Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who produces sculptural artwork.
- noun One who shapes, molds, or fashions especially with artistry or precision.
- noun A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Cetus and Phoenix.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who practises the art of sculpture, which includes modeling in clay or wax, casting or striking in bronze or other metal, and carving figures in stone.
- noun In astronomy, an abbreviated name now generally used for the constellation Apparatus or Officina Sculptoris (‘the sculptor's shop’), a modern constellation between Cetus and Phœnix, with no conspicuous stars.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve statues, or works of sculpture.
- noun Hence, an artist who designs works of sculpture, his first studies and his finished model being usually in a plastic material, from which model the marble is cut, or the bronze is cast.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
sculpts . An artist who producessculpture .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix and Cetus
- noun an artist who creates sculptures
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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At the moment, a sculptor is applying a few layers of plaster of Paris.
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SIMON: Scott Cully, extraordinary pumpkin sculptor, speaking from the New York Botanical Garden.
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Antwerp art The exhibition "Anselm Kiefer" will display a selection of works by the German abstract painter and sculptor from the 1980s to the present.
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Bertoia's best known for the great woven-wire chairs he designed in the 1950s, but maybe his later work as a sculptor is worth revisiting.
Gopnik's Daily Pic: Bertoia at the National Gallery Blake Gopnik 2010
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He is also the mystery sculptor from the quiz I posted previously.
Senso – Alida Valli 2006
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He is also the mystery sculptor from the quiz I posted previously.
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The sculptor is really prolific, and the photos of the dolls are all in natural settings -- ratty sofas and beaches and such -- giving the impression that the idea is to get one of these things and set it down somewhere where it can glare at you all day.
Boing Boing: January 4, 2004 - January 10, 2004 Archives 2004
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This dogma, as I have said, continued in force as long as the Egyptian religion lasted; but its influence upon the art of the sculptor is more manifest in the time of the Ancient Empire than at any subsequent period.
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That evening when we are at supper, Giuseppe comes up to say that the young sculptor is below, having brought the bust over from Bragarezza, to know if I will make him an offer for it.
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Although Michelangelo (1475-1564) wished to be known as a sculptor (as he viewed sculpture to be the highest form of art), he was also a prominent painter, architect and poet.
Guess The Artist Answer Revealed: Michelangelo (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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