bas-relief

Speech parts

1. bas-relief - Noun

2. bas-relief - Adjective

Meaning

Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

bas relief

Synonyms

low relief basso-rilievo cameo basso-relievo medallion medal intaglio relief relieve bas-relief anaglyph embossment high relief cavo-rilievo bass-relief
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Antonyms

high relief alto-relievo

Hypernyms

relief embossment relievo rilievo sculptural relief

Examples

A bas-relief from this period in Taq Bostan depicts a complex hunting scene. Source: Internet

Before Borglum took his jackhammers to the Black Hills, he had started work on the largest shrine to white supremacy in the world — the bas-relief sculpture of Confederate leaders in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Source: Internet

Oxford English Dictionary Origin A tug of war between asuras and devas The bas-relief of the Churning of the Sea of Milk shows Vishnu in the centre, his turtle avatar Kurma below, asuras and devas to left and right, and apsaras and Indra above. Source: Internet

The Angkorian Khmer preferred to work in bas-relief, while their neighbors the Cham were partial to haut-relief. Source: Internet

The bas-relief at Angkor Wat shows a Lavo army as one of the subordinates to Angkor. Source: Internet

At the northern entrance, visitors can see a long bas-relief carved on a granite wall. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bas mitzvah bas reliefs bas rouge Bas-Rhin Bas-Saint-Laurent basa