Question

Compare relief sculpture to free standing sculpture. What do you think the benefits are of making a relief over a free-standing one? What might be a drawback?

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Explanation:

Both free-standing sculpture and reliefs are sculpturing methods, done in various materials, trying to make covey artistic impressions in a three-dimensional method. Relief is a technique in which the statue is attached to the background plane. A free-standing statue (as suggested by its name) exists without the back support and can be sculptured and seen from all angles.

Reliefs are better as the architectural elements in the terms of design and planning. They can easily be incorporated into space as the decoration, as they take up less room. They can be placed anywhere on the wall or freeze to make the area come to life and give it some art ornament.

Additionally, reliefs are an excellent way to make an art piece in which light and shadow take an important part. As they have background elements on which the shadows can be seen, by making the different texture of relief, these can be an important part of the impression of the art piece as its seen by the observer, making natural elements a crucial part of the design itself.

The drawback of the relief compared to the free-standing statue is that it can’t give a full impression of three-dimensionality. It still has its background that it is attached to, and it can’t be seen separately, in free space, from all angles, and as a real body in the space. This element also can make relief harder for transportation and movement – reliefs have historically been the part of the architecture of the buildings itself, and if they want to be preserved and displayed in the museum, they have to be cut from their background. On the contrary, the free-standing statue can be transported separately and without any additional operations.