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bas-relief
noun as in low relief
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The sarcophagus of Junius Bassus exhibits a bas relief of Job comforted by his friends.
In the accompanying engraving, from a mutilated bas-relief in the Lateran Museum, this scene is exhibited.
The pedestal of this clock represented in bas-relief the birth of astronomy on the Egyptian plains.
The principal bas-relief is a huge square panel, graven on the face of a rock bastion which immediately overhangs the stream.
Here a sort of panel, cut square, and covered with round embossments in various positions, simulated a vague bas-relief.
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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bas-relief, such as: basso-rilievo, cavo-rilievo, rilievo stiacciato, and sunk relief.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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