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Meanings of deep relief in English

Russian
горельеф
Portuguese
alto-relevo
Spanish
alto relieve
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Type of sculpture technique.

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      горельеф
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      Examples for "haut-relief"
      Examples for "haut-relief"
      1
      Opposite the cathedral we saw a beautiful cross, carved in high relief.
      A Yacht Voyage Round England
      2
      Skulls are everywhere, grinning, somber, in high relief or in three-dimensional representation.
      The Book of Skulls
      3
      Each was heavily carved with the Montevarchi arms in high relief.
      Sant' Ilario
      4
      The stone is of black marble, sculptured in very high relief.
      Seaward Sussex: The South Downs from End to End
      5
      The park describes it as the largest high relief sculpture in the world.
      Reuters
      1
      I never before saw nearly so distinct a cloud-picture, or rather sculpture; for it came out in alto-rilievo on the body of the cloud.
      Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2.
      Usage of deep relief in English
      1
      The arches were cut in deep relief and backed with undressed stone.
      Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts: A Book of Stories
      2
      My hands were warm again, and I fell asleep, with deep relief.
      The Memoirs of Cleopatra
      3
      Colonel Gray uttered another exclamation, this time an expletive of deep relief.
      Flowing Gold
      4
      Acceptance, love, and a deep relief that once again he'd come home alive.
      Think of a number
      5
      For that moment we three were equal, sharing our deep relief and pain.
      The Silver Pigs
      6
      To his soul- deep relief, the sound was not immediately followed by a bullet.
      Frontier courtship
      7
      With deep relief Katie saw that there was no one about.
      The Visioning: A Novel
      8
      Then, breathing out a sigh of deep relief, she ran herself to Rubric.
      The Slow Regard of Silent Things
      9
      Iset closed her eyes in deep relief, and Ibenre nodded briefly.
      The heretic queen
      10
      Five faces turned up suddenly, cast into deep relief by the strange light.
      The Postman
      11
      I can sense deep relief behind the concerned blue eyes.
      Rogues
      12
      There was a sound of deep relief in her voice.
      The Call of the Blood
      13
      With a sigh of deep relief the bishop realized that this world had vanished.
      The Soul of a Bishop
      14
      His dominant sensation was of a deep relief and rest after some undue fatigue.
      The Damnation of Theron Ware
      15
      An expression of deep relief came into the doctor's eyes.
      Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police
      16
      With deep relief she saw her father, latchkey in hand, turning into the Old Square.
      Fraternity
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      Translations for deep relief
      Portuguese
      alto-relevo
      Deep relief through the time
      Deep relief across language varieties
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      United States of America
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