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French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary | | French term or phrase: bas-relief | | Painting. Title of chapter in painter's biography: Entre bas-relief et hieroglyphs. |
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| | bas-relief | Explanation:
Although "low relief" exists as an English term, the French term is used widely with the meaning given by Merriam-Webster, that is...
bas-relief
sculptural relief in which the projection from the surrounding surface is slight and no part of the modeled form is undercut
<heraldic emblems carved in bas-relief>
Cheerio,
Val |
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Valentín Hernández Lima
Spain
Local time: 06:41
| Grading comment Thanks, everyone. I had not encountered it in England, so I didn't know. Hard to grade 3 identical answers, but found the explanation useful.
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