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- noun A low or mostly-flat
sculpture which is carved into awall , or is in the form of atile mounted flat to a wall, rather than a fully three-dimensional, free-standing figure. - adjective Refers to any aspect of sculpture which is flat or in the bas relief style.
Etymologies
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From French bas relief, from Italian bassorilievo, from low (shallow) + "again" + to lift (protrusion)
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treeseed commented on the word bas relief
(n): sculptural relief in which the projection from the surrounding surface is slight and no part of the modeled form is undercut
January 21, 2008