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What is a relief in art?

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What is a relief in art?
A relief, in art, is a sculptural form where sculpted patterns or images remain attached to a solid background. Reliefs give the illusion that the image was raised out of the background plane.
1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
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Relief Painting
Located in Tourcoing, FR
By Jean Pierre Frey, Bruxelles
Category

20th Century Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

World Relief Map
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large world relief map. Measures: Width 232 cm. Height 158 cm.
Category

Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Maps

Materials

Acrylic

Female Relief Plaque
By Henri Cros
Located in Chicago, US
HENRI CROS (1840-1907) Female Relief Plaque, polychrome enameled stoneware, c. 1895; signed in
Category

Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

19th Century British Carrara Marble Roman Relief Sculpture - Antique Relief
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This Carrara marble bas relief sculpture was hand carved in England in the late 1800s, in good
Category

Antique 19th Century English Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Carrara Marble

Ancient marble high relief
Located in Rome, IT
Ancient high relief in Siena yellow marble. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS, INFORMATION OF THE LOT AND QUOTE FOR
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Ancient marble high relief
$2,186 Sale Price
20% Off
Sascha Langer, Relief 1987
By Sascha Langer
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
The flat, constructivist wooden relief by Sascha Langer follows a geometric vocabulary of forms in
Category

Vintage 1980s German Other Decorative Art

Materials

Plywood

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