| Modeling 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Model. 2. (n.) The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or indication of solid form. Thesaurus Entries CYSP sculpture, anaglyptics, anaglyptography, architectural sculpture, bone-carving, casting, ceroplastics, chasing, clay sculpture, conformation, creation, decorative sculpture, earth art, efformation, embossing, engraving, fashioning, figuration, formation, formature, forming, founding, garden sculpture, gem-cutting, glass sculpture, glyptic, ivory-carving, lost-wax process, metal sculpture, molding, monumental sculpture, morphogenesis, morphogeny, paper sculpture, plaster casting, plastic art, portrait sculpture, relief, relief-carving, relievo, sculptor, sculpture, sculpturing, shaping, shell-carving, statuary, stone sculpture, stonecutting, whittling, wire sculpture, wood carving, xyloglyphy |