Relief
Relief
Published 2017-03-03T12:06:54+00:00
Relief is a sculptural technique where the sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material. The term relief is from the Latin verb relevo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane. What is actually performed when a relief is cut in from a flat surface of stone (relief sculpture) or wood (relief carving) is a lowering of the field, leaving the unsculpted parts seemingly raised. The technique involves considerable chiselling away of the background, which is a time-consuming exercise. On the other hand, a relief saves forming the rear of a subject, and is less fragile and more securely fixed than a sculpture in the round, especially one of a standing figure where the ankles are a potential weak point, especially in stone. In other materials such as metal, clay, plaster stucco, ceramics or papier-mâché the form can be just added to or raised up from the background, and monumental bronze reliefs are made by casting.
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Date published | 03/03/2017 |
Time to do | 120 - 240 minutes |
Material Quantity | 15 |
Dimensions | 11×99×104 |
Technology | FDM |
Complexity | Medium |
Title | Relief |
Date | XXth Century |
Period | Contemporary |
Medium | Marble |
Artist | Unknown artist |
Place | Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnogo Khozyaystva |