sculpture
sculpture
subs.
P. ἀνδριαντοποιία, ἡ.
Carved work: use P. and V. ποίκιλμα, τό.
subs.
P. ἀνδριαντοποιία, ἡ.
Carved work: use P. and V. ποίκιλμα, τό.
sculpture
v. trans.
Ar. and P. γλύφειν.
v. trans.
Ar. and P. γλύφειν.
SCULPTURE
s. The act of sculpturing coelatura: sculptura: scalptura. SYN. in the verb.
A thing sculptured coelamen (Ov.): signum (any plastic work; opposed to tabulae picturae) [Vid: STATUE.]
The art of sculpturing ars pingendi: ars signa fabricandi: ars et statuas et simulacra fingendi
s. The act of sculpturing coelatura: sculptura: scalptura. SYN. in the verb.
A thing sculptured coelamen (Ov.): signum (any plastic work; opposed to tabulae picturae) [Vid: STATUE.]
The art of sculpturing ars pingendi: ars signa fabricandi: ars et statuas et simulacra fingendi
v. coelare (from κοῖλος: to work figures in relief on metals especially silver ivory etc.; also in wood; Verg. Freund writes caelare): scalpere: sculpere (the former of work but little raised like ξέειν; the latter like γλύφειν of works in half or whole relief. So Müller Archaeol. 108): insculpere: scribere: inscribere (of cutting Inscript.). To sculpture anything in gold aliquid auro or in auro coelare: to sculpture in stone aliquid e saxo sculpere or exsculpere: to sculpture in marble scalpere marmora (Cic.): to sculpture flowers scalpere flores (Vitr.).
sculpture (subs.):
I. The art of carving:
1. sculptūra s. scalptūra: (carving in stone, wood, etc.): s. embraces wood, ivory, marble, glass, precious stones, sculptura lignum, ebur, marmor, vitrum, gemmas complectitur, Quint. 2, 21, 9: cf. Plin. 16, 40, 77: v.ENGRAVING .
2. expr. by verb: the art of s was invented by ..., *ars [marmoris, etc.] sculpendi ab ... reperta est: the Athenians excelled in marble s., *praecipuam Athenienses marmoris sculpendi laudem habuerunt: v.TO SCULPTURE .
3. stătuāria (more precisely, statuary, as an art: rare): Plin. 35, 12, 45.
II. A work executed by a sculptor: expr. by ŏpus, marmor, esp. in connexion with verb sculpo: a rich s. of foreign marble, externo marmore dives opus, Ov. A. A. 1, 70: he was famed for a s. representing the Venus of Gnidus, marmore nobilitatus est, Gnidiaque Venere, Plin. 7, 38, 39: Athens is famed for its marble s.s, *inclaruerunt Athenae operibus marmore sculptis: his s.s at Rome are ..., Romae ejus opera sunt ..., Plin. 36, 45, §§ 5 and 6 (where the context defines). Also signum marmoreum: Plin. 36, 5, 5 (sunt in Cnido et alia signa marmorea illustrium artificum).
I. The art of carving:
1. sculptūra s. scalptūra: (carving in stone, wood, etc.): s. embraces wood, ivory, marble, glass, precious stones, sculptura lignum, ebur, marmor, vitrum, gemmas complectitur, Quint. 2, 21, 9: cf. Plin. 16, 40, 77: v.
2. expr. by verb: the art of s was invented by ..., *ars [marmoris, etc.] sculpendi ab ... reperta est: the Athenians excelled in marble s., *praecipuam Athenienses marmoris sculpendi laudem habuerunt: v.
3. stătuāria (more precisely, statuary, as an art: rare): Plin. 35, 12, 45.
II. A work executed by a sculptor: expr. by ŏpus, marmor, esp. in connexion with verb sculpo: a rich s. of foreign marble, externo marmore dives opus, Ov. A. A. 1, 70: he was famed for a s. representing the Venus of Gnidus, marmore nobilitatus est, Gnidiaque Venere, Plin. 7, 38, 39: Athens is famed for its marble s.s, *inclaruerunt Athenae operibus marmore sculptis: his s.s at Rome are ..., Romae ejus opera sunt ..., Plin. 36, 45, §§ 5 and 6 (where the context defines). Also signum marmoreum: Plin. 36, 5, 5 (sunt in Cnido et alia signa marmorea illustrium artificum).
sculpture (v.): sculpo, scalpo, psi, ptum, 3 (including both sculpture and engraving: for the supposed difference between the two forms of the word, v. Dict. Antiq. s. v. Scalptura): s.d of stone or hewn out of oak, e saxo sculptus aut e robore dolatus, Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100: Ov. M. 10, 248 (niveum mirâ arte sculpsit ebur). (N.B.--Caelare is to carve, chase, or emboss in metal: v. TO CHASE .)