| 单词 | plastic art |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplastic art plastic art n. (also †art plastic) the art of shaping or modelling; an art or craft involving this, as pottery, sculpture, etc.; (also) any art form that represents three-dimensional forms, as painting, etc.; frequently in plural. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > [noun] plastic1598 plastic art1624 plastic1881 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. ii. 108 Of this Plastique Art, the chiefe vse with vs is in the gracefull fretting of roofes: but the Italians applie it, to the manteling of Chimneys, with great Figures. a1637 B. Jonson Timber 1572 in Wks. (1640) III The Art Plasticke was moulding in clay, or potters earth anciently. 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 251 He [sc. John Dwight] has so far advanced the Art Plastick, that 'tis dubious whether any man since Prometheus have excelled him. 1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §69. 38 These wooden figures..had decidedly more resemblance to puppets (manequins) than to works of cultivated plastic art. 1996 J. Lanchester Debt to Pleasure (1997) 96 This is the law of proportion and rhythm that underlies all of the plastic arts, from cocktail-making and cooking to architecture, sculpture, pottering and dressmaking. 2002 Nation (N.Y.) 23 Dec. 40/2 Twyla Tharp..believes that ballet can express anything. This plastic art molds movement and form from nature. < as lemmas |
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