Statue vs. Sculpture

Statuenoun

A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.

Statuenoun

(dated) A portrait.

Statueverb

(transitive) To form a statue of; to make into a statue.

Statuenoun

The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image; as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion.

Statuenoun

A portrait.

Statueverb

To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a statue.

Statuenoun

a sculpture representing a human or animal

Statuenoun

a carved or cast figure of a person or animal, especially one that is life-size or larger.

Statue

A statue is a free-standing sculpture in which the realistic, full-length figures of persons or animals or non-representational forms are carved or cast in a durable material such as wood, metal or stone. Typical statues are life-sized or close to life-size; a sculpture that represents persons or animals in full figure but that is small enough to lift and carry is a statuette or figurine, whilst one more than twice life-size is a colossal statue.Statues have been produced in many cultures from prehistory to the present; the oldest-known statue dating to about 30,000 years ago.

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).

Sculpturenoun

Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.

Sculpturenoun

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

Sculptureverb

To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.

Sculptureverb

To represent something in sculpture.

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.

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;

Sculptureverb

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

Sculpture

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