Explore: Bas Reliefs

Southeast Asia, high relief can also be found, although it is not as common as low to mid-reliefs. Famous examples of Indian high reliefs can be found at the

kingdom was recorded and followed through a series of polychrome earthen bas-reliefs. Dahomean culture was deeply rooted in intense reverence for the kings

preferred to work in bas-relief, while their neighbors the Cham were partial to haut-relief. Narrative bas-reliefs are bas-reliefs depicting stories from

forces caused a few bullet holes in bas reliefs. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, far more damage was done to the reliefs by art thieves working out of Cambodia

the temple bas-reliefs can be found in Borobudur and Prambanan temples. The first four terrace of Borobudur walls are showcases for bas-relief sculptures

walls of the archway opening have equestrian bas-reliefs of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. The reliefs bear the dates 1893–1894, even though they

rather common in Cham temples, but rare in known Khmer monuments. The bas-reliefs on the interior walls of the central tower are representations of Vishnu

high and 24 m wide, decorated with a number of bas-reliefs, statues, and corinthian columns. Bas-reliefs and statues are made of a variety of materials

their community. Much of what is known about Kambuja comes from the bas-reliefs of Angkor's temples and the first-hand accounts of Chinese diplomat Zhou

the temple remain standing whose upper flanks hold some fine bas-reliefs. The bas-reliefs depict events of Hindu mythology mostly referring to Krishna