Sculpture vs. Ceramics

Sculpturenoun

(countable) A three dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).

Ceramicsnoun

the art or science of making ceramic objects

Sculpturenoun

Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.

Ceramicsnoun

ceramic objects as a group

Sculpturenoun

(zoology) The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell

Ceramicsnoun

The art of making things of baked clay; as pottery, tiles, etc.

Sculptureverb

To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.

Ceramicsnoun

Work formed of clay in whole or in part, and baked; as, vases, urns, etc.

Sculptureverb

To represent something in sculpture.

Ceramicsnoun

the art of making and decorating pottery

Sculptureverb

To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.

Sculpturenoun

The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials.

Sculpturenoun

Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc.

‘There, too, in living sculpture, might be seenThe mad affection of the Cretan queen.’;

Sculptureverb

To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave.

Sculpturenoun

a three-dimensional work of plastic art

Sculpturenoun

creating figures or designs in three dimensions

Sculptureverb

create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material;

‘sculpt a swan out of a block of ice’;

Sculptureverb

shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it;

‘She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband’;

Sculpture

Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. It is one of the plastic arts.