kuvanveisto — meaning in English

English meaning

• sculpture noun A three-dimensional work of art made by carving, modeling, casting, or assembling material.
• statuary noun The skill or activity of creating statues.

Senses

kuvanveisto is used for these senses in English:

• sculpture (countable) More generally (since modernism), a three-dimensional work of art of any material or of mixed materials, whether sculpted, assembled, found, constructed or created using multiple techniques.
• statuary The craft of making statues.

sculpture — full definition

1. noun A three-dimensional work of art made by carving, modeling, casting, or assembling material.
2. noun Sculptures considered collectively, as a category of art.
3. verb To shape material into a three-dimensional artistic form.

statuary — full definition

1. noun The skill or activity of creating statues.
2. noun Statues thought of as a group.

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