plastic art

noun

An art form which involves physical manipulation of a three-dimensional medium by moulding or modeling such as sculpture or ceramics.

Meanings

nounplastic art (countable and uncountable, plural plastic arts)

plural plastic arts

  1. countableuncountableAn art form which involves physical manipulation of a three-dimensional medium by moulding or modeling such as sculpture or ceramics.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 造型藝術 /造型艺术
  • 造型藝術 /造型艺术 (zàoxíng yìshù)three-dimensional art form
Finnish plastinen taide
  • plastinen taidethree-dimensional art form
French art plastique
  • art plastiquethree-dimensional art form
German plastische Kunst
  • plastische Kunstthree-dimensional art form
Italian arte plastica
  • arte plasticathree-dimensional art form
Polish sztuki plastyczne
  • sztuki plastycznethree-dimensional art form
Romanian artă plastică
  • artă plasticăthree-dimensional art form
Russian изя́щные иску́сства
  • изя́щные иску́сства (izjáščnyje iskússtva)three-dimensional art form
Spanish arte plástica
  • arte plásticathree-dimensional art form
Turkish plastik sanat
  • plastik sanatthree-dimensional art form
Cite this entry
APA

plastic art. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plastic%20art

MLA

“plastic art.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plastic%20art. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plastic art,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plastic%20art.

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