Art terms

Relief

British Library, Newton
© trustees of the Paolozzi Foundation, licensed by DACS 2025. Image credit: The Ingram Collection of Modern British and Contemporary Art

British Library, Newton 1995

Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi (1924–2005) and William Blake (1757–1827) (after)

The Ingram Collection of Modern British and Contemporary Art

A sculpture made so that all or part of it projects from a flat surface.

Text source: 'The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms' (2nd Edition) by Michael Clarke

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Artworks

  • Reliefs after the Parthenon Marbles
    Reliefs after the Parthenon Marbles John Henning (1771–1851)
    Castle Museum Collection, Durham University
  • Relief – Six Fold Progression on Two Planes
    Relief – Six Fold Progression on Two Planes Gillian Wise (1936–2020)
    Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
  • Children Fighting, Baby in a Pram, Children Playing Reliefs
    Children Fighting, Baby in a Pram, Children Playing Reliefs Jacob Epstein (1880–1959) and Morris Singer Art Foundry Ltd (founded 1927)
  • Bas-Relief after the Antique
    Bas-Relief after the Antique James Tassie (1735–1799)
    Sir John Soane’s Museum
  • Relief Face*
    Relief Face* Ghenni Yorke
    Glasgow Women's Library
  • TSB Bank Relief
    TSB Bank Relief A. M. (active c.1920)
  • Two Reliefs of the Arts
    Two Reliefs of the Arts Harry Hems (1842–1916)
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Artists

  • Still Point
    Susanna Heron (b.1949)
  • Wittgenstein at Cassino
    Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi (1924–2005)
  • Torso in Metal from 'The Rock Drill'
    Jacob Epstein (1880–1959)
  • Relief Construction in Wood
    Margaret Mellis (1914–2009)
  • Face Stone
    Lorna Graves (1947–2006)
  • 1943-45 (St Ives, Cornwall)
    Ben Nicholson (1894–1982)
  • The Avenger
    Ernst Barlach (1870–1938)

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