low relief
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low relief
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Sculptural relief that projects very little from the background. Also called bas-relief, basso-relievo.
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bas-relief
Sculptural form in which figures are carved in a flat surface and project only slightly from the background rather than standing freely. Depending on the degree of projection, reliefs may also be classified as high or medium relief.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture & Construction:
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bas-relief, basso-relievo, basso-rilievo
A carving, embossing, or casting moderately protruded from the background plane; low relief.
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bas-relief
Bas-relief is a sculptural technique from ancient Greece. Sculptures on walls were carved in low relief with the foremost parts flat. The relief was picked out by shadows. Photographic ‘bas-relief’ images are made by sandwiching a negative and a positive transparency slightly out of register and printing the combination (Fig. 1a and b).
Fig. 1a
Fig. 1b
— Graham Saxby
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bas-relief
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A technique of sculpture in which subjects are defined by being slightly raised from a flat background. Also known as low-relief.
Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: Fine Arts:
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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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Bas-relief
Dansk (Danish)
n. - bas-relief
Français (French)
n. - (Archit) bas-relief, frise
Deutsch (German)
n. - Basrelief, Flachrelief
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανάγλυφο
Italiano (Italian)
bassorilievo
Português (Portuguese)
n. - baixo-relevo (m)
Español (Spanish)
n. - bajo relieve, bajorrelieve
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - basrelief
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
浅浮雕
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 淺浮雕
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) نحت أو حفر بارز
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - תגליף נמוך
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