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Relievo is traditionally categorized by how far the figures project from the background:

During the , relievo reached a pinnacle of technical sophistication. Artists like Lorenzo Ghiberti treated bronze panels like canvases. His "Gates of Paradise" for the Florence Baptistery used varying degrees of relief—high relief for foreground figures and schiacciato for the distant background—to master linear perspective in metal. The Function of the Medium relievo

The figures project only slightly from the surface. A common modern example is the imagery found on coins . In low relief, the artist relies more on contour and shadow than on physical volume to convey form. Relievo is traditionally categorized by how far the

A middle ground between high and low, where the forms are roughly half-projected but do not feature the undercutting found in high relief. The Function of the Medium The figures project