Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Term for the Day: Bas Relief

“Bas Relief” refers to the sculptural technique of carving or modeling a subject to appear is if it is rising from a flat plane. The figure is not fully three dimensional as it would be in a free-standing sculpture. Bas relief can either be carved from a flat surface, modeled on top of that surface, or be the result of a casting from a mold. This technique has been used for centuries as a means of giving depth to a work of art without the difficulties of the mechanics of a three dimensional sculpture.

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