For Day #277 of the 365 Days of Art:
Two Asian Guys (my mother bought this piece for my son):
Two Asian Guys (my mother bought this piece for my son):
KEY POINTS ABOUT ASIAN RELIEF (from BOUNDLESS - here)
- Relief is a sculptural technique that gives the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane.
- Relief sculptures were used to decorate the walls of buildings, particularly Hindu and Buddhist temples, and were very large.
- In Southeast Asia, this style of sculpture was greatly influenced by Indian techniques and generally portrayed religious themes with high iconographic precision. Other themes included court and battle scenes, scenes depicting daily life and the customs of the people, and animals both real and mythical.
- Most ancient Southeast Asian relief sculpture was done in bas-relief, where the projecting images have shallow overall depth; however, the kingdom of Champa in southern and central Vietnam excelled in haut-relief sculpture, which was marked by much greater depth and undercut areas.
