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What is a relief in art?
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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
Tony Rosenthal Relief
By Tony Rosenthal
Located in Chicago, IL
Wall sculpture "RVER RUN AGAIN" by Rosenthal, torch-cut, burned and painted aluminum. Etched signature lower right and verso Rosenthal 61 (shown last image).
Category
Vintage 1960s American Brutalist Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
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
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
