bas-relief

Example Sentences

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The texture lost in a crowded space emerges like bas-relief when it is empty.

From Seattle Times

The marble bas-relief monument, which contains some of Marey’s ashes, has moved around the grounds through the decades, but it is now in a prominent location in the new garden.

From New York Times

The idea for the sculpture — one of the largest bas-relief carvings in the world — emerged in 1914, portrayed as a massive memorial to the Lost Cause, or the notion that the South was defending more than just slavery in the Civil War.

From New York Times

Ruins of Mesopotamian ziggurats and bas-relief sculpture, as well as Egyptian pyramids, testify to complex civilizations.

From Literature

Besides architecture, the predominant art form of Mesopotamia was bas-relief sculpture.

From Literature