relief carvings
Stone figures protruding
Relief carvings are sculptures in which figures project from a flat background surface rather than standing free.
The depth varies from shallow bas-relief to high relief where forms nearly detach from the backing.
Ancient temples, coins, and architectural ornament commonly feature relief carving: The Parthenon friezes are among the finest Greek relief carvings.
- carved panelsShaped decorative flat pieces
- hieroglyphsAncient Egyptian picture-writing
- stelaeInscribed commemorative pillars
- sandstoneCemented grain sediment
- Egyptian hieroglyphsAncient pictorial writing system
wall murals · decorative motifs · marble · sarcophagi · jade · cameo · mahogany · temple walls · frieze · tympanum · ancient art · oak · Rosetta Stone · cuneiform tablets · alabaster · terracotta · raised · embossing
- ancient artsculpture, sculptures, pottery, mosaics, murals
- Ancient PersiaPersepolis, Cyrus the Great, Xerxes, Behistun inscription, satrap
- ancient sculptureVenus de Milo, Elgin Marbles, Colossus of Rhodes, marble statue, bronze statue
- Buddhist artBuddha statues, Buddha images, Buddha head, seated Buddha, standing Buddha
- classical decoratrium, friezes, mosaics, wall paintings, marble floors
- early art workscave paintings, petroglyphs, medieval manuscripts, illuminated manuscripts, frescoes