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Relief

Question 11 • {HS} Intro to Art Sem. 2

Which of the following is not true of relief sculpture?

Answer
A
There are three primary types of relief sculpture.
B
A relief sculpture contains objects embedded in a ground surface.
C
Many examples of sunken reliefs have been found in Egyptian tombs.
D
The carved images in relief sculptures always extend at least halfway off the background.

Explanation

Relief sculpture has three main types: low relief, high relief, and sunken relief. In relief, figures remain attached to or are carved into a background surface, but how far they project varies. The claim that carved images always extend at least halfway off the background is not true; low-relief images project only slightly.

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