What is another word for sculptures?

Pronunciation: [skˈʌlpt͡ʃəz] (IPA)

Sculptures are artistic representations, typically created from various materials such as stone, metal, or clay. Drawing upon inspiration from the surrounding elements, sculptors craft intricate designs and shapes by removing or adding material. While sculptures encompass a wide range of techniques and styles, there are several synonyms one could use to describe similar artworks; including carvings, figurines, statuettes, busts, and effigies. Each of these terms conveys a distinct meaning, with carvings referring to intricate patterns etched into a solid piece of material, figurines being a small representation of a figure or animal, statuettes capturing a particular character or scene, busts depicting facial features and effigies representing powerful people, deities or abstract concepts.

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Usage examples for Sculptures

The sculptures, however, which adorn the high altar, are relics saved from the destruction of the abbey of Bec.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
Its sculptures, with the exception of one mutilated group, have been drawn by Mr. Cotman.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
The Norman-Saxon damsel is full and well made, her complexion is very fair, she has light hair, long eyelashes, and tranquil placid features; her countenance has an air of sullen pouting tenderness, such as we often find in the women represented in the sculptures and paintings of the middle ages.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner

Famous quotes with Sculptures

  • Don't look for obscure formulas or mystery in my work. It is pure joy that I offer you. Look at my sculptures until you see them. Those closest to God have seen them.
    Constantin Brancusi
  • Art is an expression of who you are. Parts that I play are my sculptures.
    Kim Cattrall
  • All the sculptures of today, like those of the past, will end one day in pieces... So it is important to fashion ones work carefully in its smallest recess and charge every particle of matter with life.
    Alberto Giacometti
  • I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work.
    Andy Goldsworthy
  • Art, after all, is traditionally displayed against vacancies: paintings on dun walls, sculptures in empty spaces, music in quiet halls.
    John Hart

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