bas-relief: a composition in shallow relief on a flat or curved surface (for example, on a coin).
body of work: a collection of developed and assembled works (usually by one artist) that represents an investigation or study.
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.
bas-relief See low-relief.
Bauhaus A German school of design, founded by Walter Gropius in 1919 and closed by Hitler in 1933.
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bas-relief See relief sculpture.
Bauhaus German art school in existence from 1919 to 1933, best known for its influence on design, leadership in art education, ...
BAS-RELIEF - literally, low relief. A sculptural relief technique in which the projection of the forms is relatively shallow.
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basse taille or basse-taille - French for "cut low." In jewelrymaking, a process in which gold or silver is engraved, etched, stamped, chiseled, or carved with a design in low relief.
bas-relief or low relief: Sculpture in which the carved forms project only slightly from the background.
Bas-relief of Farvahar at Persepolis, Iran.
The image of a lioness used as a pendant, late sixth-fourth centuries BCE, from Susa - Department of Oriental Antiquities, Louvre.
Also see bas-relief, Index of American Design, interdisciplinary, mold, plastic art and plastic arts, sculptor, sculpture garden, site-specific, and installation; as well as articles about various cultures, styles, movements, memorials, monuments, ...
Art Glossary: Bas-Relief
An explanation of what the term 'bas-relief' means.
Art Glossary: Binder
An explanation of what "binder" is, in an art context.
Best known examples include the painted bas-relief scenes on the timbers and gables of the men's houses in Palau. In addition, stylized wooden masks and human figures have been discovered in the Mortlock islands, south-east of Truk.
Fourth state of the bas-relief Nu de dos. Exhibited work in Berlin, Paris, and New York (the Pierre Matisse Gallery).
Bas-relief. Sculpture in which areas project slightly from a flat surface. Blending. Technique of shading through smooth, gradual application of value. Calligraphy. An Asian method of beautiful handwriting. Carving.
bas-relief Low relief; sculpture in which figures project slightly from the background. Back to Top
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cameo A gem on which a design has been engraved in relief.
The function of bas-reliefs and paintings was to furnish the tomb with enduring pictures that imitated, transcended, and re-created nature.
some of which was spent in building the gallery containing the statues and bas-reliefs bequeathed by him, these exhibitions have provided the sole source of revenue, all other moneys that have come to the Academy having been either left in trust, ...
Hidden in the shadows behind the game pouch's silver buckle, a classical bas-relief is carved in the marble pedestal. While nymphs watch, the chaste goddess of the hunt, Diana, splashes water on Actaeon, a mortal hunter who surprised her at her bath.
There are three basic forms: low relief (bas-relief, basso rilievo), in which figures project less than half their depth from the background; medium relief (mezzo-rilievo), in which figures are seen half round; and high relief (alto rilievo), ...
Diptych - A picture or bas-relief made of two panels hinged together, often an altarpiece. Any picture containing two surfaces. An ancient Roman or Early Christian two-hinged writing tablet. Return to top ...
Artwork on more than three panels. Historically, painting or bas-relief set in an architectural frame or hinged together. Typically used as an altarpiece.
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In low relief (best known as bas-relief), they are shallow. In sunken relief, also called hollow or intaglio; the backgrounds are not cut back and the points in highest relief are level with the original surface of the material being carved.
Polyptych
Refering to artwork on more than three panels. Historically, the term would refer to a painting or bas-relief set in an architectural frame or hinged together. This type of polyptych was typically used as an altarpiece.
Sculpture in which figures or other images are attached to a flat background but project out from it to some degree (bas-relief, haut-relief). 2. A printmaking technique in which portions of a block meant to be printed are raised above the surface.
Why then continue to picture Christ and the Apostles, the Patriarchs and Prophets, as persons living under Roman rule, wearing the Roman toga, and walking about in the landscape of a Roman bas-relief?
They used materials like bronze to make the scenes in their bas-reliefs more lifelike. Perspective and light were introduced into art.
decor was grafted onto familiar European forms, as in the interiors for Catherine II's lover Count Orlov, designed by an Italian architect with a team of Italian stuccadori: only the isolated oval medallions like cameos and the bas-relief overdoors ...
Early Christian illuminated manuscripts are of an unusually high quality.
Freestanding Early Christian sculpture is rarely seen. Early Christian bas-reliefs survive in abundance in marble and porphyry.
 See also: Relief, Painting, Sculpture, Roman, Classic
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