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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

• bas-relief — bas re|lief [ˌba: rıˈli:f, ˌbæs ] n [U and C] technical [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: bas low + relief raised work ] a style of art in which stone or wood is cut so that shapes are raised above the surrounding surface →↑high relief …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• bas relief — Synonyms and related words: anaglyph, bellying, boldness, boss, bulging, cameo, cameo glass, cavo rilievo, cut glass, embossment, eminence, excrescence, excrescency, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, glyph, glyptograph, high relief, intaglio,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• bas-relief — noun (C, U) technical a style of art in which stone or wood is cut so that shapes are raised above the surrounding surface compare high relief …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• 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 — 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

• high relief — high re lief n [U] 1.) a form of art in which figures cut in stone or wood stand out from the surface →↑bas relief 2.) throw sth into high relief to make something very clear and easy to notice …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• high relief — noun (U) 1 a form of art in which figures cut in stone or wood stand out from the surface compare bas­relief 2 throw sth into high relief to make something very clear and easy to notice …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …   Universalium

• Churches in Bohol — Bohol, in the Philippines, has a number of very old churches, dating back to the early years of the Spanish colonization of the island. Contents 1 Alburquerque 2 Anda 3 Antequera 4 Baclayon …   Wikipedia

• Mesopotamia, history of — ▪ historical region, Asia Introduction  history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world s earliest civilization developed. The name comes from a Greek word meaning “between rivers,” referring to the land between the Tigris and… …   Universalium