Is the sculpture "May 4th" on the Monument to the People's Heroes a relief sculpture or a circular sculpture?

One of the reliefs of the Monument to the People's Heroes, the May 4th Patriotic Movement: For various reasons, the characters in this relief are vivid and three-dimensional. For example, the chest, shoulders and abdomen of the two women before and after the relief are caused by different light in three different directions, which makes people feel that the chest is convex and has a three-dimensional effect like a carving. This is the illusion effect caused by the contrast between light and dark (in fact, the volume is not so prominent). The perspective relationship in relief is similar to that in painting, but there are differences. For example, a young woman handed out leaflets to workers in front of her. Her left hand and left foot were shown through perspective, but they were not on the same plane as painting, but had front and back (convex and concave) volumes. The level of relief refers to the volume level before and after relief. For example, young women, workers, young students and intellectuals stand on stools to encourage propaganda, which belongs to the highest level; Behind the background, such as Tiananmen Square, Huabiao and Red Flag belong to the last floor; Other characters belong to the middle class. Of course, the characters are interspersed, and the level cannot be as mechanical as the stairs. The treatment and expression of reliefs are different from painting and circular carving, and have their own laws.

alleviate

A sculpture in which raised images are carved on a plane. According to the degree of surface protrusion, it can be divided into high relief and shallow relief. There are also a combination of the two.

Comprehensive sculpture

Also known as three-dimensional sculpture, it is the overall expression of art in sculpture, and the viewer can see all sides of the object from different angles. It requires sculptors to carve from front, back, left, right, top, middle and bottom. It is the most basic technique in stone carving.