Defn: Formed by carving; graven; as, sculptile images. [Obs.] Sir T.
Browne.
SCULPTOR Sculp"tor, n. Etym: [L. sculptor, fr. sculpere, sculptum, to carve; cf. scalpere to cut, carve, scratch, and Gr. sculpteur.]
1. One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve statues, or works of sculpture.
2. 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.
SCULPTRESS
Sculp"tress, n.
Defn: A female sculptor.
SCULPTURAL
Sculp"tur*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to sculpture. G. Eliot.
SCULPTURE
Sculp"ture, n. Etym: [L. sculptura: cf. F. sculpture.]
1. The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials.