Meaning of BAS RELIEF
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| | Definition: | | [n] a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut |
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| | Synonyms: | | basso relievo, basso rilievo, low relief |
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| | Antonyms: | | alto relievo, alto rilievo, high relief | | |
| | See Also: | | embossment, relief, relievo, rilievo, sculptural relief | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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