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Relief
A relief is a sculptured artwork where a modelled form is raised, or, in a sunken-relief, lowered, from a plane from which the main elements of the composition project (or sink). Reliefs are common throughout the world, for example on the walls of monumental buildings. The frieze in the classical...
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Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is an Ancient Egyptian artifact which was instrumental in advancing modern understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing. The stone is a Ptolemaic era stele with carved text made up of three translations of a single passage: two...
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Mesha Stele
The Mesha Stele (popularized in the 19th century as the "Moabite Stone") is a black basalt stone bearing an inscription by the 9th century BC ruler Mesha of Moab.
The inscription was set up about 850 BC as a memorial of Mesha's victories over "Omri...
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Battle of the Centaurs
Battle of the Centaurs is a relief done by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti, around 1492. It is in the Florentine museum Casa Buonarroti.
Battle is the second known piece made by Michelangelo. It was carved in white...
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Madonna of the Steps
Madonna of the stairs (or Madonna of the steps) is a relief done by Michelangelo, created during the time he was in the school of Lorenzo de' Medici.
The first sign that Madonna of the stairs was a Michelangelo's sculputre cited of Giorgio Vasari's...
Spinning
"Spinning" (1886 cast) is a relief sculpture by American artist Thomas Eakins.
Knitting
"Knitting" (1886 cast) is a relief sculpture by American artist Thomas Eakins.
Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels
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Virgin and Child
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The Nymph of Fountainebleau
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Openwork Panel
Openwork Panel is a panel from a group known as the Madgeburg Ivories commissioned by Otto I circa 968.
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Plate binding Psalter by Dagulf of David, Saint Jerome
Plate binding the Psalter by Dagulf of David, Saint Jerome is a psalter created in royal workshops in 795 C.E.
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Saint Matthieu
Saint Matthieu is a plaque of Saint Matthew created by Limousin artisans in the 13th century.
