High-relief sculpture is different from low-relief sculpture in that:

A. high-relief is a freestanding work that can be viewed from any angle.
B. high-relief is installed high upon the wall of a building.
C. high-relief projects only slightly from the background.
D. elements of high-relief may be in the round, unattached to the background.
E. All these answers are correct.


D
Usually the foreground elements are modeled in the round, detaching themselves from the background altogether.

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