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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (II) Communication of Ideas
Section III. Means of Communicating Ideas
1. Natural Means

557. Sculpture.

   NOUN:SCULPTURE, insculpture [obs.]; carving &c. v.; statuary, anaglyptics, ceramics.
  marble, bronze, terra cotta; ceramic ware, pottery, porcelain, china, earthenware; cloisonné, enamel, faïence, satsuma.
  RELIEF, reliévo; basso-relievo or bassorilievo [It.], low relief, bas-relief; alto-relievo or alto-rilievo [It.], high relief; mezzo-relievo or mezzo-rilievo [It.]; glyph, intaglio, anaglyph; medal, medallion; cameo.
  [SCHOOLS OF SCULPTURE] Æginetan -, Attic -, Chian -, Pergamene -, Rhodian -, Samian -, Sicyonian- School.
  STATUE (image) [See Representation]; cast (copy) [See Copy]; glyptotheca.
  [STATUES] Apollo Belvedere, Venus of Melos or Milo, Cnidian Aphrodite, Venus de’ Medici, Dying Gaul, Farnese Hercules, Laocoön, Niobe, Silenus and Infant Bacchus, Theseus, Centaur and Eros, Niké or Winged Victory of Samothrace, The Wrestlers, Michelangelo’s David, Mercury taking Flight, Rodin’s The Thinker.
   VERB:SCULPTURE, carve, cut, chisel, model, mold; cast.
   ADJECTIVE:SCULPTURED &c. v.; in relief, glyptic, anaglyphic, anaglyptic, ceroplastic, ceramic; Parian; marble &c. n.; xanthian.