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Fine arts > Sculpture > Direct carving, sculpture

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Direct carving, sculpture  

Definition

  • Sculptural process in which the sculptor forms the image by cutting away from the block of stone, generally without working from a model...adaptation may be made according to the character of the stone found within the block

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Notation

  • 110964

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-SQT1HKJG-8

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