Relief

A relief is a wall-mounted sculpture in which the three-dimensional elements are raised from a flat base

Peter Lowe
Diagonal Grey Relief (1974)
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© Peter Lowe

Henri Matisse
Back III (c.1916–17, cast 1955–6)
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Sergio de Camargo
Large Split Relief No.34/4/74 (1964–5)
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© The estate of Sergio de Camargo

Any three-dimensional element attached to a basically flat wall mounted work of art is said to be in relief or a relief element.

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