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Relief As a Skillful Lie
A relief is an even bigger fib than a statue; and the lower the relief, the harder it is to pull off the deceit. A high relief is not simply fully-rounded figures stuck onto a flat marble slab. At some … Continue reading
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Tagged Bas-relief, high relief, modelling, relief scilpture
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