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What (who) is relief map - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Relief maps; Relief mapping; Relief map (disambiguation)
relief map
¦ noun
1. a map indicating hills and valleys by shading rather than by contour lines alone.
2. a map model with elevations and depressions representing hills and valleys.
Raised-relief map
THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT REPRESENTING A REAL TERRAIN
Raised-relief; Topographical relief model; Terrain model; Physical terrain model; Relief model; Raised relief map
A raised-relief map, terrain model or embossed map is a three-dimensional representation, usually of terrain, materialized as a physical artifact. When representing terrain, the vertical dimension is usually exaggerated by a factor between five and ten; this facilitates the visual recognition of terrain features.
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![A sunk-relief depiction of Pharaoh [[Akhenaten]] with his wife [[Nefertiti]] and daughters. The main background has not been removed, merely that in the immediate vicinity of the sculpted form. Note how strong shadows are needed to define the image.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Akhenaten, Nefertiri and three daughers beneath the Aten - Neues Museum - Berlin - Germany 2017 (cropped).jpg?width=200 "A sunk-relief depiction of Pharaoh [[Akhenaten]] with his wife [[Nefertiti]] and daughters. The main background has not been removed, merely that in the immediate vicinity of the sculpted form. Note how strong shadows are needed to define the image.")
![A face of the high-relief ''[[Frieze of Parnassus]]'' round the base of the [[Albert Memorial]] in London. Most of the heads and many feet are completely undercut, but the torsos are "engaged" with the surface behind](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Albert Memorial Friese Facing South - May 2008.jpg?width=200 "A face of the high-relief ''[[Frieze of Parnassus]]'' round the base of the [[Albert Memorial]] in London. Most of the heads and many feet are completely undercut, but the torsos are \"engaged\" with the surface behind")
![Siva]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Banteay Srei in Angkor.jpg?width=200 "Siva]]")
![Life of Christ]]'', c. 1350–1365](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/French - Diptych with Scenes from the Passion of Christ - Walters 71179 - Open.jpg?width=200 "Life of Christ]]'', c. 1350–1365")
![A mid-relief of an [[eagle]] (the [[coat of arms]] of the [[People's Republic of Poland]]), [[Warsaw]] (1955)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PL Wwa, PKiN, z orlem trybuny, 2010.06.13 (2).jpg?width=200 "A mid-relief of an [[eagle]] (the [[coat of arms]] of the [[People's Republic of Poland]]), [[Warsaw]] (1955)")
![A common mixture of high and low relief, in the Roman [[Ara Pacis]], placed to be seen from below. Low relief ornament at bottom](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Panel of Tellus, Ara Pacis, Rome.jpg?width=200 "A common mixture of high and low relief, in the Roman [[Ara Pacis]], placed to be seen from below. Low relief ornament at bottom")
![Low-relief on Roman [[sestertius]], 238 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PupienusSest.jpg?width=200 "Low-relief on Roman [[sestertius]], 238 AD")
![A low-relief dating to circa 2000 BC, from the kingdom of [[Simurrum]], modern [[Iraq]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rock Relief of Iddin-Sin, King of Simurrum.jpg?width=200 "A low-relief dating to circa 2000 BC, from the kingdom of [[Simurrum]], modern [[Iraq]]")
![Parthenon Marbles]]. Some front limbs are actually detached from the background completely, while the [[centaur]]'s left rear leg is in low relief.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Parthenon sculptures, British Museum (14063376069) (2) (cropped).jpg?width=200 "Parthenon Marbles]]. Some front limbs are actually detached from the background completely, while the [[centaur]]'s left rear leg is in low relief.")
![High-relief deities at [[Khajuraho]], India](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Western Group of Temples, Khajuraho 20.jpg?width=200 "High-relief deities at [[Khajuraho]], India")
!["Blocked-out" unfinished low relief of [[Ahkenaten]] and [[Nefertiti]]; unfinished Greek and Persian high-reliefs show the same method of beginning a work.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amarna Neues 05.JPG?width=200 "\"Blocked-out\" unfinished low relief of [[Ahkenaten]] and [[Nefertiti]]; unfinished Greek and Persian high-reliefs show the same method of beginning a work.")
![Zoroastrian]] Nowruz – at the spring [[equinox]] the power of the bull (personifying [[Earth]]) and lion (personifying the [[Sun]]) are equal.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nowruz Zoroastrian.jpg?width=200 "Zoroastrian]] Nowruz – at the spring [[equinox]] the power of the bull (personifying [[Earth]]) and lion (personifying the [[Sun]]) are equal.")
![Assyrian low relief]], ''[[Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal]]'', North Palace, [[Nineveh]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sculpted reliefs depicting Ashurbanipal, the last great Assyrian king, hunting lions, gypsum hall relief from the North Palace of Nineveh (Irak), c. 645-635 BC, British Museum (16722131531).jpg?width=200 "Assyrian low relief]], ''[[Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal]]'', North Palace, [[Nineveh]]")
![[[Atropos]] cutting the thread of life. Ancient Greek low relief](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Atropos.jpg?width=200 "[[Atropos]] cutting the thread of life. Ancient Greek low relief")
![[[Donatello]], Madonna and Child in ''rilievo stiacciato'' or shallow relief](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donatello, madonna col bambino a un parapetto, davanti a un arco rotto, 1435 circa - National Gallery of Art, Washington - DSC08597.JPG?width=200 "[[Donatello]], Madonna and Child in ''rilievo stiacciato'' or shallow relief")
![crane]], c. 9,000 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Göbekli Tepe reliefs of animals.jpg?width=200 "crane]], c. 9,000 BC")
![pages=[https://archive.org/details/gardnersartthrou00fred/page/20 20–21]}}](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Warka_vase_(background_retouched).jpg?width=200 "pages=[https://archive.org/details/gardnersartthrou00fred/page/20 20–21]}}")
![Sunk relief as low relief within a sunk outline, from the [[Luxor Temple]] in Egypt, carved in very hard [[granite]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luxor temple 15.jpg?width=200 "Sunk relief as low relief within a sunk outline, from the [[Luxor Temple]] in Egypt, carved in very hard [[granite]]")
![Low relief within a sunk outline, linear sunk relief in the [[hieroglyph]]s, and high relief (right), from Luxor](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luxor Temple 9544.JPG?width=200 "Low relief within a sunk outline, linear sunk relief in the [[hieroglyph]]s, and high relief (right), from Luxor")
![Low to mid-relief, 9th century, [[Borobudur]]. The temple has 1,460 panels of reliefs narrating Buddhist scriptures.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Borobudur Relief Panel I.b119, 0972.jpg?width=200 "Low to mid-relief, 9th century, [[Borobudur]]. The temple has 1,460 panels of reliefs narrating Buddhist scriptures.")
![Qajar]] era, at [[Tangeh Savashi]] in [[Iran]], which might also be described as two stages of low relief This is a [[rock relief]] carved into a cliff.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Qajari relief.jpg?width=200 "Qajar]] era, at [[Tangeh Savashi]] in [[Iran]], which might also be described as two stages of low relief This is a [[rock relief]] carved into a cliff.")
![The Roman [[Warren Cup]], silver [[repoussé]] work](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Warren Cup BM GR 1999.4-26.1 n2.jpg?width=200 "The Roman [[Warren Cup]], silver [[repoussé]] work")
![bloodletting]] ritual performed by [[Lady Xoc]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yaxchilan Lintel 24.jpg?width=200 "bloodletting]] ritual performed by [[Lady Xoc]].")
![[[Rock relief]] at [[Naqsh-e Rustam]]; the Persian [[Sassanian]] emperor [[Shapur I]] (on horseback) with Roman emperors submitting to him](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Naghsh-e rostam, Irán, 2016-09-24, DD 12.jpg?width=200 "[[Rock relief]] at [[Naqsh-e Rustam]]; the Persian [[Sassanian]] emperor [[Shapur I]] (on horseback) with Roman emperors submitting to him")
![Romanesque]] portal of ''[[Christ in Majesty]]'' at [[Moissac]] Abbey moves between low and high relief in a single figure.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abadia de Saint-Pierre de Moissac - Portalada Sud de Moissac.JPG?width=200 "Romanesque]] portal of ''[[Christ in Majesty]]'' at [[Moissac]] Abbey moves between low and high relief in a single figure.")
![[[Harbaville Triptych]], Byzantine ivory](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Triptych Harbaville Louvre OA3247 recto.jpg?width=200 "[[Harbaville Triptych]], Byzantine ivory")
![The elaborate [[stucco]] (plaster) reliefs decorating the [[Chateau de Fontainebleau]] were hugely influential. Low-relief decorative [[frieze]] above](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fontainebleau escalier roi5.jpg?width=200 "The elaborate [[stucco]] (plaster) reliefs decorating the [[Chateau de Fontainebleau]] were hugely influential. Low-relief decorative [[frieze]] above")
![Baroque marble high-relief by [[Francesco Grassia]], 1670, Rome](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adorazione dei pastori - Francesco Grassia.jpg?width=200 "Baroque marble high-relief by [[Francesco Grassia]], 1670, Rome")
.jpg?width=200 "Robert Gould Shaw Memorial, 1897, Boston, combining free-standing elements with high and low relief")
![A relatively modern high relief (depicting shipbuilding) in [[Bishopsgate]], [[London]]. Note that some elements jut out of the frame of the image.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Relief on building in Bishopsgate, London 2.JPG?width=200 "A relatively modern high relief (depicting shipbuilding) in [[Bishopsgate]], [[London]]. Note that some elements jut out of the frame of the image.")
![[[Elizabeth Wyn Wood]]'s [[Bas-relief]] at [[Toronto Metropolitan University]] in [[Toronto]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bas relief at Ryerson University.jpg?width=200 "[[Elizabeth Wyn Wood]]'s [[Bas-relief]] at [[Toronto Metropolitan University]] in [[Toronto]]")
![Colossal Hindu [[rock relief]]s at [[Unakoti]], [[Tripura]], India](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Unakoti group of bas-relief sculptures, Tripura, India.jpg?width=200 "Colossal Hindu [[rock relief]]s at [[Unakoti]], [[Tripura]], India")
![Paul Gauguin, ''Woman with Mango Fruits'', 1889, painted oak, [[Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek]], Kopenhagen](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Danemark,_Copenhague,_Ny_Carlsberg_Glyptotek,_Femme_avec_des_mangues,_par_Paul_Gauguin_en_1889_(33150754946).jpg?width=200 "Paul Gauguin, ''Woman with Mango Fruits'', 1889, painted oak, [[Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek]], Kopenhagen")
![[[Ernst Barlach]], ''Angel of Hope'', 1933, Saint Mary parish church in Güstrow](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/G%C3%BCstrow_Marienkirche_-_Barlach_Engel.jpg?width=200 "[[Ernst Barlach]], ''Angel of Hope'', 1933, Saint Mary parish church in Güstrow")
![[[Henry Moore]], ''Relief No. 1'', 1959, Bronze, at the [[Israel Museum]], Jerusalem](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry_moore_relife_1_1959.jpg?width=200 "[[Henry Moore]], ''Relief No. 1'', 1959, Bronze, at the [[Israel Museum]], Jerusalem")
![[[Ewald Matare]], main portal with bronze door, 1958–1960, [[St Lambertus, Düsseldorf]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Düsseldorf St Lambertus Portal.jpg?width=200 "[[Ewald Matare]], main portal with bronze door, 1958–1960, [[St Lambertus, Düsseldorf]]")
![Table at the Cliff, [[Keitum]], Sylt, 2019](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%22Tisch_am_Kliff%22_zum_Thema_%225000_Jahre_Sylter_Geschichte%22_2019_aufgestellt_am_Sylt_Museum_in_Keitum_auf_Sylt.jpg?width=200 "Table at the Cliff, [[Keitum]], Sylt, 2019")
SCULPTURE CREATED WITH RELIEF TECHNIQUE
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·noun High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo.
Wikipedia
Relief map
Relief map or mapping may refer to:
- Raised-relief map, a 3D physical representation of terrain
- Relief mapping (computer graphics), the 3D digital rendering of texture, which may simulate shadows
- Topographic map, a 2D depiction of terrestrial relief, using terrain cartography
Examples of use of relief map
1. "It was exciting," Washburn said in an Associated Press interview in 2000, "but nothing as exciting as when Ed Hillary got to the top." Washburn and his wife also produced in 1'88 the first highly detailed, comprehensive relief map of Everest and its surroundings.
2. Email the Opinion Page Editor The sign by the parade ground at Georgia‘s Krtsanisi military training headquarters reads: "NATO Security Guarantee." Next to the barracks, on the edge of a road, is a huge, sculpted relief map of the country, which include the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
3. The effort to remeasure Everest, the world‘s tallest peak, found its altitude was 2',035 feet, 7 feet higher than previously recorded. It was exciting,‘‘ Washburn said in an Associated Press interview in 2000, but nothing as exciting as when Ed Hillary got to the top.‘‘ Washburn and his wife also produced in 1'88 the first highly detailed, comprehensive relief map of Everest and its surroundings.