Friday, February 4, 2011

Flat to Volume

Low relief-Sculptural relief that projects very little from the background. Also called bas-reliefbasso-relievo.


Akhenaten, Nefertiti and their Children
Confederate Memorial Carving
William Gordon Huff
Scott Sustek "Brooke"
Raymond Kaskey "WWII Memorial"

High Relief-Sculptural relief in which the modeled forms project from the background by at least half their depth. Also called alto-relievo

High Relief Sculpture of General Zhong
Bill Mack "Desiree"
Bill Mack "Concentration"
Chidi Okoye "Conversation"
Chidi Okoye "Amina"

Primary Contours-lines which define the outermost edge of a piece.
"Spring of Hope"
Benedict Radcliffe
Alexander Calder "Order in Caos"
Dennis Openheim
Christo and Jeanne Claude "Surrounded Islands"

Secondary Contours-Forms developed within the outer boundary of a work.