Relief - a kind of fine art, one of the main types of sculpture, in which everything depicted is created by volumes protruding above the plane of the background. It is performed with the use of abbreviations in the long term, usually seen frontally. The relief is so opposed to the round sculpture. Figure or ornamental image is performed on the plane of stone, clay, metal, wood with the help of modeling, carving and embossing.
Depending on the application different architectural reliefs (on the pediments, friezes, plates).
Types of relief:
Bas (fr. Bas-relief - a low profile) - a kind of sculpture, in which a convex image appears above the plane of the background, as a rule, no more than half the volume.
High relief (fr. Haut-relief - high relief) - a kind of sculpture, in which a convex image appears above the plane of the background for more than half of the volume.
Kontrrelefy (from the Latin. Contra - against, and "relief") - in-depth view of the relief, which is a "negative" bas-relief. It is used in the press and in the forms (matrices) to create a bas-relief and intaglios.
Koylanaglif (or en creux (ankrё)) - in-depth view of the relief, ie carved on a plane contour. Mainly used in the architecture of ancient Egypt and in ancient and antique glyptics.