浮雕与圆雕的不同之处，在于它相对的平面性与立体性。它的空间形态是介于绘画所具有的二维虚拟空间与圆雕所具有的三维实体空间之间的所谓压缩空间。
The difference between relief and round sculpture lies in its relative planarity and cubism. Its spatial form is the so-called compressed space between the two-dimensional virtual space of painting and the three-dimensional solid space of circular sculpture.
压缩空间限定了浮雕空间的艺术美感发展，在平面背景的依托下，圆雕的实体感减弱了，而更多地采纳和利用绘画及透视学中的虚拟与错觉来达到表现目的。
Compressed space restricts the development of artistic aesthetics in relief space. Relying on the plane background, the entity of round sculpture is weakened, and more virtual and illusion in painting and perspective are adopted and utilized to achieve the purpose of expression.
与圆雕相比，浮雕多按照绘画原则来处理空间和形体关系。但是，在反映审美意象这一中心追求上，浮雕和圆雕是完全一致，不同的手法形式所显示的只是某种外表特征。
Compared with circular sculpture, relief mostly deals with the relationship between space and form according to the principle of painting. However, in the central pursuit of reflecting aesthetic image, relief and round sculpture are identical, and different forms of techniques show only some external characteristics.