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sculpture

[skuhlp-cher] / ˈskʌlp tʃər /
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form a three-dimensional art object
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From paw prints in Mesopotamian pavement to hunting hounds in Renaissance sculpture, dogs have long featured in art.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Maybe the Faces of Elysian Valley, a traffic circle sculpture that Huckle said “looks like Easter Island in the middle of Cypress Park.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

For Flynn, it’s like carving away at what is already there to create something fun and cohesive, like a sculpture.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

The sculpture has been installed close to where tributes - including flowers, scarves, and cards - were placed in the immediate aftermath of their deaths.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

It named its main auditorium after William in 1975, complete with a bronze sculpture of his head.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

The display would have benefited from fewer inclusions, as the large space in Tribeca feels crowded with so many sculptures that lean toward the monumental.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Kreitzman's Mile End house is filled from top to bottom with pictures and sculptures, on every colourful wall, on every table, in every room and corridor.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

In those solo presentations, Usha Seejarim’s conceptual sculptures and wall works examined gender and sexuality through repurposed objects, and Mmangaliso Nzuza’s biographical paintings infused Western art history with African trends.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

He is known for larger-than-life sculptures and hard-edge paintings that feature his hybrid cartoon characters.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Coal did a search for Koons and balloon, and a bunch of his large silver sculptures came up.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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

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

Later, a sculptured hourglass bodice descended into a segmented skirt that swept the floor.

From Seattle Times Jan. 25, 2023

He painted whirling murals and sculptured shapes that moved.

From New York Times Sep. 12, 2022

Already he knew enough to tell if Michelangelo had sculptured the little angel.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg

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

“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

He stopped making them in 1959 and didn’t take up sculpturing again until 1976.

From New York Times Mar. 10, 2011

The sculpturing of this plain, which, with some interruption, has continued to the present day, has given the region the chief elements of its present topography.

From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Atwood, Wallace W.




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