{"id":162820,"date":"2024-11-07T13:09:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T13:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=162820"},"modified":"2024-11-07T13:09:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T13:09:20","slug":"which-of-the-following-is-not-true-of-relief-sculpture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/07\/which-of-the-following-is-not-true-of-relief-sculpture\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following is not true of relief sculpture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Which of the following is not true of relief sculpture?
A. There are three primary types of relief sculpture.
B. A relief sculpture contains objects embedded in a ground surface.
C. Many examples of sunken reliefs have been found in Egyptian tombs.
D. The carved images in relief sculptures always extend at least halfway off the background. Please select the best answer from the choices provided A B C D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer is D. The carved images in relief sculptures always extend at least halfway off the background.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Relief sculpture is a form of sculpture where the figures or images are raised from a flat background, and it can be classified based on how much the images project from the surface. The options provided refer to various aspects of relief sculpture, and here\u2019s a breakdown:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • A. There are three primary types of relief sculpture.<\/strong>
    This statement is true<\/strong>. The three primary types of relief sculpture are high relief<\/strong>, low relief<\/strong>, and sunken relief<\/strong> (also known as bas-relief<\/strong>). In high relief, the figures are significantly raised from the background, while in low relief, they project only slightly. In sunken relief, the images are carved into the surface of the background, creating a recessed effect.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • B. A relief sculpture contains objects embedded in a ground surface.<\/strong>
    This is also true<\/strong>. In relief sculpture, the images or figures are part of a flat background surface, but they “emerge” from it, with the background typically remaining intact around the raised or recessed areas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • C. Many examples of sunken reliefs have been found in Egyptian tombs.<\/strong>
    This statement is true<\/strong>. Sunken relief<\/strong>, or intaglio<\/strong>, is a style that was widely used in ancient Egypt. In sunken relief, the figures are carved into the background rather than raised above it, which creates a striking, almost shadowed effect. Many Egyptian tombs and temples feature this style of relief to represent gods, pharaohs, and symbolic imagery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • D. The carved images in relief sculptures always extend at least halfway off the background.<\/strong>
    This statement is false<\/strong>. In fact, relief sculptures do not<\/strong> always extend halfway off the background. This would only be the case in high relief<\/strong> sculptures, which are intended to be deeply carved and project significantly. In low relief<\/strong> (bas-relief), the figures typically extend only a small amount from the background, often less than halfway. Sunken relief<\/strong> doesn\u2019t extend outward at all; instead, the images are carved into the surface.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Thus, the statement in option D is not true because relief sculptures can vary in the amount they extend from the background, and not all sculptures project halfway<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Which of the following is not true of relief sculpture?A. There are three primary types of relief sculpture.B. A relief sculpture contains objects embedded in a ground surface.C. Many examples of sunken reliefs have been found in Egyptian tombs.D. The carved images in relief sculptures always extend at least halfway off the background. Please select […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}