Meaning bas-relief
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bas-relief1660s, from French bas-relief, a loan-translation of Italian basso-rilievo "low relief, raised work."
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bas-reliefAnother term for ‘low-relief’. It refers to a sculpture whose image has a shallow depth.
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bas-reliefSculpture or carving with slight projection from the background.
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bas-reliefSculptural relief in which the projection from the surrounding surface is slight and no part of the modeled form is undercut.
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bas-relieflow relief, a sculptured relief in which the desighn stands out only a little from the background.
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bas-relief* Alto rilievo.
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bas-reliefA type of sculpture in which the decorative motif projects slightly from the background plane. Bas-reliefs are common to exterior architectural design around the world.
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bas-reliefPronounced "bah relief", where the overall depth of the relief image is shallow as seen; in coins.
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bas-reliefSculpture that projects slightly from the background. When natural forms are sculpted in this way their actual contours are flattened. This technique is frequently seen in the architectural decoration [..]
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