Bas-relief, also called low relief or basso-relievo, in sculpture, any work where the projection from a supporting background is shallow. Bas-relief contrasts with high relief (alto-relievo), another type of relief sculpture in which projections are deep and may in parts be completely disengaged from the ground. Relief sculpture is a complex art form that combines many features of the two-dimensional pictorial arts and the three-dimensional sculptural arts. Similar to a painting or drawing, a relief is dependent on a supporting surface, and the composition must be extended in a plane in order to be visible. Yet its three-dimensional properties do not have to be suggested but are in some degree actual, like those of fully developed sculpture. Among the various types of relief, bas-relief is perhaps the one that approaches most closely the pictorial arts. It requires the artist to translate the three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional one using systems of conventions or illusions.
What are different ways you can look at one thing?
A triptych (/ˈtrɪptɪk/TRIP-tik; from the Greek adjective τρίπτυχον (tríptychon, “three-fold”), from tri- “three” and ptyssō “to fold” or ptyx “fold”)[1][2] is a work of art that is divided into three sections.
How can two or more artworks be about the same thing, and look completely different?
Ideation is the process of creating a series of designs based on one idea
Different Ways of Ideating
Different Camera Position
Theme/Idea: Horse
Different Time or Pose
Theme/Idea: Guitar
Different Meanings
Theme/Idea: Eye
Bas Relief Examples
Project Goal:
Create a triptych of ceramic tiles, each 5.5 x 8.5 inches using bas relief sculpture techniques based around a self selected theme/idea focusing on creating different works based on one concept.
Target 1: Students will choose a theme/idea that can be described in just a few words or even one word. Then create 4 different drawings on the theme/idea at a size of 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Anything used in one drawing can not be used in another.
Target 2: Review and discuss all four drawings with a peer and the teacher to eliminate the least effective design.
Target 3: Students will create a clay slab with the same proportions as one drawing using the templates and transfer drawing design to clay.
Target 4: Students will use bas relief sculpting to render designs into 3D using texture and smoothing purposefully to finish.
Target 5: Students repeat targets 3 & 4 on remaining 2 designs to complete triptych set.