Synonyms for bas-relief

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bah-ri-leef, bas-; bah-ri-leef, bas-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌbɑ rɪˈlif, ˌbæs-; ˈbɑ rɪˌlif, ˈbæs-

Définition of bas-relief

Origin : 1660s, from French bas-relief, a loan-translation of Italian basso-rilievo "low relief, raised work."

As in low relief : noun a type of sculptural relief

Example sentences :

Here and there was an Italian cabinet surmounted with Delft, and here and there a bas-relief.
Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham

This fragment contains a bas-relief representing the execution of a martyr.
Extract from : « Pagan and Christian Rome » by Rodolfo Lanciani

They were holding hands in an attitude suggestive of a bas-relief.
Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome

He found a bas-relief engraving of a hand pointing to a corner of the door.
Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell

The flatness of surface is essential to the problem of bas-relief.
Extract from : « The Crown of Wild Olive » by John Ruskin

Your bas-relief has, on the scale, say the depth of the third of an inch.
Extract from : « The Crown of Wild Olive » by John Ruskin

When she felt a bas-relief of dancing girls she asked, "Where are the singers?"
Extract from : « Story of My Life » by Helen Keller

I regret that I have not time to make you a sketch of a bas-relief.
Extract from : « The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 » by Various

Another example is to be found in a bas-relief from Khorsabad (Fig. 107).
Extract from : « A History of Art in Chalda & Assyria, v. 1 » by Georges Perrot

The ornaments are not stucco-work, but are sculptured in bas-relief.
Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen

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