Question

What is the type of carving where the design appears raised from its background?

Answer 1

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Relief is a sculptural technique where the sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material. The term relief is from the Latin verb relevo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane.

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Answer 2

Bas-relief is the type, usually used in architecture