arts, including sculpture, where religious and academicist works predominated. Nevertheless, artists such as Angel Ferrant and Antoni… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture

  • sculpture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Art of carving or sculpting Nouns 1. sculpture, sculpting, sandblasting; plastic arts; [stone or wood] carving; installation. 2. statuary, statue, colossal; statuette, bust, head (see representation);… …   English dictionary for students

  • Sculpture — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Sculpture >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 sculpture sculpture insculpture| Sgm: N 1 carving carving &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 statuary statuary GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 high relief high relief low relief …   English dictionary for students

  • 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

  • statuary — Synonyms and related words: CYSP sculpture, anaglyptics, anaglyptography, architectural sculpture, bone carving, bust, carver, carving, casting, ceroplastics, chaser, chasing, clay modeler, clay sculpture, decorative sculpture, doll, dolly, dummy …   Moby Thesaurus

  • Sculpture in the round — Round Round (round), n. 1. Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. The golden round [the crown]. Shak. [1913 Webster] In labyrinth of many a round self rolled. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A series of changes or events ending where it began; a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • statuary — [[t]stæ̱tʃuəri, AM ueri[/t]] N UNCOUNT If you talk about the statuary in a place, you are referring to all the statues and sculpture there. [FORMAL] …   English dictionary

  • sculpture —    Ancient Mesopotamian sculpture took two principal forms: the free standing, three dimensional statue, figurine, or bust; and the relief, a carved scene raised partially from but still attached to a flat surface, such as a wall. Statues… …   Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary

  • sculpture — Synonyms and related words: abstract art, art, art form, artist, arts and crafts, arts of design, assemble, autolithograph, be a printmaker, block out, bronze, bust, calligraphy, carve, carving, cast, cave art, ceramics, character, chase, chisel …   Moby Thesaurus

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