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Art :: Art (n.) The application of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature..

Effigy :: Effigy (n.) The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits..

Aegicrania :: Aegicrania (n. pl.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls..

Mezzo-rilievo :: Mezzo-rilievo (n.) Sculpture in this kind of relief. See under Alto-rilievo.

Carolitic :: Carolitic (a.) Adorned with sculptured leaves and branches.

Knop :: Knop (n.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- called also knob, and knosp..

Model :: Model (n.) Something intended to serve, or that may serve, as a pattern of something to be made; a material representation or embodiment of an ideal; sometimes, a drawing; a plan; as, the clay model of a sculpture; the inventor's model of a machine..

Frieze :: Frieze (n.) Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. See Illust. of Column..

Diaglyphtic :: Diaglyphtic (a.) Represented or formed by depressions in the general surface; as, diaglyphic sculpture or engraving; -- opposed to anaglyphic..

Allegory :: Allegory (n.) A figure representation which has a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured.

Glyphic :: Glyphic (a.) Of or pertaining to sculpture or carving of any sort, esp. to glyphs..

Divarication :: Divarication (n.) A divergence of lines of color sculpture, or of fibers at different angles..

Rood :: Rood (n.) A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it.

Sculpturesque :: Sculpturesque (a.) After the manner of sculpture; resembling, or relating to, sculpture..

Insculp :: Insculp (v. t.) To engrave; to carve; to sculpture.

Sculp :: Sculp (v. t.) To sculpture; to carve; to engrave.

Ground :: Ground (n.) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief..

Photosculpture :: Photosculpture (n.) A process in which, by means of a number of photographs simultaneously taken from different points of view on the same level, rough models of the figure or bust of a person or animal may be made with great expedition..

Crucifix :: Crucifix (n.) A representation in art of the figure of Christ upon the cross; esp., the sculptured figure affixed to a real cross of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, used by the Roman Catholics in their devotions..

Demi-rilievo :: Demi-rilievo (n.) A work of sculpture of the above character. See Alto-rilievo.

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