bas-relief carving

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• Bas-relief — • A sculpture executed upon and attached to a flat surface Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Bas Relief     Bas relief     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Relief carving — MethodologyThe process for relief carving is usually as follows. The carver first fixes the wood to his workbench by means of a carvers screw or clamp. The carver then sketches on the main lines of his idea, indicating the flowers, foliage, or… …   Wikipedia

• bas-relief —   n. carving in low relief, i.e., in which figures stand out less than half their proportion from background …   Dictionary of difficult words

• bas-relief — n. sculpture or carving in which the figures project slightly from the background. Etymology: earlier basse relieve f. It. basso rilievo low relief: later altered to F form …   Useful english dictionary

• bas-re|lief — «BAH rih LEEF, BAS ; BAH rih leef, BAS », noun. carving or sculpture in which the figures stand out only slightly from the background; low relief. Also basso relievo. ╂[< French bas relief < Italian basso rilievo] …   Useful english dictionary

• Bas — meaning super lower in French may refer to:*Bas Caraquet, New Brunswick, meaning Lower Caraquet , a village on the Acadian Peninsula of New Brunswick, Canada *Bas Congo (post 2006, Kongo Central), a province of the Democratic Republic of the… …   Wikipedia

• Relief — For other uses, see Relief (disambiguation). A Persian mid relief (mezzo rilievo) from the Qajar era, located at Tangeh Savashi in Iran, which might also be described as two stages of low relief. Relief is a sculptural technique. The term relief… …   Wikipedia

• relief — relief1 reliefless, adj. /ri leef /, n. 1. alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc. 2. a means or thing that relieves pain, distress, anxiety, etc. 3. money, food, or other help given to those in… …   Universalium

• relief — Synonyms and related words: ADC, CYSP sculpture, Medicaid, Medicare, abatement, agent, aid, aid and comfort, alimony, allayment, alleviation, allotment, allowance, alterative, alternate, alternative, anaglyph, anaglyptics, anaglyptography,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Relief sculpture —    A method of sculpture in which three dimensional forms are made to project from a flat background. The materials normally used for this technique are stone, clay, or bronze. There are several categories of sculpture relief. The bas relief… …   Dictionary of Renaissance art

• relief — noun 1 removal of anxiety/pain ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, deep, enormous, great, huge, immense, intense, overwhelming, tremendous ▪ …   Collocations dictionary