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The grave relief was made of white marble, and it is a typical example of the evolution of the naiskoi during the fourth century BC, as over time they became sunken into the relief, and the figures were carved in high relief, almost entirely dettached from the surface.
Relief sculpture may also decorate steles, upright slabs, usually of stone, often also containing inscriptions. Another basic distinction is between subtractive carving techniques, which remove material from an existing block or lump, for example of stone or wood, and modelling techniques which shape or build up the work from the material.
The impact of the frieze may be sought in the Attic relief sculpture of the late fifth century; this resonance also may be discovered to some degree in the public works of the Hephaisteion frieze and the Nike Athena balustrade, where the imagery of the seated deities and the sandal-binder respectively, likely owes a debt to the Parthenon.
The Great Hypostyle Hall, commissioned by Sety I (19th Dynasty), consisted of 134 sandstone columns supporting a 20-meter-high ceiling, and covering an acre of land. Sety I decorated most surfaces with intricate bas-relief while his successor, Ramses II added sunken relief work to the walls and columns in the southern side of the Great Hall.
Stela H, a high-relief in-the-round sculpture from Copán in Honduras Maya stelae (singular stela ) are monuments that were fashioned by the Maya civilization of ancient Mesoamerica . They consist of tall, sculpted stone shafts and are often associated with low circular stones referred to as altars, although their actual function is uncertain ...
A $1.5 million grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will cover the cost of extracting the 114-foot crane-topped barge from the spot where it sunk in a fall nor'easter ...
Donatello's Saint George Freeing the Princess of 1417, the first known stiacciato relief. 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 ...
The most important form of decoration was relief. [137] Relief became more extensive over time, and in late temples, walls, ceilings, columns, and beams were all decorated, [138] as were free-standing stelae erected within the enclosure. [139] Egyptian artists used both low relief and sunken relief.