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 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.
- 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.
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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