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bas-relief, in sculpture, any work where the projection from a supporting background is shallow. Bas-relief contrasts with high relief (alto-relievo), another type of relief sculpture in which projections are deep and may in parts be completely disengaged from the ground, thus approximating sculpture in the round.
A French term from the Italian basso-relievo ("low relief"), bas-relief (pronounced "bah ree·leef") is a sculpture technique in which figures and/or other design elements are just barely more prominent than the (overall flat) background. Bas-relief is only one form of relief sculpture: figures created in high relief appear to be more than ...
Relief sculpture is a complex art form that combines many features of the two-dimensional pictorial arts and the three-dimensional sculptural arts. On the one hand, a relief, like a picture, is dependent on a supporting surface, and its composition must be extended in a plane in order to be visible.
Bas-relief[1] is a type of relief (sculpture) that has less depth to the faces and figures than they actually have, when measured proportionately (to scale). This technique keeps the natural shapes of the figures and allows the work to be seen from many angles without twisting the figures themselves.
Bas-relief, also known as low relief, is a sculptural technique where figures or designs are carved into a flat surface but remain attached to it. The term “bas-relief” comes from the French word meaning “low relief,” as the figures are only slightly raised from the background.
Encouraged to “paint a bas-relief” by the American artist John La Farge, Saint-Gaudens produced a captivating group of portraits of artists and friends in Paris in the late 1870s (12.76.4; 1994.50; 2002.445).
There are three basic types of relief sculpture: (1) low relief (basso-relievo, or bas-relief), where the sculpture projects only slightly from the background surface; (2) high relief (alto-relievo, or alto-relief), where the sculpture projects at least half or more of its natural circumference from the background, and may in parts be wholly ...
In this ArtHearty write-up, we will compare and contrast the bas (low)-relief sculptures, and those made in high relief.
Through the exploration of five masterpieces, we will discover how bas-relief has left an indelible mark on the history of art. Among the earliest examples of bas-relief, the masterful Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal, an ancient Assyrian work that decorated the North Palace of Nineveh, stands out.
Relief, in sculpture, any work in which the figures project from a supporting background, usually a plane surface. Reliefs are classified according to the height of the figures’ projection or detachment from the background. Learn more about reliefs and their history in this article.