Sculpture
Three-dimensional art, carving, modelling, casting and sculptural materials.
Areas within Sculpture
Visual art
General vocabulary for visual artworks, artistic media and creative practice.
97 wordsPainting and drawing
Painting, drawing, colour, line, composition, media and techniques.
50 wordsSculpture
Three-dimensional art, carving, modelling, casting and sculptural materials.
42 wordsArchitecture
Buildings, architectural design, structure, form and built environments.
178 wordsGraphic design
Layout, branding, visual communication, graphics and publication design.
39 wordsDesign principles
Balance, contrast, hierarchy, proportion, rhythm, alignment and other design principles.
35 wordsArt history
Artistic movements, periods, styles, criticism and historical context.
35 wordsPhotography
Photography, exposure, composition, lenses, image-making and photographic genres.
36 wordsTextiles and fashion
Fabric, textiles, garments, fashion design and decorative surface techniques.
227 wordsTypography
Type, fonts, letterforms, spacing, readability and typographic design.
17 wordsArchitecture
Specialist vocabulary classified under Art and design.
110 wordsDesign studies
Specialist vocabulary classified under Art and design.
4 wordsVisual art
Specialist vocabulary classified under Art and design.
50 words50 featured terms
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form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice"
Carvernounan artist who creates sculptures
Carvingnouncreating figures or designs in three dimensions
Castnounthe visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features"
Castingnounthe act of creating something by casting it in a mold
Embossmentnounsculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
formnounthe visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features"
Installationnounthe act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"
Installingnounthe act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"
Installmentnounthe act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"
Instalmentnounthe act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"
Modelingnouna preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
Modellingnouna preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
Moldingnounthe act of creating something by casting it in a mold
Moldingnouna preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
Mouldingnouna preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
Reliefnounsculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
Relievonounsculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
Rilievonounsculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
Sculptornounan artist who creates sculptures
Sculptural reliefnounsculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
Sculpturenouncreating figures or designs in three dimensions
Sculpturenouna three-dimensional work of plastic art
Sculpturernounan artist who creates sculptures
Shapenounthe visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features"
Statuenouna sculpture representing a human or animal
Statue makernounan artist who creates sculptures
Bronzenouna sculpture made of bronze
Bustnouna sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
Carvingnouna sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape
Fretverbcarve a pattern into
Graveverbshape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"
Hewverbmake or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"
Marblenouna sculpture carved from marble
Mezzo-relievonouna sculptural relief between low relief and high relief
Mezzo-rilievonouna sculptural relief between low relief and high relief
Mobilenounsculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents
Modelingnounsculpture produced by molding
Modellingnounsculpture produced by molding
Moldnounsculpture produced by molding
Moldingnounsculpture produced by molding
Mouldnounsculpture produced by molding
Mouldingnounsculpture produced by molding
Nudenouna statue of a naked human figure
Sculptressnouna woman sculptor
Sculptureverbshape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"
Sphinxnounone of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians
Termnoun(architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient R…
Terminal figurenoun(architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient R…
Terminusnoun(architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient R…
