A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature. From LearnThat.org. [Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918), French novelist and critic.]
sculptural embellishments. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
They lack, in short, sculptural nobleness and delicacy. From Wordnik.com. [The Philosophy of Art] Reference
Using sunlight and starlight as its source, the work manifests experiences of primal solar color, and star geometry in sculptural form. From Wordnik.com. [2004 July « Mudpuddle] Reference
These amazing pieces are made of wood for the main sculptural elements but various mechanisms and hydraulics are added for the functionality. From Wordnik.com. [Machine Animals and Giants « Colleen Anderson] Reference
I prefer the word sculptural to describe the clothes, not architectural, "Mr. Velasco said. From Wordnik.com. [Mizrahi Prot��g��es Velasco Andersson Are the New Big Thing] Reference
It includes two of Kuitca's most ambitious works: an untitled sculptural configuration of 20 painted bed mattresses, and. From Wordnik.com. [Today at the Walker Art Center] Reference
I recall a sculptural work entitled, Oh Dear, which was a dead, cerulean blue dog/deer that had been either shot in the stomach, or conceivably bitten open. From Wordnik.com. [Carol Es: Rochelle Botello: Absurd and Disarming] Reference
"I work with sound in a kind of sculptural way," she says. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
Around Heap's neck: a kind of sculptural cuff with blinking light. From Wordnik.com. [Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'] Reference
I get a little to involved in the "sculptural" interpretation of "squares" so the blanket is a lot less than smooth. From Wordnik.com. [thing-a-day 2010] Reference
François Royer works some kind of sculptural - design magic and transforms nasty discarded oil barrels into beautiful furniture. From Wordnik.com. [PSFK] Reference
As a pliable sports material, it immediately lends a kind of sculptural shape to boleros and other shapes layered over a suit or coat. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
I compare Wagner’s music, which would fain have the same effect as speech, with that kind of sculptural relief which would have the same effect as painting. From Wordnik.com. [The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms.] Reference
There are coolly sculptural duets and flickering leaps and turns. From Wordnik.com. [Alonzo King Lines Ballet; Retina dance company, Collisions, Juliet Aster] Reference
Near it is an elegant sculptural column, Brancusi-esque, built of hangers. From Wordnik.com. [The Steinhilber variations] Reference
"Pieces of Ourselves" is Taslitz's first collection of sculptural furniture. From Wordnik.com. [Kimberly Brooks: Artist As Second Career: The Wild World Of Kathy Taslitz] Reference
We tour the conifer garden, which is expansive and sculptural with few flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Garden Goddess for Hire] Reference
It's the sculptural model of the Congressional gold medal for the Tuskegee Airmen. From Wordnik.com. [Sculpting The Digital Dollar] Reference
Design plants and sculptural elements in proportion to the size of your home or property. From Wordnik.com. [Green Scene: Landscaping can make potential buyers feel right at home] Reference
Mak plays with multimedia and sculptural reflections, shadow plays and cryptic visual codes. From Wordnik.com. [This week's new exhibitions] Reference
"Carl Andre. 9 x 54 Napoli Rectangle" shows sculptural works by the American abstract artist. From Wordnik.com. [Time Off] Reference
= Of the sculptural designs, the two lions on either side of the main approach are by E.C. Potter. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of The New York Public Library] Reference
At another job, he staged a dramatic sculptural race against a computer to protest this technology. From Wordnik.com. [Sculpting The Digital Dollar] Reference
"We had a few proposals that we liked, but hers stood out because it was sculptural," Ms. Wahi said. From Wordnik.com. [Adding Some Color to a Lower East Side Void] Reference
Esthetic meteorites, as they're called, are mostly iron-based and admired for their sculptural beauty. From Wordnik.com. [Intergalactic Artwork] Reference
But at least Louise Bourgeois (born in 1911!) and a few others give the place some real sculptural ballast. From Wordnik.com. [A County Fair For Intellectuals] Reference
Free entrance to a bizarre world of scrap metal sculptural giants and creations from The Mutoid Waste Company. From Wordnik.com. [This week's new events] Reference
The sculptural thing almost passes for a female metaphor, as the glass-box does for some incarnate machine. From Wordnik.com. [the machine to live] Reference
There, one can experience work by an artist who addresses today's most significant figurative sculptural issues. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Mennin: Messerschmidt: An Accidental Visionary] Reference
Greene's passion for architecture and 1940s movies is reflected in his evening dresses, glamorous and sculptural. From Wordnik.com. [The Rainbow Coalition] Reference
"Maidenhood"; and sculptural decorations for the new Capitol building for the state of Pennsylvania at Harrisburg. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
These seemingly generic shapes are balanced against one another, interlocked to create a whole sculptural installation. From Wordnik.com. [ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Sculptor Mary Early at Hemphill Fine Arts] Reference
Leonardo learned from Masaccio (1401-1428) how to give sculptural mass to flat figures through the principles of perspective. From Wordnik.com. [Unfinished Perfection] Reference
And Stonyer avoids spaced-out cliches through the sculptural rigour and sheer sonic effectiveness of his come-to-life objects. From Wordnik.com. [This week's new exhibitions] Reference
The California Aerospace Museum showed how rich and energetic his sculptural shapes could be, even when building on a shoestring. From Wordnik.com. [A Maverick Master] Reference
Currently, Recess is home to Dave Hardy and Siebren Versteeg's Spirit Tours 11, an ongoing sculptural event with a dry sense of humor. From Wordnik.com. [Liza Weisberg: Time for Recess in Soho] Reference
She took found objects (mostly wood) from the street or construction sites, and configured them into unique sculptural boxes and walls. From Wordnik.com. [Artist's Slice of City Is Restored to Life] Reference
The skylights, with protective glass, are uncovered, flooding the space with daylight that plays up Wright's fabulous sculptural curves. From Wordnik.com. [Do The Wright Thing] Reference
One of his sculptural shapes was originally inspired by a form he saw on the 15th-century sarcophagus of Philip the Bold in Dijon, carved by Claus Sluter. From Wordnik.com. [Buildings That Are Huggable] Reference
Not surprisingly, given the house's sculptural quality, both Coker and Mockbee believe art is a bigger influence in their work than architectural tradition. From Wordnik.com. [A SENSE OF PLACE] Reference
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