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 reliefs are classified according to the height of the figures projection or detachment from the background.
Marble two sided relief.
This double sided mithraic relief made of marble dates back to the 2nd or 3rd century ce and was created by the ancient romans.
This is a marble two sided relief originating from rome and carved in the imperial period in the 1st century a d.
Venice marble relief detail art sculpture venice.
A shepherd s crook known in antiquity as a pedum and two cymbals rest between them.
The double sided mithraic relief is an example of a bas relief which means that rather than creating a three dimensional sculpture.
A shepherd s crook known in antiquity as a pedum and two cymbals rest between them.
In a low relief or bas relief basso relievo the design projects only slightly from the ground and there.
A shepherd s crook known in antiquity as a pedum and two cymbals rest between them.
Dionysiac cult objects and theatrical masks are often depicted on similar marble ornaments found in pompeii where they were.
Seated on the right is demeter with her head veiled in mourning for her daughter persephone.
The peristyle gardens of roman houses and villas were filled with decorative marble reliefs such as this one.
Description a three sided relief cut from a single block.
The masks of a young maenad and bearded silenus are carved on the one side in high relief.
Marble two sided relief roman 1st century ad peristyle garden rome.
The peristyle gardens of roman houses and villas were filled with decorative marble reliefs such as this one.
The relief was most likely used for decorative purposes and may have been placed in one of the mithraeum s or places of worship.
In archaeology a biface is a two sided stone tool and is used as a multi purposes.
Marble two sided relief 1st century a d.
Lower paleolithic biface or hand axe.
B c in national museum greece.
Aphrodite is seated opposite consulting with her son eros at the center who holds the scales made from a separate piece of marble to determine how long persephone will stay in the underworld.
A marble relief adorning the facade of the fondamenta dei mendicanti in castello venice.
The masks of a young maenad and a bearded silenus are carved on one side in high relief.
This is a decorative marble relief from a peristyle garden of a roman house or villa.
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Marble two sided relief roman 1st century ad peristyle garden rome.
The satyr mask on the right has the horns of a goat.
His mouth is open.
The masks of a young maenad and a bearded silenus are carved on one side in high relief.
The satyr mask on the left is shown with ram s horns and above a basket.
The double sided relief has a crack that runs down.
Two sided stone tool used as a multi purposes knife manufactured through a process of lithic reduction.