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Sculptural   /skˈəlptʃərəl/   Listen
Sculptural

adjective
1.
Relating to or consisting of sculpture.
2.
Resembling sculpture.  Synonyms: modeled, sculptured, sculpturesque.  "Rendered with...vivid sculptural effect" , "The sculpturesque beauty of the athletes' bodies"



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"Sculptural" Quotes from Famous Books



... has the hand of time pressed upon this venerable edifice, that the first impression of the mind in beholding it, is doubt of its antiquity. It was raised thirty years before the Parthenon, unlike which it appears to have been but sparingly supplied with sculptural decoration; but that which was so dedicated was of the highest merit, and remaining in an almost perfect condition, is most deeply interesting to the artist and the historian: supplying to the one models of beauty, and to the other the most undeniable ...
— The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 • Various
... polished the surfaces of their statues. Such sculpture for the eye only is almost as good when reproduced in an engraving that preserves its visual quality, and is therefore lacking in complete sculptural beauty. But no plane reproduction can replace the best Greek, Italian, ...
— The Principles Of Aesthetics • Dewitt H. Parker


Words linked to "Sculptural" :   shapely, sculpture


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