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noun
- relief sculpture in which the figures project slightly from the background.
noun
- sculpture in low relief, in which the forms project slightly from the background but no part is completely detached from itAlso called (Italian): basso rilievo
1660s, from French bas-relief, a loan-translation of Italian basso-rilievo “low relief, raised work.”
A kind of carving or sculpture in which the figures are raised a few inches from a flat background to give a three-dimensional effect. The term is French for “low relief.”
STONE BAS RELIEF | Galerie Tramway
Picador, Bas Relief’, Jacques Lipchitz, c.1932 | Tate
Bas-relief With The Image Indian Elephants Stock Photo, Picture And