{"product_id":"apollo-and-the-muses-marble-relief-wall-art-180cm","title":"Apollo and the Muses Marble Relief Wall Art - 180cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eApollo sits with his lyre at one end while a procession of muses dances away from him, drapery streaming, in a frieze twice as wide as it is tall. An integral moulded border runs the full perimeter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWall Sculpture Cut as a Shallow Classical Frieze\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe relief is deliberately shallow, which is how classical friezes were cut: the figures are separated by crisp linear drapery rather than by depth, so the procession reads as continuous movement. The marble is a uniform bright white with a fine even grain and a matte honed surface throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA frieze twice as wide as it is tall wants a run rather than a panel of wall: above a doorway, along a corridor, over a picture rail, across a stairwell or on a terrace parapet where it can be read while walking past. It is the wrong shape for a chimney breast and the wrong depth for a dim room, since the whole effect depends on grazing light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Long Frieze and Where It Hangs Best\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven weeks, most of it spent keeping the relief consistently shallow, which is harder than cutting deep because any drift in depth shows as a wave along the frieze. The run is made to your wall and the moulded border can be exchanged for a plain fillet. The procession is not shortened or reordered. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Near 786kg, crated flat, hung on concealed plates with the weight taken at the top edge rather than along the bottom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rest of the figure work is under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, and longer runs are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e180cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815261921627,"sku":"MST-REL-009","price":25393.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-009_1.jpg?v=1787053629","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/apollo-and-the-muses-marble-relief-wall-art-180cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}