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Relief
A sculpted frieze or band where the forms or designs project from the flat base. A bas relief is a sculpture that projects from the base. See also molding.
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Relief: sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background ...
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Moldings and ornamentation projecting from the surface of a wall.
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relief sculpture in which the figures project substantially (e.g., more than half of their natural depth) from the background surface.
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in eighteenth-century France, a city mansion belonging to a person of rank.
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Forms of molded, carved or stamped decoration raised from the surface of a piece of furniture forming a pattern.
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Relief Sculpture
A type of sculpture in which the form projects out from a background. Relief sculpture should be viewed primarily from one direction, as opposed to sculpture that is in the round.
Bas-relief - a method of sculpting which entails carving or etching away the surface of a flat piece of stone or metal. The word is derived from the Italian basso rilievo, the literal translation meaning raised contrast.
bas-relief A low relief sculpture that projects only slightly from its two dimensional background.
Bas-relief. * Alto rilievo.
Baths. Roman baths consisted of a complex of buildings which were used as public baths and meeting place.
Taper relief - A sliding-scale allowance for capital gains tax available from April 1998 based on the principle that the longer a property is owned the less tax is payable.
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relief Carved or molded ornament that projects from a flat surface.
repointing See pointing.
return The part of a molding cornice, or wall surface that changes direction, usually at a right angle, toward the building wall.
Bas Relief - Shallow carving of figures and landscapes
Batter - upwardly receding slope of a wall or column.
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When earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and other horrific disasters strike, architects and designers are among the first to offer emergency aid.
The conception of this narrative thus again brings out the merging of the Roman Imperial and Christian traditions [for more of a discussion on the conventions of Roman Imperial Iconography see the page entitled Panel Reliefs of Marcus Aurelius and ...
Other parts of columns and piers: abacus or impost block, capital, shaft Bas-relief: Sculpture in which the carved forms project only slightly from the background.
arabesque Ornament consisting of garlands of foliage with figures, fancifully interlaced to form graceful curves and painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief.
John Holmes, United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, warns that the situation in Darfur could collapse if aid workers are prevented from doing their work. (Reuters via CNN) ...
Mughal architecture excels in the quality of its carved stonework, from shallow relief depictions of flowers to intricate pierced-marble screens known as jalis.
ivory carvings found at Nimroud by Layard, now in the British Museum, are evidently of Egyptian workmanship, as they have lotus columns forming a balustrade in the lower part of the window; and such features are shown in the Assyrian bas-reliefs as ...
During the Depression years, Fullerton requested and received more state and federal relief funds than any other city in the county.
Flat representation of a classical column in shallow relief. A pilaster respond is set at the end of a colonnade, arcade etc. to balance visually the column which it faces.
The ceiling of the arch is carved with with famous reliefsof the victory in Jeruselum. Almost all of these releifs are still visible today.The arch of Titus is also the oldest archway in Rome with a single passage.
VAT relief can be used as a means to encourage the removal of previous alterations which now seem unsympathetic such as dormer additions, and, replacement windows and doors, which could, in turn be replaced in the original style and materials.
Federal - The stylistic characteristics that set the Federal Style apart are numerous and include: a low pitched or flat roof that was usually concealed behind a balustrade and moldings of a low relief and delicate ornamentation.
In this context, mathematical or linear perspective was developed, a system in which all objects in a painting or in low-relief sculpture are related both proportionally and rationally.
Art Deco ornamentation consists of low-relief geometrical designs, often with parallel straight lines, zigzags, chevrons, and stylized floral motives.
Bucrania - Decorative reliefs of the skulls or heads of cattle or oxen. At times linked by swags of vegetal motifs such as on the Ara Pacis.
Caldarium - The hot bath and 'sauna' of a Roman bath complex.
Castrum - Fortress for any military purpose.
Egyptian Revival style - an architectural style using Egyptian motifs, such as massive papyrus or lotus columns, bas-relief symbols (e.g., a feroher), and, sometimes, statuary (e.g., a sphinx); typically has battered walls; ...
a highly stylised fret-ornament in low relief, common in Moorish architecture, found in 16th and 17th-century work in England.
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Prismatic panel - Geometric repetitive low-relief form (e.g. lozenge).
Putti - Small chubby indents, often used for decoration. They derive from both cherubim and cupids.
misericord (Lt. mercy)- pivoting wooden seats in choir stalls. They were lifted up to provide relief for clergy who had to stand during long church services. Misericords are often highly carved. More at Resources: Misericords.
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(Arcading) Applies to the surface of a wall decorated by columns and arches, usually in relief. and in mediaeval churches.
Architectural styles and their approximate dates.
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Socles: Architectural term referring to the lower panels of a portal, often located under the jamb figures. The reliefs were often quatrefoil, and typically portrayed such pagan themes as the Signs of the Zodiac and the Virtues and Vices (fig.
Terra Cotta - Clayware of structural character used in facing of buildings and for relief ornament. The surface is colored and usually glazed.
From the Latin word for "mercy" comes this term which refers to pivoting wooden brackets in choir stalls which lifted up to provide relief for clergy who had to stand during long church services. Misericords are often ornately carved and decorative.
Stiff-leaf ornament in high relief, and compound piers (i.e. with groups of shafts), often making use of Purbeck marble, are also characteristic of the period.
A small opening or recess in a wall, usually built to accommodate a statue, but sometimes included just to add greater relief to a building, introducing shadow to a façade.
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Sitting below the cornice and above the architrave, the frieze is the central element of the entablature. The frieze may be left plain or decorated in relief.
Gable
The front face or projection created by a pitched roof.
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apex QUOIN: the stones at the corners of buildings, usually laid so that their faces are alternately large and small ROTUNDA: a building or room circular in plan and usually domed ROUNDEL: a circular ornament, often decorated with sculptural reliefs ...
pediment In Classical architecture, a triangular area above the horizontal roof of a temple or other building, usually decorated with reliefs. pendentive A concave triangle supporting a corner of a circular dome built over a square space.
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