<span>bas-relief (meaning: low relief) is one of the
sculpture technique, alongside high-relief and intaglio, in which figures and elements
are just barely more distinguished than the background (usually overall flat). Bas-relief technique is really old, the earliest
known bas-reliefs are on the walls of caves and can also be found in Roman or
Greek sculpture (for example: bas-relief sculptures of Poseidon, Apollo and
Artemis on Parthenon).</span>
Postmodernism is most easily identified by whether or not the work references the process of its own creation and/or is self-conscious about it's role as a created piece.
