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Also Known As relief sculpture • relievo

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The Mocking of Christ (marble fragment)
The Reign of Jupiter
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Marble relief from the Parthenon showing, from left, Poseidon, Apollo, and Artemis seated and draped in flowing garments, displayed at the Museum of the Acropolis in Athens.
Gilded bronze relief panel by Lorenzo Ghiberti shows Isaac, Jacob, and Esau in an architectural setting, with multiple figures and intricate detail, from the Gates of Paradise in Florence.
Hering, Loy: Adam and Eve
Siege of Jerusalem (70 ce)
Figure 11: Details of reliefs from the Arch of Titus, Rome AD 81 (left) Titus standing in a quadriga (four horsed chariot), led by Roma, while Victory crowns him
ancient Egyptian boatbuilding scene
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Donatello
Italian sculptor
Bronze self-portrait of Lorenzo Ghiberti in relief, set within ornate floral and geometric decoration on the Gates of Paradise at the Florence Baptistery.
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Italian sculptor
Andrea del Verrocchio: David
Andrea del Verrocchio
Italian painter and sculptor
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Leonard Baskin
American sculptor
Giovanni Pisano: marble pulpit
Giovanni Pisano
Italian sculptor
Lee Bontecou: Untitled
Lee Bontecou
American artist
Jean Arp
Jean Arp
French artist
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David Smith
American sculptor
Algardi, Alessandro: Tomb of Pope Leo XI
Alessandro Algardi
Italian sculptor
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Louise Nevelson
American sculptor
Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Diana of the Tower
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
American sculptor
Flaxman, John: The Fury of Athamas
John Flaxman
British sculptor
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Andrea Orcagna
Italian painter
tomb of Cardinal de Richelieu
François Girardon
French sculptor
The Murder of Abel, bas-relief panel by Jacopo della Quercia, 1425–38; on the Porta Maggiore of San Petronio, Bologna, Italy.
Jacopo della Quercia
Italian sculptor
Berruguete, Alonso
Alonso Berruguete
Spanish sculptor
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Scopas
Greek sculptor
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Giacomo Manzù
Italian sculptor
Bourdelle, Antoine: Dying Centaur
Antoine Bourdelle
French sculptor