RELIEF Jan Mioduszewski Visual Structures

Relief in Ancient Art

There are different degrees of relief depending on the degree of projection of the sculpted form from the field: high relief (alto-rilievo) where more than 50% of the depth is shown and there may be undercut areas mid-relief (mezzo-rilievo) low-relief (basso-rilievo ) concave relief (cavo-rilievo) also named sunk relief

Apadana Hall, Perspolis, Persia, mid relief – mezzo rilievo

Side view of high relief: Madonna and Child, marble of c. 1500/1510 by an unknown north Italian sculptor

High relief metope from the Classical Greek Elgin Marbles.metope Some front limbs are actually detached from the background completely, while the centaur's left rear leg is in low relief.centaur

AtroposAtropos cutting the thread of life. Ancient Greek low relief.

Faraon Echnaton ( Amenhotep IV) with Nefertiti and daughters, sunk relief/ concave Relief, a.ch

Sunk relief as low relief within a sunk outline, from the Luxor Temple in Egypt, carved in very hard graniteLuxor Templegranite

Low Relief (Basso-Rilievo, Bas-Relief) This is a subtle smooth relief used predominantly in coins and no part is fully detached from the background

Low-relief on Sestertius of the Emperor Pupienus, 238 ADSestertiusPupienus

Relief details in architecture

Kościół Bazylianów w Berezweczu