sculptures
Three-dimensional art pieces
Sculptures is the plural of sculpture—three-dimensional artworks created by carving, molding, casting, or assembling materials like stone, metal, clay, or wood.
The term covers everything from classical marble figures to modern abstract installations: The museum's sculptures range from ancient Greek bronzes to contemporary pieces.
As a verb form, sculptures means creates such works: She sculptures in bronze.
Recrystallized limestone rock
- bronzeCopper-tin alloy
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- woodTree-derived building material
carving · casting · modeling · chisel · pedestal · gallery · museum · exhibit
Failure or sculpture
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- figurineSmall ornamental sculpture
- reliefEasing of distress
- bas-reliefSculpture projecting slightly
frieze · monument · effigy · totem · idol · maquette · mobile · kinetic
marble
Recrystallized limestone rock
wood · carving · casting · modeling · chisel · pedestal · gallery · museum · exhibit · installation
bust
Failure or sculpture
bas-relief · frieze · monument · effigy · totem · idol · maquette · mobile · kinetic · fountain
marble
Recrystallized limestone rock
alabaster · sandstone · terracotta · plaster · resin · steel · iron · copper · glass · ice
carving
Shaping by cutting away
- castingShaping through liquid form
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- weldingHeat-fusing metal pieces
assembling · chiseling · polishing · armature · mold · kiln · foundry · lost-wax · roughing · finishing
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- museumsmuseums, art museums, exhibits, galleries, exhibitions
- Archaeological Museumartifacts, pottery, pottery shards, fossils, mummies
- art museumspaintings, The Louvre, galleries, permanent collection, exhibitions
- commissioned worksportraits, murals, jingles, logos, ad campaigns
- exhibitsmuseum exhibit, science exhibit, interactive exhibit, dinosaur exhibit, space exhibit
sculpturespaintings
Pictures made with pigment
drawings · sketches · photographs · prints · frescoes
sculpturesdigital art
Computer-generated visual work
holograms · performance art · projections · sound art · light installations
sculpturesperformance art
Embodied creative expression
happenings · ice sculptures · sand art · installations · land art
- sculpture gardenOutdoor space displaying three-dimensional art
- metal sculptureArtwork formed from alloys
- modern sculpturesRecent three-dimensional artworks
- ice sculptureArt from frozen water
- classical sculptureAncient carved figurative art
- snow sculpturesThree-dimensional winter artwork