Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This initial relief was subsequently reworked into a "bas-relief with anthropomorphic figures." [B 13] The block in question probably originated from a funerary monument, [C 2] and the sculpture was therefore carved on a previously used block. [B 11] The bas-relief, which originally measured 1.20 m by 0.685 m, depicted the sacrifice of a bull.
The Tang dynasty Leshan Giant Buddha, near Leshan in Sichuan province, China. Construction began in 713, and was completed in 803. It is the largest stone-carved Buddha in the world. Bas-Relief, late 19th century CE. Limestone. Brooklyn Museum. Carving stone into sculpture is an activity older than civilization itself.
Commissioned to create a sculpture for the grave of the German writer who wrote under the name of Daniel Stern, Chapu created a bas-relief entitled "La Pensée" which depicts a young woman, seated and looking thoughtfully to the heavens. To her left is a bust of Goëthe and at the top is a medallion depicting the countess herself. The tomb is ...
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 conjunction with, rock-cut architecture . [ 1 ]
Bas-relief panels of The Call to Arms and Mending the Flag, by Cyrus Edwin Dallin, Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Clinton Square, 1909–10. Young Abe Lincoln, by Anna Hyatt Huntington, Syracuse University, 1961, this cast 1963.
Patigian's bas relief head of Liberty was based on the 1907 $20 gold coin. Hearst Castle San Simeon San Simeon: Neptune Pool Roman Temple: Neptune and Neraids [59] pediment is a collection of unrelated Roman & Greek works. [60] Julia Morgan: 1936 white marble The Roman Temple was assembled from ancient architectural fragments and modern ...
The Priscilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center is a combination art gallery and teaching space, primarily for visual artists and crafters, in downtown Columbus, Ohio. It is a 38,500 square-foot space at 139 West Main Street, and is part of the city's Scioto Mile tourist district. [ 1 ]
2 Merges from bas-relief, alto-rilievo and Sunken-relief. 3 comments. 3 Stone Mountain. 4 Low relief in eastern orthodox icons. 2 comments. 5 Artistic effect. 1 comment.