Bildhauerkunst
the art of sculpture; sculptural art
noun BILD-how-er-kunst Rare
Usage Note
Bildhauerkunst is the discipline or art form of sculpture broadly. The term is used in academic and journalistic contexts to refer to sculpture as a whole — antike Bildhauerkunst, moderne Bildhauerkunst — rather than a single work.
Examples
"Das Symposium widmete sich der Geschichte der europäischen Bildhauerkunst."
Natural Translation
The symposium devoted itself to the history of European sculptural art.
Literal Translation
The symposium dedicated itself to-the history of-the European sculptor-art.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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