Question

What is relief sculpture?​

Answer 1

- Is a sculptural technique where the sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material.

What does relief sculpture mean?

- Relief, also called relievo, (from Italian relievare, “to raise”), in sculpture, any work in which the figures project from a supporting background, usually a plane surface.

What are relief sculptures made of?

- 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.

Answer 2

DescriptionRelief 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.