sculpture a statue in stone

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• 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 — • 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     Sculpture …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Stone sculpture — is the result of forming 3 dimensional visually interesting objects from stone.Carving stone into sculpture is an activity older than civilization itself. Prehistoric sculptures were usually human forms, such as the Venus of Willendorf and the… …   Wikipedia

• Stone carving — is an ancient activity where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by the controlled removal of stone. Owing to the permanence of the material, evidence can be found that even the earliest societies indulged in some form of stone work.Work… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Statue de la Liberté — Monument national de la statue de la Liberté …   Wikipédia en Français

• sculpture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Art of carving or sculpting Nouns 1. sculpture, sculpting, sandblasting; plastic arts; [stone or wood] carving; installation. 2. statuary, statue, colossal; statuette, bust, head (see representation);… …   English dictionary for students

• Statue of Liberty — For other uses, see Statue of Liberty (disambiguation). Statue of Liberty Locat …   Wikipedia

• Statue — A statue is a sculpture in the round representing a person or persons, an animal, or an event, normally full length, as opposed to a bust, and at least close to life size, or larger. [See Oxford English Dictionary] Its primary concern is… …   Wikipedia

• sculpture —    Ancient Mesopotamian sculpture took two principal forms: the free standing, three dimensional statue, figurine, or bust; and the relief, a carved scene raised partially from but still attached to a flat surface, such as a wall. Statues… …   Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary

• statue — stat|ue [ˈstætʃu:] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin statua, from statuere; STATUTE] an image of a person or animal that is made in solid material such as stone or metal and is usually large →↑sculpture ▪ Churchill s statue stands… …   Dictionary of contemporary English