The revival of low relief, which was seen as a classical style, begins early in the Renaissance; the Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini, a pioneering classicist building, designed by Leon Battista Alberti around 1450, uses low reliefs by Agostino di Duccio inside and on the external walls.
Nizek relief je v zahodni srednjeveški umetnosti relativno redek, pogost je v leseni izvedbi ali prizorih na notranjih straneh zložljivih kril oltarnih plošč.