bas-relief
relief sculpture in which the figures project slightly from the background.
Origin of bas-relief
1- Also called low relief .
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How to use bas-relief in a sentence
Bulbous columns, winding staircases, and whimsical bas-reliefs of mythical creatures wrap around the palace.
The Postman Who Built a Palace in France…by Hand | Nina Strochlic | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Mesopotamian bas-reliefs echoed in the shadow of Light From the Left by Charles Ray.
For there are still sacred trees in this country—as there were in the days when the bas-reliefs of Nineveh were carved.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramYes; there from the ceiling her own face looked down at her in two bas-reliefs.
A German Pompadour | Marie HayThe lines of her neck and bosom charmed him, and her head recalled to him Roman heads seen on bas-reliefs and cameos.
The Precipice | Ivan Goncharov
The Cieling consists of Bas-reliefs in divers Compartments intirely gilt.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I | Karl Ludwig von PllnitzOn those bas-reliefs is found the earliest form of art, really the dawn of art upon early civilization.
The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races | Sanger Brown, II
British Dictionary definitions for bas-relief
/ (ˌbɑːrɪˈliːf, ˌbæs-, ˈbɑːrɪˌliːf, ˈbæs-) /
sculpture in low relief, in which the forms project slightly from the background but no part is completely detached from it: Also called (Italian): basso rilievo
Origin of bas-relief
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Cultural definitions for bas-relief
[ (bah ruh-leef) ]
A kind of carving or sculpture in which the figures are raised a few inches from a flat background to give a three-dimensional effect. The term is French for “low relief.”
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