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bas_relief
has definitions from the field of fine art
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[ noun ] (fine art) a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut
Synonyms Used in print (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)For the illusion of depth created by the contrast between the affixed material and everything else gives_way immediately to an illusion of forms in bas-relief , which gives_way in_turn , and with equal immediacy , to an illusion that seems to contain both - or neither . In their very first collages , Braque and Picasso draw or paint over and on the affixed paper or cloth , so that certain_of the principal features of their subjects as depicted seem to thrust_out into real , bas-relief space - or to be about to do so - while the rest of the subject remains imbedded in , or flat upon , the surface . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (fine art) a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut
Synonyms Used in print (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)The affixed elements of collage were extruded , as_it_were , and cut_off from the literal pictorial surface to form a bas-relief . Related terms |
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