plastic art

noun

an art, as sculpture, in which forms are carved or modeled.
an art, as painting or sculpture, in which forms are rendered in or as if in three dimensions.

First recorded in 1630–40

Nearly all the remains of American plastic art, sculpture, and painting, were obviously designed for religious purposes.

Unfortunately, then, this character that so much delights us is not one that can be preserved by any plastic art.

Along with this, the themes of plastic art pass from the gods, rulers, and heroes to the lower levels of everyday life.

Even more; when the plastic art has to represent a sublime action, it must necessarily bring it back to sublimity.

It must in its best days have been very rich, and the plastic art must have attained a high degree of perfection here.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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