Specialist dictionary

Sculpture

Three-dimensional art, carving, modelling, casting and sculptural materials.

Core vocabulary

50 featured terms

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Carveverb

form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice"

Carvernoun

an artist who creates sculptures

Carvingnoun

creating figures or designs in three dimensions

Castnoun

the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features"

Castingnoun

the act of creating something by casting it in a mold

Embossmentnoun

sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background

formnoun

the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features"

Installationnoun

the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"

Installingnoun

the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"

Installmentnoun

the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"

Instalmentnoun

the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"

Modelingnoun

a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

Modellingnoun

a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

Moldingnoun

the act of creating something by casting it in a mold

Moldingnoun

a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

Mouldingnoun

a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

Reliefnoun

sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background

Relievonoun

sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background

Rilievonoun

sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background

Sculptornoun

an artist who creates sculptures

Sculptural reliefnoun

sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background

Sculpturenoun

creating figures or designs in three dimensions

Sculpturenoun

a three-dimensional work of plastic art

Sculpturernoun

an artist who creates sculptures

Shapenoun

the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features"

Statuenoun

a sculpture representing a human or animal

Statue makernoun

an artist who creates sculptures

Bronzenoun

a sculpture made of bronze

Bustnoun

a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person

Carvingnoun

a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape

Fretverb

carve a pattern into

Graveverb

shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"

Hewverb

make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"

Marblenoun

a sculpture carved from marble

Mezzo-relievonoun

a sculptural relief between low relief and high relief

Mezzo-rilievonoun

a sculptural relief between low relief and high relief

Mobilenoun

sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents

Modelingnoun

sculpture produced by molding

Modellingnoun

sculpture produced by molding

Moldnoun

sculpture produced by molding

Moldingnoun

sculpture produced by molding

Mouldnoun

sculpture produced by molding

Mouldingnoun

sculpture produced by molding

Nudenoun

a statue of a naked human figure

Sculptressnoun

a woman sculptor

Sculptureverb

shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"

Sphinxnoun

one 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…