sculpture en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈskʌlptj(ʊ)ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra (“sculpture”), from sculpō (“to cut out, to carve in stone”).
Meanings
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(countable, usually) 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.
1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- (countable, usually) 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.
- (uncountable, usually) Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
- (uncountable, usually) The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.
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(archaic, uncountable, usually) A printed picture, such as an engraving.
Both are Tranſlated into Engliſh, Illuſtrated with Sculptures, and Printed about two Years ago.
1690, “Preface to the Reader”, in A Full and True Relation of the Great and Wonderful Revolution That Hapned Lately in the Kingdom of Siam in the East-Indies, London: Randal Taylor, page i:Whereas upon the humble Requeſt of Our Truſty and Wel-beloved Servant, JOHN OGILBY, Eſquire, We were Graciouſly pleaſed by Our Warrant of the 25. of May, in the ſeventeenth Year of Our Reign, to grant him the ſole Privilege and Immunity of Printing in fair Volumes, Adorned with Sculptures, Virgil Tranſlated, Homer's Iliads, Æſop Paraphraſed, and Our Entertainment in Paſſing through Our City of London, and Coronation, together with Homer's Odyſſes, and his fore-mentioned Æſop with his Additions and Annotations in Folio, with a Prohibition, that none ſhould Print or Re-print the ſame in any Volumes, without the Conſent and Approbation of him, the ſaid John Ogilby, his Heirs, Executors, or Aſſigns, within the term of Fifteen Years next enſuing the Date of Our ſaid Warrant;[…]
1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, →OCLC, page https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-126081-3026/page/n10/:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sculptures | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
sculpturer · macrosculpture · sculpturesque · liposculpture · sculpturable · soft sculpture · resculpture · sculpturist · microsculpture · sculptural · living sculpture · kinetic sculpture · anonymous sculpture · involuntary sculpture · morphosculpture · light sculpture · photosculpture · ultrasculpture
Translations (193)
sv skulpturkonst (art of sculpting) · vi tượng (work of art created by sculpting) · be скульпту́ра (work of art created by sculpting) · th ประติมากรรม (art of sculpting) · bn ভাস্কর্য (art of sculpting) · nn skulptur (work of art created by sculpting) · fa-ira مُجَسَّمِه (work of art created by sculpting) · io skulturo (work of art created by sculpting) · ca escultura (art of sculpting) · nb skulptur (work of art created by sculpting) · cs sochařství (art of sculpting) · mi tāraitanga (art of sculpting) · sk sochárstvo (art of sculpting) · km រូបឆ្លាក់ (work of art created by sculpting) · pt escultura (work of art created by sculpting) · fi kuvanveisto (art of sculpting) · enm ymagerie (work of art created by sculpting) · vi điêu khắc (art of sculpting) · sh vajarstvo (art of sculpting) · grc γλυπτική (art of sculpting) · kmr peyker (work of art created by sculpting) · my ပန်းပု (art of sculpting) · uz haykal (work of art created by sculpting) · wa scultreye (art of sculpting) · tg муҷассама (work of art created by sculpting) · ru ле́пка (art of sculpting) · la sculptura (work of art created by sculpting) · th ปฏิมากรรม (art of sculpting) · bg скулпту́ра (art of sculpting) · nb skulptur (art of sculpting) · ru вая́ние (art of sculpting) · cs socha (work of art created by sculpting) · ky айкел (work of art created by sculpting) · kn ಶಿಲ್ಪ (work of art created by sculpting) · hu szobor (work of art created by sculpting) · prs مُجَسَّمَه (work of art created by sculpting) · ja 彫刻 (art of sculpting) · it scultura (work of art created by sculpting) · nrf stchulptuthe (art of sculpting) · et skulptuur (art of sculpting) · id patung (work of art created by sculpting) · kk мүсін (work of art created by sculpting) · ug ھەيكەل (work of art created by sculpting) · uk скульпту́ра (art of sculpting) · tt сын (work of art created by sculpting) · tg скулптура (work of art created by sculpting) · sl skulptura (work of art created by sculpting) · yue 雕塑 (art of sculpting) · nrf stchulptuthe (work of art created by sculpting) · tr heykel (work of art created by sculpting) · tk heýkel (work of art created by sculpting) · cy cerflun (work of art created by sculpting) · tr heykeltıraşlık (art of sculpting) · lv tēlniecība (art of sculpting) · ga dealbh (work of art created by sculpting) · ru ста́туя (work of art created by sculpting) · th รูปปั้น (work of art created by sculpting) · da skulptur (art of sculpting) · te శిల్పకళ (art of sculpting) · el γλυπτική (art of sculpting) · ga dealbhóireacht (art of sculpting) · kk мүсіндеме (art of sculpting) · nl beeldhouwen (art of sculpting) · eo skulptaĵo (work of art created by sculpting) · cmn 雕塑 (work of art created by sculpting) · yue 雕塑 (work of art created by sculpting) · bn মূর্তি (work of art created by sculpting) · bg ста́туя (work of art created by sculpting) · io skulto (art of sculpting) · lt skulptūra (art of sculpting) · tg ҳайкал (work of art created by sculpting) · uk рі́зьблення (art of sculpting) · mk скулпту́ра (work of art created by sculpting) · sh skulptúra (work of art created by sculpting) · az heykəl (work of art created by sculpting) · cmn 雕像 (work of art created by sculpting) · is höggmynd (work of art created by sculpting) · hy քանդակագործություն (art of sculpting) · ms ukiran (work of art created by sculpting) · gl escultura (art of sculpting) · mi tāraitanga (work of art created by sculpting) · lo ຮູບປັ້ນ (work of art created by sculpting) · cy cerfluniaeth (art of sculpting) · ky скульптура (work of art created by sculpting) · nl sculptuur (art of sculpting) · ba һәйкәл (work of art created by sculpting) · fr sculpture (art of sculpting) · es escultura (art of sculpting) · nn skulptur (art of sculpting) · mn баримал (work of art created by sculpting) · ps مجسمه (work of art created by sculpting) · cmn 雕塑 (art of sculpting) · ar تِمْثَال (work of art created by sculpting) · bn ভাস্কর্য (work of art created by sculpting) · sw kinyago (work of art created by sculpting) · yue 雕像 (work of art created by sculpting) · kmr heykel (work of art created by sculpting) · fa-ira مُجَسَّمِهسازی (art of sculpting) · sh kȋp (work of art created by sculpting) · km ចំឡាក់ (art of sculpting) · km ចំឡាក់ (work of art created by sculpting) · ru скульпту́ра (art of sculpting) · lo ປະຕິມາກຳ (art of sculpting) · gl escultura (work of art created by sculpting) · tr yontuculuk (art of sculpting) · es escultura (work of art created by sculpting) · id pahatan (work of art created by sculpting) · tr yontu (work of art created by sculpting) · sv bildhuggarkonst (art of sculpting) · tk skulptura (work of art created by sculpting) · uk різьбя́рство (art of sculpting) · el γλυπτό (work of art created by sculpting) · mn уран баримал (art of sculpting) · mk скулпту́ра (art of sculpting) · uk різьба́рство (art of sculpting) · uz haykaltaroshlik (art of sculpting) · bg скулпту́ра (work of art created by sculpting) · ru извая́ние (work of art created by sculpting) · ca escultura (work of art created by sculpting) · ru скульпту́ра (work of art created by sculpting) · mk вајарство (art of sculpting) · sv skulptur (work of art created by sculpting) · sk socha (work of art created by sculpting) · ar مَنْحُوتَة (work of art created by sculpting) · de Skulptur (work of art created by sculpting) · wa scultreye (work of art created by sculpting) · ko 조각 (work of art created by sculpting) · sv bildformning (art of sculpting) · fr sculpture (work of art created by sculpting) · it scultura (art of sculpting) · nl beeld (work of art created by sculpting) · uk лі́пка (art of sculpting) · ur بُت (work of art created by sculpting) · pl rzeźbiarstwo (art of sculpting) · grc γλυπτόν (work of art created by sculpting) · la opera sculpturae (work of art created by sculpting) · lt skulptūra (work of art created by sculpting) · kk мүсін (art of sculpting) · my ရုပ်တု (work of art created by sculpting) · he פֶּסֶל (work of art created by sculpting) · da skulptur (work of art created by sculpting) · sl kiparstvo (art of sculpting) · ar مُجَسَّم (work of art created by sculpting) · ka სკულპტურა (work of art created by sculpting) · nl beeldhouwwerk (work of art created by sculpting) · sq gdhend (art of sculpting) · et skulptuur (work of art created by sculpting) · te శిల్పం (work of art created by sculpting) · az heykəltəraşlıq (art of sculpting) · fi veistos (work of art created by sculpting) · sh скулпту́ра (work of art created by sculpting) · pl rzeźba (work of art created by sculpting) · ps هيکل (work of art created by sculpting) · hu szobrászat (art of sculpting) · de Bildhauerkunst (art of sculpting) · kk мүсіндеу (art of sculpting) · eo skulptarto (art of sculpting) · ko 조각 (art of sculpting) · hi प्रतिमा (work of art created by sculpting) · be разбя́рства (art of sculpting) · sh ки̑п (work of art created by sculpting) · is höggmyndalist (art of sculpting) · wa sculteure (art of sculpting) · sh вајарство (art of sculpting) · ro sculptură (work of art created by sculpting) · ur مُجَسَّمَہ (work of art created by sculpting) · is skúlptúr (work of art created by sculpting) · hi शिल्पकला (work of art created by sculpting) · la sculptura (art of sculpting) · pt escultura (art of sculpting) · tt һәйкәл (work of art created by sculpting) · sv plastik (art of sculpting) · tr heykelcilik (art of sculpting) · mi whakaironga (work of art created by sculpting) · hy քանդակ (work of art created by sculpting) · sv bildhuggeri (art of sculpting) · lv skulptūra (work of art created by sculpting) · id seni pahat (art of sculpting) · es esculpidura (art of sculpting) · ar نَحْت (art of sculpting) · ka ქანდაკება (work of art created by sculpting) · de Bildhauerei (art of sculpting) · hi शिल्पकला (art of sculpting) · enm ymagerie (art of sculpting) · uz skulptura (work of art created by sculpting) · uk скульпту́ра (work of art created by sculpting) · wa sculteure (work of art created by sculpting) · tg ҳайкалтарошӣ (art of sculpting) · sq skulpturë (work of art created by sculpting) · be скульпту́ра (art of sculpting) · hy արձան (work of art created by sculpting) · ro sculptură (art of sculpting) · ja 彫刻 (work of art created by sculpting)