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Q1. What are stone statues called?
Sculpture, an artistic form in which hard or plastic materials are worked into three-dimensional art objects. A statue is a sculpture. Within the field of stone sculpting, there is a tremendous amount of variety. Granite, marble, Soapstone, alabaster, sandstone, limestone, etc are some common materials. Each is chosen for a combination of reasons, including softness, availability, and color or finish.
A small statue is known as a figurine or statuette- a three-dimensional sculpture that represents a human, deity, or animal, or, in practice, a pair or small group of them. Whereas large statues are called colossus, a statue that is considerably larger than life-size. They are known from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, and Japan.
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