relief
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7.3
- noun
- /rɪˈlif/
- Specialized
:
relieve
- Now, the great sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti use the term Astoria for the reliefs on the baptistery doors of the Cathedral of Florence.
- bas-relief
- reliefs depict
- carved in relief
Now, Speaking of dimensionality, the other really novel thing you can do with this type of printer is print with some relief, some dimension.
- Now, Speaking of dimensionality, the other really novel thing you can do with this type of printer is print with some relief, some dimension.
Examples
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His first work, a bas-relief.
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Chisel marks and a shallow concavity in the relief suggest that bronze was carved away in this area.
Academic text (2012) -
No, the stone relief was damaged.
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'all of it in gold relief.'
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The letters are standing up in relief on the palm of my hand.
Fiction book (1997) -
The walls had become works of art, relief carved with hundreds of images.
Fiction book (1999) -
These bronze-coloured reliefs show scenes from the Old Testament Book of Kings.
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Their side is decorated with murals and metal reliefs created as a testament to the migrants.
Academic text (2011) -
The viewer's intense, participatory identification with the reliefs translated the scenes into images of lasting possibility.
Academic text (1990) -
The artist created a stunning relief that depicted scenes from nature, intricately carved to stand out from the background.
Synonyms
2
9.3
A sculpture with figures that stick out a little from a flat background
1
8.2
A carving where figures stand out far from the flat background
A raised image carved into a flat surface that stands out from the background
A carved design on a wall that stands out from a flat background
A style of sculpture where shapes stand out a little from a flat background with no part fully separate
A design with shallow figures raised slightly from a flat surface
A shallow carving in which figures just slightly stand out from the background
A shallow carved design that slightly stands out from a flat background
Figures carved to stand out partly from a flat wall or stone background
A sculpture that sticks out halfway from a flat background
A form of sculpture where figures stick out far from a flat background to look three-dimensional
A raised design on a surface made by pressing or stamping
Idioms
Compounds
19
3.1
Help people and communities get after a disaster, such as food, shelter and medical care
- Specialized
2
9.3
A sculpture with figures that stick out a little from a flat background
- Specialized
A style of sculpture where shapes stand out a little from a flat background with no part fully separate
- Specialized
A printing method where you press ink on raised parts of a block onto paper
- Specialized
A raised image carved into a flat surface that stands out from the background
How Much Depth
- Jargon
4
4.7
- Specialized
1
8.2
- Specialized
16
7.3
- Specialized
2
9.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
Relief comes from Latin relevare 'to lift up', and in art a relief is a picture or shape that is 'lifted' from a flat surface. That's why coins and walls often show raised images called reliefs.