sculpture (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The art of carving1. sculptūra s. scalptūra2. expr. by verb3. stătuāria (more precisely, statuary, as an artII. A work executed by a sculptor • sculpture (subs.): I. The art of carving: 1. sculptūra s. scalptūra: (carving in stone, wood, etc.): s. embraces wood, ivory, marble, glass, precious stones, sculptura lignum, ebur, marmor, vitrum, gemmas complectitur, Quint. 2, 21, 9: cf. Plin. 16, 40, 77: v. engraving. 2. expr. by verb: the art of s. was invented by ..., *ars [marmoris, etc.] sculpendi ab ... reperta est: the Athenians excelled in marble s., *praecipuam Athenienses marmoris sculpendi laudem habuerunt: v. to sculpture. 3. stătuāria (more precisely, statuary, as an art: rare): Plin. 35, 12, 45. II. A work executed by a sculptor: expr. by ŏpus, marmor, esp. in connexion with verb sculpo: a rich s. of foreign marble, externo marmore dives opus, Ov. A. A. 1, 70: he was famed for a s. representing the Venus of Gnidus, marmore nobilitatus est, Gnidiaque Venere, Plin. 7, 38, 39: Athens is famed for its marble s.s, *inclaruerunt Athenae operibus marmore sculptis: his s.s at Rome are ..., Romae ejus opera sunt ..., Plin. 36, 45, §§ 5 and 6 (where the context defines). Also signum marmoreum: Plin. 36, 5, 5 (sunt in Cnido et alia signa marmorea illustrium artificum).