How to Use sculpture in a Sentence

sculpture

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  • One of the sculpture’s stops was the North Natomas Library.
    Elyse Pham, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The 40-foot sculpture has been fenced off for the duration of the project.
    Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2023
  • And the best part is that the massive sculpture is baked into the asking price.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2023
  • In spirit and form, the paintings match the sculptures Schutz has been making of late.
    Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • All that and sculptures carved out of butter on today’s episode of CNN 10.
    CNN, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The Kimbell sculpture is one of the finds that identified the Olmecs as artists of the highest order.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Feb. 2024
  • What is the companion sculpture to Ohio’s butter Cow in the state?
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 26 July 2023
  • Klingspor said his sculpture is not just a tribute to the legend of the sewer gators but also to the city itself.
    Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Not the witty and poetic sculpture he’s known for, but his own name.
    Brian Boucher, New York Times, 26 May 2023
  • The artist’s two entries are part painting, part sculpture.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The Shilpa Shastra dictates the rules of arts and crafts, including sculpture.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Nov. 2023
  • At its center, a metal bowl and a light bulb hang, emitting a low roar that makes the sculpture and the room around it vibrate.
    Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Some are more fanciful, such as an array of steel moon sculptures by the artist Jeff Koons.
    IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The sculptures are the work of Australian contemporary artist Kathy Temin.
    Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
  • As for the artwork to target, the piece should be small – for a sculpture, about the size of a brick; for a painting, no larger than a pizza box.
    Michael Finkel, Time, 14 June 2023
  • The oval-like shape features an opening large enough for passersby to walk inside the 42.5-ton sculpture’s walls.
    Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • In the dining room, brutalist ice sculptures adorned the table.
    Vogue, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The fire is another episode in the sculpture’s decades-long evolution.
    Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
  • The show, which also includes a single wire sculpture, depicts grass and its roots on a near-epic scale.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Surveillance video was released of two people hauling the sculpture away in the dark.
    Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The sculptor, Tom Sipes of Petaluma, came Thursday afternoon to move the sculpture to his shop for repairs.
    Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Bishop and Carrasquilla agree this was the step that was missed regarding the lesson on the 500-year-old sculpture.
    Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The seniors work in a variety of media, from cross stitch to painting, and carving to soft sculpture.
    cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The 6-foot sculpture depicted a family of four who appeared to reach toward the sky.
    Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Not the black granite wall—that sea of sacrifice—but the sculpture of three soldiers who stand their vigil by the wall, as if on the shore, staring out to that sea.
    Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Floral sculptures appear throughout the store, including one that is garbed in a silk robe.
    Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Near the start of this year, Burkes contacted Vale, a chain-saw carver who has worked on multiple sculptures in the county.
    Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The work includes video, pottery, sculpture, fabric art and even some painting.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Now, researchers say the rock could be a sand sculpture created to look like a blue stingray (Dasyatis chrysonata), which are often found in southern Africa.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Over the course of the 20th century, various artists—from Man Ray to Cindy Sherman—gradually changed that attitude, but one invention helped elevate the medium to the level of painting or sculpture: digital image scanners.
    The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
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  • But if the body could crack open, how would sculpture render it?
    Sophie Madeline Dess, The New Republic, 18 May 2021
  • Her glam also features a black lip, sculptured x-shaped braided hair style and a gold crown to top it off.
    Nandi Howard, Essence, 15 Apr. 2020
  • The second owners also have wall art and sculpture throughout.
    Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 4 July 2020
  • What is the significance of sharing art and specifically sculpture outside?
    Trevor Fraser, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Mycelium acts like a glue and is grown into molds (no pun intended) fitting any shape, from packaging insert to sculpture to beauty applicator.
    Maria Geyman, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Sidelight is flattering to sculpture and ceramic; the darker interior galleries would suit sensitive works on paper.
    Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Rendered as paintings or occasionally sculpture, these archetypal structures distill the forms of Japanese teahouses and Italian pre-Renaissance chapels, but also prisons.
    Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2021
  • But if the body could crack open, how would sculpture render it?
    Sophie Madeline Dess, The New Republic, 18 May 2021
  • Her glam also features a black lip, sculptured x-shaped braided hair style and a gold crown to top it off.
    Nandi Howard, Essence, 15 Apr. 2020
  • The second owners also have wall art and sculpture throughout.
    Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 4 July 2020
  • What is the significance of sharing art and specifically sculpture outside?
    Trevor Fraser, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Mycelium acts like a glue and is grown into molds (no pun intended) fitting any shape, from packaging insert to sculpture to beauty applicator.
    Maria Geyman, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Sidelight is flattering to sculpture and ceramic; the darker interior galleries would suit sensitive works on paper.
    Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Rendered as paintings or occasionally sculpture, these archetypal structures distill the forms of Japanese teahouses and Italian pre-Renaissance chapels, but also prisons.
    Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2021

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