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Bas relief

noun
1.
A sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut.  Synonyms: basso relievo, basso rilievo, low relief.






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"Bas relief" Quotes from Famous Books



... each of these most beautiful spoons is a motto in bas relief that every person on earth needs to hold in thought. Mother requests that Christian Scientists shall not ask to be informed what this motto is, but each Scientist shall purchase at least one spoon, and those who can afford it, one dozen spoons, that ...
— McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 • Various

... convexity on the face] proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz[coll]. peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag. cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves; pilaster. relief, relievo[It], cameo; bassorilievo[obs3], mezzorilevo[obs3], altorivievo; low relief, bas relief[Fr], high relief. hill &c. (height) 206; cape, promontory, mull; forehead, foreland[obs3]; point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur; naze[obs3], ness. V. be prominent &c. adj.; project, bulge, protrude, pout, bouge|[Fr], bunch; jut ...
— Roget's Thesaurus



Words linked to "Bas relief" :   relievo, rilievo, embossment, sculptural relief, relief, high relief



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