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bas-relief

Meaning of "bas-relief" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BAS-RELIEF

From French, from Italian basso rilievo low relief.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BAS-RELIEF

ˌbɑːrɪˈliːf


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BAS-RELIEF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bas-Relief is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BAS-RELIEF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Relief

Relief, or relievo rilievo, is a sculptural technique. The term relief is from the Latin verb relevo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane. What is actually performed when a relief is cut in from a flat surface of stone or wood is a lowering of the field, leaving the unsculpted parts seemingly raised. The technique involves considerable chiselling away of the background, which is a time-consuming exercise with little artistic effect if the lowered background is left plain, as is often the case. On the other hand, a relief saves forming the rear of a subject, and is less fragile and more securely fixed than a sculpture in the round, especially one of a standing figure where the ankles are a potential weak point, especially in stone. In other materials such as metal, clay, plaster stucco, ceramics or papier-mache the form can be just added to or raised up from the background, and monumental bronze reliefs are made by casting.

Definition of bas-relief in the English dictionary

The definition of bas-relief in the dictionary is sculpture in low relief, in which the forms project slightly from the background but no part is completely detached from it Also called : basso rilievo.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BAS-RELIEF

bass-relief · belief · broadleaf · cloverleaf · demirelief · disbelief · disleaf · drop-leaf · flyleaf · leaf · lief · longleaf · misbelief · nonbelief · oakleaf · overleaf · relief · self-belief · unbelief · waterleaf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BAS-RELIEF

bas bleu · Bas Mitzvah · Bas-Rhin · basal · basal anaesthesia · basal body temperature · basal ganglia · basal metabolic rate · basal metabolism · basally · basalt · basaltic · basaltine · basaltware · basan · basanite · bascinet · bascule · bascule bridge · base

WORDS THAT END LIKE BAS-RELIEF

comic relief · debt relief · disaster relief · executive relief · high relief · low relief · mortgage relief · on relief · out-relief · outdoor relief · pain relief · photo relief · retirement relief · taper relief · tax relief · transitional relief

Synonyms and antonyms of bas-relief in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bas-relief» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BAS-RELIEF

Find out the translation of bas-relief to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of bas-relief from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bas-relief» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

浅浮雕
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

bajorrelieve
570 millions of speakers
en

English

bas-relief
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

बस राहत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النحت الغائر
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Барельеф
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

baixo-relevo
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষোদাই
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

bas-relief
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Bas relief
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Basrelief
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

浅浮き彫り
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

얕은 돋을 새김
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Bas-relief
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bức phù điêu
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

அடித்தளத்தோற்றம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

बस-आराम
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

yarım kabartma
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

bassorilievo
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

płaskorzeźba
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Барельєф
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

basorelief
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανάγλυφο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bas- verligting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

relief
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bas -relief
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bas-relief

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BAS-RELIEF»

Discover the use of bas-relief in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bas-relief and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Digital Photographer's Guide to Filters: The Complete ...
BAS RELIEF Like the majority of Photoshop filters, Bas Relief is a special effect that doesn't actually mimic an optical filter. However, it is a creative effect that will prove appealing to many filter users. Bas Relief is a form of carving or etching, ...
Ross Hoddinott, 2007
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Guide to the Crystal palace and park
125 a. Bas-relief. 125 b. Bas-relief. 126 Bas-relief. 126 a. Bas-relief. 126 e. Bas- relief. 128. Terra -COTTA8. 129. Pudicitia. 129 a. Bas-relief. 129 b. Pudicitia. ISO. Ceres. ISO a. Bas-relief. 130 b. Greek Fragment. 131. Bas-relief. 132. Musicians.
Samuel Phillips, 1857
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Catalog of Copyright Entries: Works of art...
[Bas-relief plaque showing stone in shape of human face projecting from side of high rock.] © 1 с Sept. 3, 1013 ; G 44723. Sanitary fountain со., Spokane, Wash. [ 17191 Everpure liftjet; by F. G. Taring- ton. [Statute of girl, with hair in braids on ...
4
The Palace and Park: Its Natural History, and Its Portrait ...
Bas-relief. 60. Minerva. 61. Putbal. 62. Torso of a Faun. 63. .ElsCULAPlUS AND TELESPHORUS. 64. Pomona. 65. Philosopher. 66. Torso of a Youthful Male Figure 67. Part of a Statue of Hercules. 68. Torso of a Venus. „ 69. Horse's Head. 70.
‎1855
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Catalogues of Reproductions of Objects of Art, in Metal, ...
BAS-RELIEF, representing a triumph or procession of Anii«^e. Bacchus, with Bacchantes and other figures. From the original in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome. Ant. 33. BAS-RELIEF, representing a female figure bearing a garland, apparently as ...
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The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World: ...
Bas-relief of Ormazd giving the crown to Artaxer.xes I. (after Ker Porter). . 35 90. Statue of Sapor I. (after Texier) 85 91. Head-dress of an unknown king (after Texier) 36 92. Bas-relief representing the victory of Sapor I. over Valerian (after ...
George Rawlinson, 2002
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The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World, Or: ...
Bas-relief of Ormazd giving the crown to Artaxerxes I. (after Ker Porter) . . 35 90. Statue of Sapor I. (after Texier) 35 91. Head-dress of an unknown king (after Texier) 36 92. Bas-relief representing the victory of Sapor I. over Valerian (after ...
George Rawlinson, 2004
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The New Picture of Paris from the Latest Observations: ...
Inscriptions 223. Victory 224. A wild Boar 225. Three Bas-reliefs 226. Cinerary Urns 227. Bacchus 228. Bas-relief 229. A Tripod 230. Marsyas 231. Stela 232. Jupiter, a bas-relief. Hall nflhe Tiber. Sf(7. Elius Caesar 288. lias-relief 289. Nero 290 ...
Paul Hervé, M. Gaglignani, 1829
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Nature and Art
art in which we are farther in arrear of the ancients than in bas-relief. The opinions of an artist of the experience of M. Guillaume are peculiarly welcome. Bas-relief, as M. Guillaume says, has no type in nature : it is a form created by art ; but it is ...
10
Sculpture and Enlightenment
Thus, Falconet insisted on the following categories in his Reflexions sur la sculpture (1761): "Two sorts of bas-reliefs must principally be distinguished; that is to say, gentle bas-relief [bas-relief doux] and projecting bas-relief [bas-relief saillant]; ...
Erika Naginski, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BAS-RELIEF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bas-relief is used in the context of the following news items.
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Georgia Civil War Commission official: Confederate flag battle 'a war …
At Georgia's iconic Stone Mountain, where the Confederacy is enshrined in a giant bas-relief sculpture, the Ku Klux Klan once held notorious ... «WSB Radio, Jul 15»
2
False shadow on a fine reputation
... drawn by rustic village labourers on wet concrete surfaces of parrots, peacocks, fish etc. and used them as bas-relief for his building facades. «Chandigarh Tribune, Jul 15»
3
Artist re-creates childhood on canvas
... Central Library, he met Donal Hord, the famous San Diego sculptor who was then creating a bas-relief mural for the library's front entrance. «U-T San Diego, Jul 15»
4
Military museum dedicated to Operation Bagration opens in …
In the center of the bas-relief are the figures of the four commanders: Konstantin Rokossovsky, Georgy Zhukov, Pavel Batov and Mikhail Panov. «Belarus News, Jul 15»
5
Sculpting-painting couple visits Knox Gallery
There, his first sculpture was a wooden bas-relief of a Mallard duck landing in a marsh. His interest in wildlife and domestic animals never ... «Vail Daily News, Jul 15»
6
Relearning the realities of Civil War
At Georgia's iconic Stone Mountain - where the Confederacy is enshrined in a giant bas-relief sculpture, the Ku Klux Klan once held notorious ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
7
Rolly: Magna to Confederate group: Keep your flag at home
At Georgia's iconic Stone Mountain, where the Confederacy is enshrined in a giant bas-relief sculpture, the Ku Klux Klan once held notorious ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Jun 15»
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A Flag Is Not Worth a Job
... and its eponymous featured attraction, a massive granite outcropping that is carved with a monumental bas-relief of Confederate heroes, has ... «Peach Pundit, Jun 15»
9
India's powerful women: An inspirational artistic presence
Kapila Vatsyayan is a design woven on the same loom as those two remarkable women. She is a bas-relief carved on the same plinth as those ... «Hindustan Times, Jun 15»
10
Central Nevada state park preserves ghost town, fossil beds
A large bas-relief at the fossil site shows what the whale-sized ichthyosaurs looked like when they hunted in ancient seas. Fossil remains of ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jun 15»
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