SCULPTURE

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     Scul …   Catholic encyclopedia

Sculpture — en ronde bosse. David de Michel Ange La sculpture est une activité artistique qui consiste à concevoir et réaliser des formes en volume, en relief, soit en ronde bosse, en haut relief, en bas relief, par modelage, par taille directe, par soudure… …   Wikipédia en Français

Sculpture — Sculp ture (?; 135), n. [L. sculptura: cf. F. sculpture.] 1. The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

sculpture — 1> скульптура, ваяние Ex: a work of sculpture скульптурное произведение 2> изваяние, скульптурное произведение Ex: ancient sculptures античная скульптура 3> складки на земной коре 4> инкрустация (на коже животных, листьях и т. п.) 5> ваять,… …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

sculpture — 1. noun 1) скульптура, ваяние 2) скульптура, изваяние 3) складкина земной коре 2. v. 1) ваять, высекать, лепить 2) украшать скульптурной рабо той 3) выветривать; размывать …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

Sculpture — Sculp ture (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sculptured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sculpturing}.] To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave. [1913 Webster] {Sculptured tortoise} (Zo[ o]l.), a common North American… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

sculpture — index contour (shape) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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

Sculpture — Sculptor redirects here. For the constellation, see Sculptor (constellation). For other uses, see Sculpture (disambiguation). The Dying Gaul, a Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic work of the late 3rd century BCE Capitoline Museums, Rome …   Wikipedia

SCULPTURE — s. f. L art de sculpter. Il s adonne à la sculpture. Il excelle dans la sculpture. Un chef d oeuvre de sculpture. La sculpture antique. La sculpture moderne. La sculpture en marbre, en pierre, en bois.   Il signifie aussi, L ouvrage du sculpteur …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

SCULPTURE —    The earliest molded sculpture is found on the seventhcentury BC terracotta lids of cinerary urns such as Poggio Renzo at Chiusi or Montescudaio. Another traditional type of sculpture is seen in bronze figurines, starting in the middle of the… …   Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans