sculpture
SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈskʌlptj(ʊ)ə//
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈskʌlpt͡ʃə//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ//
A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
Substantiv
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A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen / The mad affection of the Cretan queen.
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More generally (since modernism), a three-dimensional work of art of any material or of mixed materials, whether sculpted, assembled, found, constructed or created using multiple techniques.
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Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
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The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.
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altertümlichA printed picture, such as an engraving.
Both are Tranſlated into Engliſh, Illuſtrated with Sculptures, and Printed about two Years ago.
Herkunft
From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra (“sculpture”), from sculpō (“to cut out, to carve in stone”).
Verb
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To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
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To represent something in sculpture.
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To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.
Formen
- Plural
- sculptures
- Präteritum
- sculptured
- Partizip II
- sculptured
- Partizip I
- sculpturing
- 3. Person Singular
- sculptures
sculpture · A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
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