NOUN
- a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut
How To Use bas relief In A Sentence
- I likewise inspected a very large glass vase, a lamp also found at Gozo, and a kind of votive disk in stone, with a bas relief, representing, on one of the sides, a sphinx, with a paw placed on the head of a ram. A Monumental Mandate
- One may follow Woman Decorative in the Orient on vase, fan, screen and kakemono; as she struts in the stiff manner of Egyptian bas reliefs, across walls of ancient ruins, or sits in angular serenity, gazing into the future through the narrow slits of Egyptian eyes, oblivious of time; woman, beautiful in the European sense, and decorative to the superlative degree, on Greek vase and sculptured wall. Woman as Decoration
- Once the resin hardened, it was removed to provide an exact replica of the bas relief.
- The edifice is covered by ornate and colorful molding, pilasters (pseudo columns), and arches, many of which contain bas relief sculptures.
- The top of the sculpture is wave-like, resembling a snowdrift, and groupings of the straws have been pulled out slightly into an undulating bas relief, suggesting a cloudbank or a wall of sea foam. Magician of Man-Made Materials
- Having outlived her husband, she stayed in the new city of Amarna where she is shown in bas reliefs sharing the life of Akhenaton and Nefertiti. Exhibit of Egyptian Queens
