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Subtracting everything that isn't the statue until only the statue remains.
michelangelo's methodHe claimed he freed figures already trapped in marble
no undoOne wrong strike and the whole block is ruined
ancient techCopper and bronze chisels predate iron by millennia
slang shiftCame to mean swindling, as in chiseling someone
strike rhythmSculptors feel grain like woodcarvers reading the wood