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Relief

Scope note

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.

This term has 647 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object name
Technique
Object category
Material

Getty AAT term number

300053622

Equivalent Terms used

reliefs

Created

12yrs ago

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