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sculp·ture

 (skŭlp′chər)
n.
1. The art or practice of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, as by chiseling marble, modeling clay, or casting in metal.
2.
a. A work of art created by sculpture.
b. Such works of art considered as a group.
3. Ridges, indentations, or other markings, as on a shell, formed by natural processes.
v. sculp·tured, sculp·tur·ing, sculp·tures
v.tr.
1. To fashion (stone, bronze, or wood, for example) into a three-dimensional figure.
2. To represent in sculpture: sculpture a lion.
3. To ornament with sculpture.
4. To change the shape or contour of, as by erosion.
v.intr.
To make sculptures or a sculpture.

[Middle English, from Latin sculptūra, from sculptus, past participle of sculpere, to carve; see skel- in Indo-European roots.]

sculp′tur·al adj.
sculp′tur·al·ly adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.sculptural - relating to or consisting of sculpture; "sculptural embellishments"
2.sculptural - resembling sculpturesculptural - resembling sculpture; "her finely modeled features"; "rendered with...vivid sculptural effect"; "the sculpturesque beauty of the athletes' bodies"
shapely - having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim waist and shapely legs"
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Translations

sculptural

[ˈskʌlptʃərəl] ADJescultural
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sculptural

[ˈskʌlptʃərəl] adjsculptural(e)
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sculptural

adjplastisch; (= of statues)bildhauerisch; the sculptural work on the cathedraldie Skulpturenarbeit der Kathedrale; sculptural detailsplastisch gearbeitete Details pl; the sculptural triumphs of Ancient Greecedie Meisterwerke der altgriechischen Bildhauerkunst
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References in classic literature ?
She attempted to look reserved; her face put on a sculptural severity.
'Lincoln Cathedral', Nikolaus Pevsner had famously pronounced, 'is architecture, while a bicycle shed is building.' Architecture versus mere building, everyone carries around this historical distinction and it tells them when to ornament the building, or make it a whole sculptural ornament.
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Goldberg clearly has an innate sense of the body, both as a sculptural space-shaper and as a conduit for fluid, expressive motion.
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Undoubtedly, the strain to be accepted by that generation drove her sculptural projects into considerable dimensions.
The bar's rectangular communal table echoes the shapes 'cut out' in the windows, while intimate seating with sofas and sculptural tables is available on a raised rectangular platform beneath the M Street windows.
On the ground, embracing, naked, the man and the woman are blown apart, then back together, as if by a galactic breeze: a ravishingly simple, elegantly sculptural duet.
While there have been accusations that this emerging attitude to form represents little more than crumpled thinking, as you may expect it comes with as many programmatic justifications as it does sculptural. Forms either mimic geology to create artificial landscapes, such as that evident at Yokohama (AR January 2003); or they emerge as quasi-functionalist responses to organisational programmes by vacuum-sealing complex three-dimensional volumetric diagram as at Seattle (AR October 2000).
Back in 2000, Mike Kelley unveiled Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #1 (A Domestic Scene), the first installment of an ongoing, gargantuan serial work that will eventually comprise 365 video pieces, each with its own set, or sculptural component.