About The Word Bas-relief
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Bas-relief
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What's The Definition Of Bas-relief?
[n] a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut
Synonyms | Synonyms for Bas-relief: basso relievo | basso rilievo | low relief Related Terms | Find terms related to Bas-relief: anaglyph | bellying | boldness | boss | bulging | cameo | cameo glass | cavo-rilievo | cut glass | embossment | eminence | excrescence | excrescency | extrusion | gibbosity | gibbousness | glyph | glyptograph | high relief | intaglio | intaglio rilevato | intaglio rilievo | low relief | mask | medal | medallion | plaquette | projection | prominence | protrusion | protuberance | protuberancy | relief | relievo | salience | salient | sculptured glass | tuberosity | tuberousness See Also | embossment | relief | relievo | rilievo | sculptural relief Bas-relief In Webster's Dictionary \Bas`-re*lief"\, n. [F. bas-relief; bas law + relief
raised work, relever to raise: cf. It. bassorilievo.]
Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than
half of their true proportions; -- called also {bassrelief}
and {basso-rilievo}. See {Alto-rilievo}.
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