Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Early Western World
6. Mediterranean (Early Western World)
7. Ancient Italian
8. ancient Italian sculpture styles
9. Roman sculpture styles

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to a style of Roman sculpture that developed in the second century CE and is characterized by the movement away from the earlier modeling techniques that employed positive modification of the surface by shaping the material, to instead use negative modeling. The style used gouging, the running drill, and other methods to create sharp contrasts in light and shade.