Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In sculpture, relief midway between high relief and low relief; mezzo-rilievo; demi-relief.
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- noun a sculptural relief between low relief and high relief
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Examples
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Some unseen hand drew a blind over the great window and an eerie green-and-golden light began to play from one end of the room, throwing the dancers into half-relief and deepening the mystery.
In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010
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All round the circumference of each bowl were figures in half-relief, representing a woman dancing.
In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010
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The whole piece reposed upon a base of ebony, properly proportioned, but with a projecting cornice, upon which I introduced four golden figures in rather more than half-relief.
OMG, how did I miss this?! | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit" 2006
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Everyone had been at stretch, till the half-relief of borrowed time.
Funeral Games Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1981
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On the left face of the column, partly turned toward us, was a figure in half-relief.
Dread Companion Norton, Andre 1970
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The Barrocco museum of Rome has a very lifelike replica [9] of this type in half-relief.
Vergil Frank, Tenney, 1876-1939 1922
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Upon this I want you to represent a God the Father in half-relief, and in the middle to set that magnificent big diamond, which you remember, together with several other gems of the greatest value.
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571 1910
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The whole piece reposed upon a base of ebony, properly proportioned, but with a projecting cornice, upon which I introduced four golden figures in rather more than half-relief.
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571 1910
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One of them, in the middle, was in full relief, the other two in half-relief.
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571 1910
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The first of these was in somewhat more than half-relief, lifting one hand to support the cornice, and holding a thick club in the other; his face was fiery and menacing, instilling fear into the beholders.
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571 1910
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