Figurine vs Sculpture - What's the difference?
figurine | sculpture |
(uncountable) The art of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, professionally performed by a sculptor
(countable) A work of art created by sculpting.
* Dryden
Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
To represent something in sculpture.
To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.
As nouns the difference between figurine and sculpture
is that figurine is a small carved or molded figure; a statuette while sculpture is the art of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, professionally performed by a sculptor.As a verb sculpture is
to fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.sculpture
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Noun
(en-noun) (wikipedia sculpture)- There, too, in living sculpture , might be seen / The mad affection of the Cretan queen.
