sculpture
Noun
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is a type of:
- plastic art - the arts of shaping or modeling; carving and sculpture
- solid figure, three-dimensional figure - a three-dimensional shape
subtypes:- bronze - a sculpture made of bronze
- bust - a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
- carving - a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape
- marble - a sculpture carved from marble
- mobile - sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents
- clay sculpture, modeling, mold, molding, mould, moulding - sculpture produced by molding
- embossment, relief, relievo, rilievo, sculptural relief - sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
- stabile - a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support
- statue - a sculpture representing a human or animal
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is a type of:
- art, artistic creation, artistic production - the creation of beautiful or significant things
- beaux arts, fine arts - the study and creation of visual works of art
subtypes: modeling, modelling, molding, moulding - a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copiedsame as: carving
Verb
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referred to in: art, artistic creation, artistic production - the creation of beautiful or significant thingsis a type of: forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work - make something, usually for a specific functionsame as: sculpt
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is a type of: carve - form by carving
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