bas relief

• bas-relief
• bass-relief (archaic)

From French bas relief, from Italian bassorilievo, compound of basso (“low”) + rilievo (“relief”), from Latin relevare (“to raise up, make light”).

bas relief (countable and uncountable, 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.

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

Detail from the Elgin Marbles in high relief

• alto-relievo, high relief

bas relief (not comparable)

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

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• balefires

Calque of Italian bassorilievo

• IPA^(key): /bɑ ʁə.ljɛf/

bas relief m (plural bas reliefs)

1. bas relief