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Low relief-Sculptural relief that projects very little from the background. Also called bas-relief, basso-relievo.

Akhenaten, Nefertiti and their Children

Confederate Memorial Carving

William Gordon Huff

Scott Sustek "Brooke"

Raymond Kaskey "WWII Memorial"

High Relief-Sculptural relief in which the modeled forms project from the background by at least half their depth. Also called alto-relievo

High Relief Sculpture of General Zhong

Bill Mack "Desiree"

Bill Mack "Concentration"

Chidi Okoye "Conversation"

Chidi Okoye "Amina"

Primary Contours-lines which define the outermost edge of a piece.

"Spring of Hope"

Benedict Radcliffe

Alexander Calder "Order in Caos"

Dennis Openheim

Christo and Jeanne Claude "Surrounded Islands"

Secondary Contours-Forms developed within the outer boundary of a work.