Glossary entry

Romanian term or phrase:

bazorelief

English translation:

bas-relief

Added to glossary by Oana Apetrei
Sep 19, 2005 17:43
18 yrs ago
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Romanian term

bazorelief

Romanian to English Art/Literary Architecture
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Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 bas-relief
5 low relief

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bas-relief

bas-relief = a style of art in which stone or wood is cut so that shapes are raised above the surrounding surface
(Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English)



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"Bas-relief is a method of sculpting which entails carving or etching away the surface of a flat piece of stone or metal.[...] To explain simply it is sculpture portrayed as a picture. The portrayed image is raised above the background flat surface."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas-relief
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low relief

Cf. Grand Dictionnaire Terminologique.

Vezi de asemenea: "low relief - In relief sculpture, a very slight extension of a form out of the background."
www.artlex.com/ArtLex/Lj.html
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