Does anyone know what relief has to do with art? and what it is?

Question

thanks :]

Answer 1

a relief is kinda a flat sculpture...basically the image is raised from a flat surface....here is a relief example, as it is tough to explain w/ out a visual:

http://jonathanbearman.com/images/fineart/answertoprayer.jpg

Can be done w/ wood, paper, clay, metals (through casting)...tons of techniques. Try searching google for "Relief art" tons of stuff comes up.

Answer 2

The best way I can describe a relief is a coin. Pick up and coin you have around and look at it and feel it. A relief is something that sticks out or protrudes from a flat surface (most the time) creating a 3D effect. Some sculptures and architecture also display a form of relief. There is also a form of relief know as Sunken-relief, were the the image/relief is carved into the surface. Say you took a coin and stuck it into the mud or some play-dough. The imprint of the coin would be a Sunken-relief because it is carved into the surface and not sticking out. Hieroglypics could be considered a Sunken-relief or even someones named carved into a tree. I hope this helps. ~Jonathan

Answer 3

Relief is the three dimensional texture in an, otherwise flat medium.

The most recognizable form might be bas relief, where objects are carved out from stone slabs, but still arrayed against a flat background. In classic Greek and Roman architecture, you could see examples over entrances to important buildings. I like that guy's example of the images on a coin.

Do an image search using the term "bas relief" for more examples.

Relief can also apply to a painting, where the artist builds up pigment, or a subsurfaace material to give a sculpted effect. On canvas, an artist may use thick applications of gesso (think of it as a kind of plaster of paris) to build up areas of the canvas, that will, later, be painted over.