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occurrence in Franco-Cantabrian art
- In Franco-Cantabrian art
  …paintings, and—in a few cases—bas-relief sculpture and (in the French Pyrenees) works in clay. In addition, a wide range of portable art was crafted during this period. Franco-Cantabrian art spans the entire Upper Paleolithic Period and is composed of often naturalistic images of animals, far fewer depictions of humans,…
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type of relief sculpture
- In relief
  In a low relief, or bas-relief (basso-relievo), the design projects only slightly from the ground and there is little or no undercutting of outlines. In a high relief, or alto-relievo, the forms project at least half or more of their natural circumference from the background and may…
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- In sculpture: Relief sculpture
  Figurative low relief is generally regarded by sculptors as an extremely difficult art form. To give a convincing impression of three-dimensional structure and surface modeling with only a minimal degree of projection demands a fusion of draftsmanship and carving or modeling skill of a high order.…
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Indian sculpture
- In South Asian arts: Indian sculpture in the 2nd and 1st centuries bce: relief sculpture of western India
  …earliest works are undoubtedly the bas-reliefs on a side wall of the porch of a small monastery at Bhaja. They are commonly interpreted as depicting the god Indra on his elephant and the sun god Surya on his chariot but are more probably illustrations of the adventures of the mythical…
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- In South Asian arts: Indian sculpture from the 1st to 4th centuries ce
  The narrative bas-relief tradition, consisting of elaborate compositions of edificatory character, was on the wane, and the emphasis was on carving individual figures, either in high relief or in the round. For the first time, images appear of the Buddha, bodhisattvas, and various other divinities including specifically…
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Māori art
- In Oceanic art and architecture: Polynesia
  …with small areas of intensive bas-relief. This trend reached a culmination in a series of chests, for the bones of high-ranking people, carved in human form.
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