Sculpture vs Monument - What's the difference?
sculpture | monument |
(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.
A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
An important site owned by the community as a whole.
An exceptional or proud achievement.
An important burial vault or tomb.
A legal document.
A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
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As nouns the difference between sculpture and monument
is that sculpture is the art of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, professionally performed by a sculptor while monument is a structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.As a verb sculpture
is to fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.sculpture
English
Noun
(en-noun) (wikipedia sculpture)- There, too, in living sculpture , might be seen / The mad affection of the Cretan queen.
Verb
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English
(wikipedia monument)Noun
(en noun)- There is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I.
Hyponyms
* cenotaphExternal links
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