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sculpture

[skuhlp-cher] / ˈskʌlp tʃər /
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form a three-dimensional art object
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The sculpture first appeared in 1982’s “Rocky III,” when the character was world heavyweight champion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The city of Philadelphia has permanently installed an 8½-foot bronze sculpture of Rocky Balboa outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Gutierrez said he used artificial intelligence and a 3D model to help design the sculpture.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

The town’s ice sculpture competition is in danger of being canceled forever.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

There was a life-or-death attempt being made near my table by a couple of Neanderthals looking to collect money for a beer blast in the sculpture studio.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Paintings, sculptures, ceramics and books line every available wall, shelf and tabletop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Halloween here is a wonderland, and Descanso continues to lean heavily into the fantastical, this year adding glowing wire sculptures from Helsinki-based artist Alexander Reichstein.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

His paintings at smoke the moon echo European Impressionism while their frames are ornamented with cast-aluminum sculptures of objects that speak to the artist’s indigenous heritage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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

Did his people have carvings or sculptures of gods?

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In “An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles,” authors David Gebhard and Robert Winter suggest that the ornate ends of the bridge “cry out for sculptured saints.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

David Blond said he wanted the collection to merge the future of the brand with its move toward more ready-to-wear activewear while still paying homage to their past with more sculptured pieces.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2022

He painted whirling murals and sculptured shapes that moved.

From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2022

Until dawn, when the stars went out one by one, and the grey light changed the sculptured figures back into immobility.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

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

It was at college where she first started experimenting with clay, silicon sealants and other materials for sculpturing.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2016

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

After two years of intense production, sculpturing the work in public was “the fun part,” she added.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2013

No cameo carving, but large, bold, rough, heroic sculpturing.

From Whitman A Study by John Burroughs




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