Meaning

5 senses
  1. (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).

    Skulptur

    скульпту́раskulʹptúra, извая́ниеizvajánije, ста́туяstátuja

    скульпту́раskulʹptúra

    a three-dimensional work of plastic art

  2. (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.

  3. (uncountable, usually)Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.

    Bildhauerkunst, Bildhauerei

    вая́ниеvajánije, скульпту́раskulʹptúra, ле́пкаlépka

    скульпту́раskulʹptúra, лі́пкаlípka, рі́зьбленняrízʹblennja

  4. (uncountable, usually)The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.

  5. (archaic, uncountable, usually)A printed picture, such as an engraving.

Examples

69 sentences
  1. The sculptures are of great value.

    Ці скульптури мають велику цінність. — pavlo

    ruЭти скульптуры представляют огромную ценность. — sharptoothed

    deDiese Skulpturen sind unglaublich wertvoll. — Tamy

  2. I really can't understand modern sculpture.

  3. He went to art school to study painting and sculpture.

    deEr ging zu einer Kunstakademie, um Malerei und Skulptur zu studieren. — xtofu80

  4. I love this sculpture.

  5. Show Tom your sculptures.

Translations

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Origin

From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra (“sculpture

From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra (“sculpture”), from sculpō (“to cut out, to carve in stone”).

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