Relief sculpture
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- Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces are bonded 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. When a relief is carved into a flat surface of stone (relief sculpture) or wood (relief carving), the field is actually lowered, leaving the unsculpted areas seeming higher. The approach requires a lot of chiselling away of the background, which takes a long time. 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, particularly in stone. In other materials such as metal, clay, plaster stucco, ceramics or papier-mâché the form can be simply added to or raised up from the background. Monumental bronze reliefs are made by casting.
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Wandrelief: Sozialistische Jagd
Große querrechteckige...
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Image: Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt - CC BY-NC-SA -
Teekanne mit Krokodilknauf
Sandfarbige, bauchige...
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Image: Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt - RR-F -
Das Urteil des Paris
Platte ohne Rand. Links...
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Image: Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt, Punctum/Bertram Kober - RR-F -
Blaue Urnenvase mit weissen Reliefornamenten
Blaue Urnenvase mit weißem...
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Image: Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt - RR-F -
Tasse mit Untertasse
Schwarze Basaltware mit...
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Image: Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt - RR-F
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