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Meanings of basso relievo in английском
A sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut.
Synonyms
Examples for "bas relief"
Examples for "bas relief"
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Another curl of bas relief offered itself and I reached down-
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The walls and ceiling are exquisitely frescoed, and ornamented with bas reliefs in plaster.
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A child's face blurred and delicately weathered; features in innocent, low relief.
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The frieze is in low relief, the figures scarcely starting from the background.
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The spandrels between the arches are diapered in low relief with leaf ornament.
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On this the modeller made out his design in low relief.
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Some examples are in rather low relief, portraits approximating certain painters.
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I think it was an eleemosynary smile, for my pleasantry seems to me a particularly basso rilievo, as I look upon it in cold blood.
Usage of basso relievo in английском
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Here Noah drew out of his pocket a sort of basso relievo carved in pine.
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It is a very magnificent edifice, adorned on all sides with trophies and battles in basso relievo.