Relief of Branches and Flowers, three birds, and a owl
Relief of Branches and Flowers, three birds, and a owl
Published 2017-03-08T14:19:00+00:00
Relief is a sculptural technique where the sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material. The term relief is from the Latin verb relevo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane.[1] What is actually performed when a relief is cut in from a flat surface of stone (relief sculpture) or wood (relief carving) is a lowering of the field, leaving the unsculpted parts seemingly raised. The technique involves considerable chiselling away of the background, which is a time-consuming exercise. On the other hand, a relief saves forming the rear of a subject, and is less fragile and more securely fixed than a sculpture in the round, especially one of a standing figure where the ankles are a potential weak point, especially in stone. In other materials such as metal, clay, plaster stucco, ceramics or papier-mâché the form can be just added to or raised up from the background, and monumental bronze reliefs are made by casting.
Date published | 08/03/2017 |
Title | Relief of Branches and Flowers, three birds, and a owl |
Date | 1381 - 1455 |
Period | Renaissance |
Medium | Cast of the Bronze Original |
Credit | Parts of the framing of the doors in the baptistery in Florence |
Record | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relief |
Artist | Lorenzo Ghiberti |
Place | Imperial Academy of Arts |