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low relief

noun as in a type of sculptural relief

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Two on each side of the temple doorway the statues sit, and between them, in low relief, is the small figure of the god Harmakhis.

They were carved in flat, low relief with sharp outline, but the painter's brush had not completed the work of the chisel.

Painted in low relief, the oil-painting presents his intention less satisfactorily than his etching of the same subject.

The fine faade has three portals, elaborately carved in low relief, and three very good round windows.

Jug, of enamelled earthenware, in various colours, with figures in low relief; attributed to Veit Hirschvogel; height 13 in.

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

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