(Italian bassorilièvo) A carved relief projecting only slightly from its background
A bas-relief is a sculpture carved on a surface so that it stands out from the background. columns decorated with bas-reliefs. a style of art in which stone or wood is cut so that shapes are raised above the surrounding surface high relief (bas + relief ). or low relief Sculptural form in which figures are carved in a flat surface and project only slightly from the background rather than standing freely. Depending on the degree of projection, reliefs may also be classified as high or medium relief
(aka low-relief) A low relief sculpture that projects only slightly from its two dimensional background
A three-dimensional sculpture in which the figures project slightly from the background Also called low relief
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
a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut