Definition of SCULPTURAL

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Recent Examples on the Web The sets, designed by Sabine Theunissen, deploy sculptural accumulations of junk to render the locales where Wozzeck experiences successive humiliations: a captain’s quarters, a doctor’s laboratory, a tavern garden, a soldiers’ barracks. — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, "Operatic Shows of Force," 6 Jan. 2020 Sort of sculptural metals and paper mache earrings. — Lulu Graham, Harper's BAZAAR, "Outfit Dissecting With Emma Holland," 13 Dec. 2019 This unlikely sanctuary, set in a flood plain and open this week to the public, has bamboo groves and koi ponds and sinuous gravel paths ornamented with sculptural bronze animalia by the French artist Francois-Xavier Lalanne and his wife Claude. — New York Times, "The $120,000 Banana Wins Art Basel," 6 Dec. 2019 Together, these parts form a sculptural whole that evokes Willis even though the two buildings’ structural systems are quite different. — Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, "Column: Near South’s new giant gets it right by doing architecture the Chicago Way," 6 Dec. 2019 Encounters with both works - the Laocoon sculptural group and the Battle of Cascina (which became a universal catalogue of male sculptural poses and physical contortions) - had a deep impact on the young artist. — Philip Kennicott, Houston Chronicle, "This 16-century Spanish sculptor changed how his country looked at religious art," 11 Dec. 2019 The Glossy Bamboo vase from Middle Kingdom is sculptural and sleek; inspired by ancient Chinese porcelain, these shiny containers looks especially good when a few are grouped together. — NBC News, "A splash of color can refresh the kitchen without a remodel," 28 Oct. 2019 Congratulations to local Dayton potter Becky Behre whose sculptural and botanical pottery are featured at the Horse Spirit Arts Gallery in Savage Mill. — Lisa Peklo, baltimoresun.com, "Fall Festival at Marriottsville church featuring food, music, autumn activities, prizes," 19 Sep. 2019 Aguilar fought that rejection, creating a unique place for her figure, proving the aesthetic and sculptural possibilities of the obese body as no one has done before or since. — Lori Waxman, chicagotribune.com, "A Laura Aguilar retrospective gives turns an eye to her beautiful views of people outside the mainstream," 22 July 2019

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“Sculptural.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sculptural. Accessed 26 January 2020.