Synonyms for sculpture


Grammar : Verb
Spell : skuhlp-cher
Phonetic Transcription : ˈskʌlp tʃər

Top 10 synonyms for sculpture Other synonyms for the word sculpture

Définition of sculpture

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Latin sculptura "sculpture," from past participle stem of sculpere "to carve, engrave," back-formation from compounds such as exculpere, from scalpere "to carve, cut," from PIE root *(s)kel- (1) "to cut, cleave" (see scale (n.1)).
  • verb form a three-dimensional art object
Example sentences :
  • Machinery is a triumph of handicraft as truly as sculpture and architecture.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 » by Various
  • They blamed me for everything—for my painting, my sculpture, and my health.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • I have ten pictures and eight pieces of sculpture on exhibition.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Discouraged and disgusted with the theatre, my passion for sculpture increased.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • I then decided to take a studio and devote myself to sculpture.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Sculpture and painting equally with music must conform to the law of simplicity.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • For fiction is an art, as painting is, as sculpture is, as acting is.
  • Extract from : « Quotes and Images From The Works of Charles Dudley Warner » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • This sculpture in the memory is not without preestablished harmony.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • The office of painting and sculpture seems to be merely initial.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • As picture teaches the coloring, so sculpture the anatomy of form.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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