Relief

This page contains information about a typical Venetian relief.

For a list of reliefs, see Reliefs.

Types

Relief sculptures are categorized by the percentage of protrusion from the base structure that the sculpture features. The general distinction that is made, being somewhat subjective, is between high and low reliefs.

Low Relief

A low relief (bas-relief or bassorilievi) is one in which the depth of the sculpture is quite shallow and remains in close proximity to the base of the work. Less than half of the depth of a low relief will be protruding out of the sculpture. Viewed from the side, the image depicted in a low relief is practically indiscernible.

High Relief

A high relief (haut-relief or altorilievi) is a sculpture in which forms project out to half or more than half of the original depth of the piece. As is sometimes the case, high relief sculptures may in fact also include features of low reliefs, with the backgrounds of some works laying close to the surface and displaying fewer intricate three-dimensional details. This is often done to produce the illusion of depth in a work, where images in lower relief are intended to be viewed as further back in the scene.

Patere

A specialized type of relief is known as the patera. Generally small and circular (about 20-80 cm across and 8 cm deep), patere are made most often from slices of marble columns. Patere trace back to Byzantine culture and are recognized as the oldest form of Venetian public art.

v • d • e Reliefs

Cannaregio	Relief: Cannaregio 000-1 · Relief: Cannaregio 000-2 · Relief: Cannaregio 000-3 · Relief: Cannaregio 000-4 · Relief: Cannaregio 000-5 · Relief: Cannaregio 000-6 · Relief: Cannaregio 000-7 · Relief: Cannaregio 000-8 · Relief: Cannaregio 000-9 · Relief: Cannaregio 1690 · Relief: Cannaregio 1760 · Relief: Cannaregio 2252 · Relief: Cannaregio 2352 · Relief: Cannaregio 2354 · Relief: Cannaregio 2363 · Relief: Cannaregio 2373 · Relief: Cannaregio 2489 · Relief: Cannaregio 2629 · Relief: Cannaregio 3038 · Relief: Cannaregio 3201 · Relief: Cannaregio 3207-1 · Relief: Cannaregio 3207-2 · Relief: Cannaregio 3381 · Relief: Cannaregio 3399 · Relief: Cannaregio 3519 · Relief: Cannaregio 3520 · Relief: Cannaregio 3526 · Relief: Cannaregio 3551 · Relief: Cannaregio 3554-1 · Relief: Cannaregio 3554-2 · Relief: Cannaregio 3745 · Relief: Cannaregio 3748 · Relief: Cannaregio 3818 · Relief: Cannaregio 3933-1 · Relief: Cannaregio 3933-2 · Relief: Cannaregio 4011 · Relief: Cannaregio 4186 · Relief: Cannaregio 4200 · Relief: Cannaregio 4228 · Relief: Cannaregio 4503-1 · Relief: Cannaregio 4503-2 · Relief: Cannaregio 4503-3 · Relief: Cannaregio 4550 · Relief: Cannaregio 4753 · Relief: Cannaregio 4776 · Relief: Cannaregio 4815 · Relief: Cannaregio 4831 · Relief: Cannaregio 4838 · Relief: Cannaregio 4868 · Relief: Cannaregio 4881-1 · Relief: Cannaregio 4881-2 · Relief: Cannaregio 4882 · Relief: Cannaregio 4899 · Relief: Cannaregio 4905 · Relief: Cannaregio 4990 · Relief: Cannaregio 5247 · Relief: Cannaregio 5336 · Relief: Cannaregio 5409 · Relief: Cannaregio 541 · Relief: Cannaregio 5504 · Relief: Cannaregio 6066 · Relief: Cannaregio 619 · Relief: Cannaregio 6377

Castello	Relief: Castello 000-1 · Relief: Castello 000-2 · Relief: Castello 000-3 · Relief: Castello 000-4 · Relief: Castello 000-5 · Relief: Castello 000-6 · Relief: Castello 000-7 · Relief: Castello 000-8 · Relief: Castello 000-9 · Relief: Castello 000-10 · Relief: Castello 000-11 · Relief: Castello 000-12 · Relief: Castello 000-13 · Relief: Castello 000-14 · Relief: Castello 000-15 · Relief: Castello 000-16 · Relief: Castello 000-17 · Relief: Castello 000-18 · Relief: Castello 1339 · Relief: Castello 1594 · Relief: Castello 1830 · Relief: Castello 2079 · Relief: Castello 2121 · Relief: Castello 2134 · Relief: Castello 2148-1 · Relief: Castello 2148-2 · Relief: Castello 2252 · Relief: Castello 2298 · Relief: Castello 2426-1 · Relief: Castello 2426-2 · Relief: Castello 2426-3 · Relief: Castello 2616 · Relief: Castello 2687 · Relief: Castello 269 · Relief: Castello 2936 · Relief: Castello 2938 · Relief: Castello 2941 · Relief: Castello 3056 · Relief: Castello 3302-1 · Relief: Castello 3302-2 · Relief: Castello 3417 · Relief: Castello 3423 · Relief: Castello 3471-1 · Relief: Castello 3471-2 · Relief: Castello 3513 · Relief: Castello 3610 · Relief: Castello 3646 · Relief: Castello 3710 · Relief: Castello 3774 · Relief: Castello 4231 · Relief: Castello 4237 · Relief: Castello 4278 · Relief: Castello 4312 · Relief: Castello 4328-1 · Relief: Castello 4328-2 · Relief: Castello 450 · Relief: Castello 4512-1 · Relief: Castello 4512-2 · Relief: Castello 4693 · Relief: Castello 4830 · Relief: Castello 485 · Relief: Castello 487 · Relief: Castello 489 · Relief: Castello 4890 · Relief: Castello 4981 · Relief: Castello 5087 · Relief: Castello 5136 · Relief: Castello 5266 · Relief: Castello 5469 · Relief: Castello 5528 · Relief: Castello 5728-1 · Relief: Castello 5728-2 · Relief: Castello 5730 · Relief: Castello 58 · Relief: Castello 5866 · Relief: Castello 6068 · Relief: Castello 6395 · Relief: Castello 6481 · Relief: Castello 6613 · Relief: Castello 69-1 · Relief: Castello 69-2 · Relief: Castello 978

Dorsoduro	Relief: Dorsoduro 000-1 · Relief: Dorsoduro 000-2 · Relief: Dorsoduro 000-3 · Relief: Dorsoduro 000-4 · Relief: Dorsoduro 000-5 · Relief: Dorsoduro 000-6 · Relief: Dorsoduro 000-7 · Relief: Dorsoduro 000-8 · Relief: Dorsoduro 000-9 · Relief: Dorsoduro 000-10 · Relief: Dorsoduro 000-11 · Relief: Dorsoduro 1050-1 · Relief: Dorsoduro 1050-2 · Relief: Dorsoduro 1050-3 · Relief: Dorsoduro 108 · Relief: Dorsoduro 1081-1 · Relief: Dorsoduro 1081-2 · Relief: Dorsoduro 1083-1 · Relief: Dorsoduro 1083-2 · Relief: Dorsoduro 1088 · Relief: Dorsoduro 1167 · Relief: Dorsoduro 1172 · Relief: Dorsoduro 1253 · Relief: Dorsoduro 136 · Relief: Dorsoduro 1431 · Relief: Dorsoduro 1525 · Relief: Dorsoduro 1687 · Relief: Dorsoduro 172-1 · Relief: Dorsoduro 172-2 · Relief: Dorsoduro 1838 · Relief: Dorsoduro 1842 · Relief: Dorsoduro 2273 · Relief: Dorsoduro 2364 · Relief: Dorsoduro 2403-1 · Relief: Dorsoduro 2403-2 · Relief: Dorsoduro 2530 · Relief: Dorsoduro 2618 · Relief: Dorsoduro 2792 · Relief: Dorsoduro 2793-1 · Relief: Dorsoduro 2793-2 · Relief: Dorsoduro 2986 · Relief: Dorsoduro 3020 · Relief: Dorsoduro 3266 · Relief: Dorsoduro 3367 · Relief: Dorsoduro 3373 · Relief: Dorsoduro 3429 · Relief: Dorsoduro 3572 · Relief: Dorsoduro 3693 · Relief: Dorsoduro 3703-1 · Relief: Dorsoduro 3703-1 · Relief: Dorsoduro 3717 · Relief: Dorsoduro 433-1 · Relief: Dorsoduro 433-2 · Relief: Dorsoduro 433-3 · Relief: Dorsoduro 433-4 · Relief: Dorsoduro 446-1 · Relief: Dorsoduro 446-2 · Relief: Dorsoduro 538 · Relief: Dorsoduro 587 · Relief: Dorsoduro 661 · Relief: Dorsoduro 879 · Relief: Dorsoduro 919 · Relief: Dorsoduro 92

Santa Croce	Relief: Santa Croce 000-1 · Relief: Santa Croce 000-2 · Relief: Santa Croce 000-3 · Relief: Santa Croce 000-4 · Relief: Santa Croce 000-5 · Relief: Santa Croce 000-6 · Relief: Santa Croce 1177 · Relief: Santa Croce 1311 · Relief: Santa Croce 1456 · Relief: Santa Croce 1590 · Relief: Santa Croce 2060 · Relief: Santa Croce 21 · Relief: Santa Croce 2118-1 · Relief: Santa Croce 2118-2 · Relief: Santa Croce 2118-3 · Relief: Santa Croce 2192 · Relief: Santa Croce 2271 · Relief: Santa Croce 321 · Relief: Santa Croce 42 · Relief: Santa Croce 697 · Relief: Santa Croce 709 · Relief: Santa Croce 711 · Relief: Santa Croce 712 · Relief: Santa Croce 927 · Relief: Santa Croce 947

San Marco	Relief: San Marco 000-1 · Relief: San Marco 000-2 · Relief: San Marco 000-3 · Relief: San Marco 000-4 · Relief: San Marco 000-5 · Relief: San Marco 1042 · Relief: San Marco 1044 · Relief: San Marco 1076 · Relief: San Marco 1077 · Relief: San Marco 114 · Relief: San Marco 1455 · Relief: San Marco 1456 · Relief: San Marco 203 · Relief: San Marco 216 · Relief: San Marco 231 · Relief: San Marco 2861-1 · Relief: San Marco 2861-2 · Relief: San Marco 2861-3 · Relief: San Marco 2864 · Relief: San Marco 2961 · Relief: San Marco 3067 · Relief: San Marco 3126-1 · Relief: San Marco 3126-2 · Relief: San Marco 3128 · Relief: San Marco 3134-1 · Relief: San Marco 3134-2 · Relief: San Marco 3154 · Relief: San Marco 3243 · Relief: San Marco 3416-1 · Relief: San Marco 3416-2 · Relief: San Marco 3427 · Relief: San Marco 3467 · Relief: San Marco 3806 · Relief: San Marco 3948 · Relief: San Marco 3964 · Relief: San Marco 4019 · Relief: San Marco 4137-1 · Relief: San Marco 4137-2 · Relief: San Marco 4137-3 · Relief: San Marco 4137-4 · Relief: San Marco 4137-5 · Relief: San Marco 449 · Relief: San Marco 4639-1 · Relief: San Marco 4639-2 · Relief: San Marco 4639-3 · Relief: San Marco 4720 · Relief: San Marco 4739 · Relief: San Marco 4780 · Relief: San Marco 4810-1 · Relief: San Marco 4810-2 · Relief: San Marco 5151-1 · Relief: San Marco 5151-2 · Relief: San Marco 5257 · Relief: San Marco 5371 · Relief: San Marco 5487 · Relief: San Marco 5512 · Relief: San Marco 606 · Relief: San Marco 615 · Relief: San Marco 618 · Relief: San Marco 787

San Polo	Relief: San Polo 000-1 · Relief: San Polo 000-2 · Relief: San Polo 000-3 · Relief: San Polo 000-4 · Relief: San Polo 000-5 · Relief: San Polo 000-6 · Relief: San Polo 000-7 · Relief: San Polo 000-8 · Relief: San Polo 000-9 · Relief: San Polo 000-10 · Relief: San Polo 000-11 · Relief: San Polo 000-12 · Relief: San Polo 000-13 · Relief: San Polo 000-14 · Relief: San Polo 000-15 · Relief: San Polo 000-16 · Relief: San Polo 000-17 · Relief: San Polo 000-18 · Relief: San Polo 000-19 · Relief: San Polo 1069-1 · Relief: San Polo 1069-2 · Relief: San Polo 1099 · Relief: San Polo 1252 · Relief: San Polo 1254 · Relief: San Polo 1294 · Relief: San Polo 13 · Relief: San Polo 1345 · Relief: San Polo 1349 · Relief: San Polo 1479 · Relief: San Polo 1510-1 · Relief: San Polo 1510-2 · Relief: San Polo 1574 · Relief: San Polo 1812 · Relief: San Polo 2006 · Relief: San Polo 203 · Relief: San Polo 204 · Relief: San Polo 205 · Relief: San Polo 2170 · Relief: San Polo 2171 · Relief: San Polo 229 · Relief: San Polo 234-1 · Relief: San Polo 234-2 · Relief: San Polo 2454-1 · Relief: San Polo 2454-2 · Relief: San Polo 2454-3 · Relief: San Polo 2459 · Relief: San Polo 2548-1 · Relief: San Polo 2548-2 · Relief: San Polo 2740 · Relief: San Polo 2802 · Relief: San Polo 2813 · Relief: San Polo 2814 · Relief: San Polo 2822 · Relief: San Polo 2857 · Relief: San Polo 2870 · Relief: San Polo 2879 · Relief: San Polo 3063 · Relief: San Polo 3092 · Relief: San Polo 317 · Relief: San Polo 351 · Relief: San Polo 356 · Relief: San Polo 374 · Relief: San Polo 379-1 · Relief: San Polo 379-2 · Relief: San Polo 382 · Relief: San Polo 402 · Relief: San Polo 409 · Relief: San Polo 428 · Relief: San Polo 479 · Relief: San Polo 533 · Relief: San Polo 544 · Relief: San Polo 548 · Relief: San Polo 549 · Relief: San Polo 551 · Relief: San Polo 552 · Relief: San Polo 553 · Relief: San Polo 726-1 · Relief: San Polo 726-2 · Relief: San Polo 969

v • d • e Material Culture

Decorative Artifacts	Coats of Arms · Confraternity Symbols · Crosses · Decorations · Fragments · Inscriptions · Monuments · Patere · Reliefs · Sculptures · Street Altars

Functional Artifacts	Bells · Church floors · Keystones · Flagstaff Pedestals · Fountains · Lunette · Portals · Wellheads · Traditional Boats

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High Relief

Patere

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