Museum of New Zealand

Te Papa Tongarewa

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relief

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Use to describe a surface that has been carved, molded, or stamped so that an image or design projects from or is sunk into a continuous surface.

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Broader: sculpture techniques
Narrower: mezzo rilievo
bas-relief
relief intarsia
rilievo schiacciato
coelanaglyphic relief
high relief