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sculpture

[skuhlp-cher] / ˈskʌlp tʃər /
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form a three-dimensional art object
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Now in Paris, they plan to fly to Mexico City this fall, where Aggrey will study sculpture and the country’s water crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

The massive statue would replace “Infinity,” an abstract stainless-steel sculpture by artist José de Rivera that has stood outside the museum since 1967.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

A sculpture inspired by a desire to bring a contemporary "everywoman" to Trafalgar Square has been unveiled on London's Fourth Plinth.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

This new, 123,500-square-foot “cultural campus” provides 600% more art-filled public space including a 50,000-square-foot sculpture garden.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

But after two years of total immersion in art history, I found my experience of looking at paintings and sculpture totally transformed.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell

The 46-year-old builds sculptures, art installations, archives and community.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

The work of artist and architect Hiroshi Sugimoto, the new garden has been expanded to some 60 sculptures while its relationship to the National Mall and to the Hirshhorn Museum’s plaza has been strengthened.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

It also includes several sculptures by him, as well as objects and furniture that belonged to the painter, such as his easel and wheelchair.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

There is also a smattering of sculptures, including a joyful mother and child by Fernando Botero and a series of full-scale creations featuring some of “Star Wars” most beloved characters.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

Pablo Picasso wanted the sculptures, and he bought them from Pieret.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

His charming, whimsical collection featured ruffled tutus, sculptured soft knits, peplum jackets, skirts with bustles and plenty of shearling fabric.

From BBC Mar. 10, 2026

Coming upon the sculptured, skeletal, bemused-looking goat in 1952’s “La Chèvre,” around the corner, may lead you to hope that wisdom sometimes comes with age.

From New York Times Jan. 18, 2024

Natalie Tanner was one of the first people to move into the development, and said she was promised sculptured gardens, which are yet to materialise.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2023

The new Mustang’s exterior has a familiar but more sculptured and modern design.

From Seattle Times Jan. 4, 2023

His sister was almost as tall as I, with dark, vivacious eyes and a face almost exactly like Danny’s, except that the sculptured lines were a good deal softer.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

A busboy is embraced by the beatnik art community when he develops an impressive but morbid method of sculpturing.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 25, 2019

She started by sculpturing sandstone rock formations, to which she recently began applying a series of red and brown washes.

From New York Times Jul. 16, 2013

“Then we would cut the foam board and build it up,” he said, often sculpturing it to fit the shapes in the painting.

From New York Times Oct. 27, 2012

Instead, researchers have moved on to new questions like when and how this sculpturing happened and which of our mental traits are adaptations and which are accidents.

From New York Times Feb. 26, 2010

Another profession carried to high excellence was the sculpturing of Buddhist images.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley




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