Caryatid

a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support

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. Counter Relief or Sunk Relief Embossed Relief or Rilievo Stiacciato, Low Relief or Bas-relief or Basso Rilievo Mid Relief or Half-Relief or Mezzo Rilievo High […]

Sculpture Group is a composition of two or more figures. Apollo and Daphne Bernini Laocoön and His Sons Burden of Life Pennsylvania state capitol

Terracotta, terra cotta or terra-cotta (pronounced [ˌtɛrraˈkɔtta]; Italian: "baked earth", from the Latin terra cocta), a type of earthenware, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic, where the fired body is porous. Terracotta is the term normally used for sculpture made in earthenware, and also for various utilitarian uses including vessels (notably flower pots), water […]

a support sculpted in the form of a man