bas relief

English

Alternative forms

• bas-relief

Etymology

From French bas relief, from Italian bassorilievo, from low (shallow) + "again" + to lift (protrusion)

Noun

bas relief (plural bas reliefs)

1. (sculpture) A low or mostly-flat sculpture which is carved into a wall, or is in the form of a tile mounted flat to a wall, rather than a fully three-dimensional, free-standing figure.

Translations

a low or mostly-flat sculpture

• Catalan: baix relleu (ca) m
• Crimean Tatar: barelyef
• Finnish: reliefi (fi)
• Galician: baixo-relevo (gl) m

• Greek: χαμηλό ανάγλυφο (el) (chamiló anáglyfo) n
• Russian: барельеф (ru) (barelʹjéf) m
• Spanish: bajorrelieve (es) m

Antonyms

Detail from the Elgin Marbles in high relief

• alto-relievo, high relief

Synonyms

• low relief
• cameo (jewelry)
• basso-rilievo, basso-relievo

Adjective

bas relief (not comparable)

1. Refers to any aspect of sculpture which is flat or in the bas relief style.

External links

• Bas relief on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bas relief on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• balefires