Relief

Relief is a sculptural technique where the sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material. The term relief is from the Latin verb relevo, 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 (relief sculpture) or wood (relief carving) 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. 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.

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Terrain

Terrain, or land relief, is the vertical and horizontal dimension of land surface. When relief is described underwater, the term bathymetry is used.

Terrain is used as a general term in physical geography, referring to the lay of the land. This is usually expressed in terms of the elevation, slope, and orientation of terrain features. Terrain affects surface water flow and distribution. Over a large area, it can affect weather and climate patterns.

Importance

The understanding of terrain is critical for many reasons:

  • The terrain of a region largely determines its suitability for human settlement: flatter, alluvial plains tend to have better farming soils than steeper, rockier uplands.
  • In terms of environmental quality, agriculture, and hydrology, understanding the terrain of an area enables the understanding of watershed boundaries, drainage characteristics, water movement, and impacts on water quality. Complex arrays of relief data are used as input parameters for hydrology transport models (such as the SWMM or DSSAM Models) to allow prediction of river water quality.
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    Relief (disambiguation)

    A relief is a sculpture where a modelled form projects from a flat background.

    Relief may also refer to:

    Other common meanings

  • Relief (emotion)
  • Relief (military)
  • Topographic relief, the variation in elevation of a landscape
  • Relief map

    • Places

  • Relief, California, an unincorporated community
  • Relief, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
  • Relief, Ohio, an unincorporated community
  • Relief, Washington, a community
  • Relief Pass, a mountain pass in Oates Land, Antarctica
  • Relief Inlet, Victoria Land, Antarctica

    • Ships

  • USS Relief, several U.S. Navy ships
  • United States lightship Relief (WAL-605), a former Coast Guard lightship launched in 1950 and out of service in 1976

    • Music

  • Relief (music), the curvature of the neck of a guitar or similar instrument allowing the strings to vibrate freely
  • Relief (album), 2013 debut studio album by American rapper Mike Stud
  • "Relief", a song by American band Cold War Kids from their 2008 album Loyalty to Loyalty
  • Relief, 1998 album by Pope Jane
  • Relief, 2010 album by Finnish band Magenta Skycode
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    Relief

    by: Dying Passion

    Proudly I'm walking,
    straight to my fortune
    I'm not cringing, not blind, not in fear.
    I know it my buddy,
    Now nothing can stop me.
    Sometimes it makes me cry,
    When I see dull hoard standing in my way.
    I keep on walking, under arms.
    Who touched me, has got to pay.
    Palm your hand in mine
    I'm going to tell you, what's hidden in you.
    Maybe we'll break the line
    But the price is always too high.
    What's on your mind when you look to sky full of stars
    What will you learn from the whisper of the night time
    breeze
    How blissful is to stay awake today
    I'm completely happy just to be next to you.
    And I'm not alone,
    we know what we know.
    One as another
    Scatlet sunrise on the horizon.
    There all ends as well as begins.




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