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Bas-relief

Bas-relief Definition And Meaning
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}.

Bas-relief Definition And Meaning

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

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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