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Relief

Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material. The term relief is from the Latin verb relevare, to raise (lit. 'to lift back'). To create a sculpture in relief (also known as a relief sculpture) is to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background…

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Gallery

Reliefs by modern artists

Notable reliefs

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Relief

Nodes241
Edges240
Triples283
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008299
Components1

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Relief

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related to Gallery · 63
Relief → Abode, Alabaster, Banteay Srei, Baroque, BC, BCThe Warka Vase, Bishopsgate, Borobudur, Boston, Buddhist, Byzantine, Cambodia, Chateau, Christ, Demetria, Egypt, Elizabeth Wyn Wood's Bas-relief, Fontainebleau, Francesco Grassia, Göbekli Tepe
related to Notable reliefs · 58
Relief → Ancient Egypt, Angkor Wat, Ara Pacis, Asoka, Aztec, BabylonAncient Rome, Base, Bassae Frieze, Black Obelisk, Borobodur, Boston, Bourges CathedralIndia, British Museum, CambodiaGlyphs, Chartres Cathedral, Column, Descent, Elephanta Caves, Ellora Caves, Europe
related to Mid-relief · 30
Relief → Angkor, Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat, At Bayon, BCE, Borobudur, Buddha, Buddhist, Cambodia, CE Ajanta Caves, Central Java, Churning, Ellora Caves, English, Hindu, India, Indonesia, Jataka, Java, Khmer Empire
related to References · 14
Relief → Art, Art Terms, Avery, Charles, Edward, Grove Art Online, Hudson, Hudson Dictionary, ISBN, Lucie-Smith, Retrieved April, Thames, The Thames, World
related to Sunk relief · 14
Relief → Ahkenaten, Amarna, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian, In, It, Roman, Rome, Some, Sunk, The, This, Though, Western
related to Low relief or bas-relief · 13
Relief → Ancient Egypt, Asian, Assyrian, English, French, In, IPA-label-small, Italian, Low, Near Eastern, Other, The, These
related to High relief · 11
Relief → All, Ancient Greek, High, Indeed, Indian, Italian, Most, Parthenon, Smaller Greek, The, Western
related to Reliefs by modern artists · 11
Relief → Claudia Cobizev, Eric Gill, Ernst Barlach, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Ewald Matare, Henry Moore, In, Jacob Epstein, Many, Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin
related to Small objects · 9
Relief → Casting, Eurasian, European, In, Reliefs, Renaissance, Small, Small-scale, Various
related to Counter-relief · 7
Relief → Egypt, Egyptian, Greek, Hellenistic, However, Sunk, The

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reliefs low used high sculpture background many ancient art often figures also elements bas-relief work may sunk figure stone depth

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Reliefis asculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material0.90text
Reliefis aclearest and most important0.90text
Reliefis aprojecting image with a shallow overall depth0.90text
Reliefis atechnique which requires less work than high relief0.90text
metalinstance ofIn other materials0.80text
clayinstance ofIn other materials0.80text
plaster stuccoinstance ofIn other materials0.80text
ceramics or papier-mâché the form can be simply added to or raised up from the backgroundinstance ofIn other materials0.80text
cornicesinstance ofSince the Renaissance plaster has been very widely used for indoor ornamental work0.80text
ceilingsinstance ofSince the Renaissance plaster has been very widely used for indoor ornamental work0.80text
but in the 16th century it was used for large figuresinstance ofSince the Renaissance plaster has been very widely used for indoor ornamental work0.80text
private tombsinstance ofSmaller Greek sculptures0.80text

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