reliefrɪˈlif
relief (n)
- plural
- reliefs
English Definitions:
relief, alleviation, assuagement (noun)
the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
"as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief"
relief, ease (noun)
the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
"he enjoyed his relief from responsibility"; "getting it off his conscience gave him some ease"
relief (noun)
(law) redress awarded by a court
"was the relief supposed to be protection from future harm or compensation for past injury?"
stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in (noun)
someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
"the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins"
relief, succor, succour, ministration (noun)
assistance in time of difficulty
"the contributions provided some relief for the victims"
respite, rest, relief, rest period (noun)
a pause for relaxation
"people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"
easing, moderation, relief (noun)
a change for the better
relief (noun)
aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped
"he has been on relief for many years"
easing, easement, alleviation, relief (noun)
the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
"he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"
relief, relievo, rilievo, embossment, sculptural relief (noun)
sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
relief (noun)
the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged
"he asked for troops for the relief of Atlanta"
relief (Noun)
the removal of stress or discomfort.
relief (Noun)
the feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort
relief (Noun)
the person who takes over a shift for another
relief (Noun)
aid or assistance offered in time of need
relief (Noun)
court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress
relief (Noun)
tax savings
relief (Noun)
a type of artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background
relief (Noun)
the difference made noticeable by a variation in light or color
relief (Noun)
the difference of elevations on a surface
Relief
Relief, or relievo rilievo, is a sculptural technique. The term relief is from the Latin verb levo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane. What is actually performed when a relief is cut in from a flat surface of stone or wood is a lowering of the field, leaving the unsculpted parts seemingly raised. The technique involves considerable chiselling away of the background, which is a time-consuming exercise with little artistic effect if the lowered background is left plain, as is often the case. On the other hand, a relief saves forming the rear of a subject, and is less fragile and more securely fixed than a sculpture in the round, especially one of a standing figure where the ankles are a potential weak point, especially in stone. In other materials such as metal, clay, plaster stucco, ceramics or papier-mache the form can be just added to or raised up from the background, and monumental bronze reliefs are made by casting. There are different degrees of relief depending on the degree of projection of the sculpted form from the field, for which the Italian appellations are still sometimes used. The full range includes high relief, where more than 50% of the depth is shown and there may be undercut areas, mid-relief, low-relief, and shallow-relief or rilievo schiacciato, where the plane is scarcely more than scratched in order to remove background material. There is also sunk relief, which was mainly restricted to Ancient Egypt. However the distinction between high relief and low relief is the clearest and most important, and these two are generally the only terms used to discuss most work. The definition of these terms is somewhat variable, and many works combine areas in more than one of them, sometimes sliding between them in a single figure; accordingly some writers prefer to avoid all distinctions. The opposite of relief sculpture is counter-relief, intaglio, or cavo-rilievo, where the form is cut into the field or background rather than rising from it; this is very rare in monumental sculpture.
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