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Bas relief

noun

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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... of the August afternoon the old stones, pillars, and arches of Glastonbury Abbey seemed to be carved in stained ivory, a bas relief on lapis lazuli. We lingered until our pretty Mrs. Senter got the look in her eyes of one who has stood too long in high-heeled boots, and Emily asked plaintively whether we were not going to see the Glastonbury Thorn. It appeared that she had promised to write her tame parson about it, and ...

— Set in Silver • Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

... was erected in 1774, and an additional portico in 1780, the whole together forming one of the most elegant theatres in Europe. There are in the front of it, over the attic windows, two busts, in bas relief, of exquisite workmanship; one representing ...

— A Description of Modern Birmingham • Charles Pye

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