Sculpture refers to the art of sculpting

It represents the art of carving in a material, of working it, of shaping it, in order to obtain a figure, an ornament. The term also refers to the work of a sculptor.

It is in other words the artistic activity which consists in designing and realizing forms in volume, in relief, either in the round (statuary), in high relief, in bas-relief, by modeling, by direct carving, by welding or assembly.