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Divine Love Conquering Earthly Love (1602–1603), showing dramatic compositional chiaroscuro. In art, chiaroscuro (English: / kiˌɑːrəˈsk (j) ʊəroʊ / kee-AR-ə-SKOOR-oh, -SKURE-, Italian: [ˌkjaroˈskuːro]; lit. 'light-dark') is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition.
Parthenon Frieze. The Parthenon frieze is the high-relief Pentelic marble sculpture created to adorn the upper part of the Parthenon 's naos. It was sculpted between c. 443 and 437 BC, [1] most likely under the direction of Phidias. Of the 160 meters (524 ft) of the original frieze, 128 meters (420 ft) survives—some 80 percent. [2]
1. High relief, usually between 1/2" and 2" in depth. 2. Bas relief, or Low relief usually under 1/2" in depth. 3. Deep relief, usually over 2" in depth. 4. Pierced relief, where holes are carved clear through the wood. Some carvers prefer to finish their carving with a clear finish. But others incorporate color and pyrography into their relief ...
Away from the loggia wall, the Medici Pasquino Group, copying an ancient Roman subject. Italian Renaissance sculpture was an important part of the art of the Italian Renaissance, in the early stages arguably representing the leading edge. [1] The example of Ancient Roman sculpture hung very heavily over it, both in terms of style and the uses ...
The art of Ancient Rome, and the territories of its Republic and later Empire, includes architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic work. Luxury objects in metal-work, gem engraving, ivory carvings, and glass are sometimes considered to be minor forms of Roman art, [1] although they were not considered as such at the time.
Rock relief. Reclining Buddha at Gal Vihara, Sri Lanka. The remains of the image house that originally enclosed it can be seen. A rock relief or rock-cut relief is a relief sculpture carved on solid or "living rock" such as a cliff, rather than a detached piece of stone. They are a category of rock art, and sometimes found as part of, or in ...
The Venus of Laussel is an 18.11-inch-high (46.0-centimetre) limestone bas-relief of a nude woman. It is painted with red ochre and was carved into the limestone of a rock shelter (Abri de Laussel) in the commune of Marquay, in the Dordogne department of south-western France. The carving is associated with the Gravettian Upper Paleolithic ...
Stiacciato. Stiacciato (Tuscan) or schiacciato (Italian for "pressed" or "flattened out") is a technique where a sculptor creates a very shallow relief sculpture with carving only millimetres deep. [1] The rilievo stiacciato is primarily associated with Donatello (1386–1466).