sculpture
Definitions of sculpture
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creating figures or designs in three dimensionstypes:moulagea preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copiedtype of:
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a three-dimensional work of plastic arttypes:bustea sculpture of the head and shoulders of a persongravurea sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shapemodelagesculpture produced by moldingstatuea sculpture representing a human or animaltype of:art plastiquethe arts of shaping or modeling; carving and sculpture
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