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| abstract |
When a painting or sculpture is abstract, you can't tell what it is. It has shapes and maybe color, but it's not a clear picture of anything. The artist may be trying to suggest a feeling or idea or maybe even people and things, but the artist is not trying to show those people and things as they are in reality. [1/3 definitions] |
| aesthetic |
having to do with beauty or art, including literature, dance, music, painting, drawing, and sculpture. |
| bust1 |
a sculpture or statue that shows the upper part of the human body from the head to the shoulders or chest. |
| depict |
to show, describe, or portray in a painting, sculpture, or written work. |
| gargoyle |
a sculpture of an odd or ugly animal or person carved as a decoration on a building. [1/2 definitions] |
| portrait |
a painting, drawing, photograph or sculpture of a person. [1/2 definitions] |
| sculptor |
A sculptor is a person who makes sculptures. A sculpture is something that people make as a piece of art. A sculpture can be any shape, and it is often made out of stone, clay, wood, or metal. Sometimes a sculpture looks like a person or an animal. Sometimes it doesn't look like any real thing at all. |
| sculpture |
A sculpture is something that people make as a piece of art. A sculpture can be any shape or size, and it is often made out of stone, clay, wood, or metal. Sometimes a sculpture looks like a person or an animal. Sometimes it doesn't look like any real thing at all. |
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