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low relief

noun as in a type of sculptural relief

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Marble, intricate incised bronze panels and a gilt ceiling with low relief abstract patterns share a consistent set of motifs suggestive of Northwest Indian, Mayan and Chinese cultures.

The glaze contracted without exposing much clay, bunching up into a kind of dense-packed low relief and a pattern that suggests entrails.

The wall inscriptions, hand-incised or cut in low relief, are, for the most part, local and personal too.

Big. cartoony ones, cast in low relief, dominate the two large trophies, staring out, making them feel sentient.

They also include his spiritelli, the winged cherubs, or putti, which he made into a uniquely dynamic motif, and many of his famous low reliefs.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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