Sculptor
['skʌlptə] or ['skʌlptɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix and Cetus.
(noun.) an artist who creates sculptures.
Checked by Giselle--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve statues, or works of sculpture.
(n.) Hence, an artist who designs works of sculpture, his first studies and his finished model being usually in a plastic material, from which model the marble is cut, or the bronze is cast.
Typist: Nola
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Carver.
Typed by Agatha
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a sculptor, foretells you will change from your present position to one less lucrative, but more distinguished. For a woman to dream that her husband or lover is a sculptor, foretells she will enjoy favors from men of high position.
Editor: Solomon
Unserious Contents or Definition
A poor unfortunate who makes faces and busts.
Edited by Clifford
Examples
- He chose the trade of a lapidary, or polisher of precious stones, an art which in that age was held in almost as high esteem as that of the painter or sculptor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Then they could get into no touch with the isolated little sculptor. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And often, when he went away, she talked to the little German sculptor. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- That is to say, the poet and the sculptor strolled, for Caliphronas simply danced along, as if to rid himself of his superabundant energy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- You can look at all that another time, replied the poet, laughing at the sculptor's enthusiasm; meanwhile, Justinian is waiting us. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Oh, then, I shall stay here as sculptor to your public works. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Some little time ago he purchased from Morse Hudson two duplicate plaster casts of the famous head of Napoleon by the French sculptor, Devine. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was a fortunate thing for him that he was a rich man, for assuredly he would never have become a great sculptor. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- In Rome he wrote a sonnet to the sculptor Canova, and the literary circles of Italy proclaimed him a poet after their own heart. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He was a sculptor, and she wanted to hear his view of his art. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Maurice, with sculptor-like enthusiasm, would fain have lingered before this masterpiece of Greek art, but Justinian hurried him impatiently away. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- You are a sculptor, Socrates, and have made statues of our governors faultless in beauty. Plato. The Republic.
- Have you any poets, painters, sculptors? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The pecuniary recompence, therefore, of painters and sculptors, of lawyers and physicians, ought to be much more liberal; and it is so accordingly. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Editor: Mary