The [[Inca]] tradition is very distinctive; they carved rock with mainly horizontal representations of landscapes as one form of [[huaca]]; the most famous are the [[Sayhuite]] Stone and the Quinku rock. These show a landscape, but also many animals; it is not clear if the landscapes represent a real place or are imaginary. These permanent works formed part of a wider Inca tradition of visualizing and modelling landscapes, often accompanied by rituals.<ref>Gartner, William Gustav, [https://www.academia.edu/8755110/Mapmaking_in_the_Central_Andes "Mapmaking in the Central Andes" PDF], pp. 285–289</ref>
==ModernModernas==
Modern rock reliefs tend to be colossal<!-- this is a technical term, dude -->, at several times life-size, and are usually memorials of some sort. In America, [[Mount Rushmore]] is mostly in a very high relief, and the [[Stone Mountain]] relief commemorating three [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] generals in bas-relief. The [[rock sculpture of Decebalus]] in [[Romania]] is a huge face on an outcrop above the [[Danube]], begun in 1994.<ref>[http://www.decebalusrex.ro/en/photo-gallery/monumentul-decebalus-rex Foundation website]</ref> The ''[[Lion Monument]]'' or ''Lion of Lucerne'', in [[Lucerne]], [[Switzerland]], is one of the most artistically successful, designed by [[Bertel Thorvaldsen]] and carved in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn, as a memorial for the [[Swiss Guard]]s who were massacred in 1792 during the [[French Revolution]].<ref>[http://travelguide.all-about-switzerland.info/lucerne-lion-monument-pictures-history.html Lion Monument, Lucerne], ''All About Switzerland'' travelguide. Accessed 13 November 2015</ref>
