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English term or phrase:

bas-relief

Czech translation:

basreliéf

Apr 13, 2009 12:36
15 yrs ago
English term

bas-relief

GBK English to Czech Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Definition from About.com:
Bas-relief sculpture is stone sculpture made by chipping away at a slab of rock to make a picture that stands out. It is also called low relief sculpture (bas being the French for 'low') and is contrasted with high relief sculpture where the image stands out further from the surface. The Egyptians, Persians, Greeks and many others have used bas-relief.
Example sentences:
Great importance is attached to outer and inner dressing of artistic expressive means, bass-relief picturing Maecenas having contributed to the construction, the life-trees, angels, apostles, Christ and St. Astvadsasin become the inseparable part of those complexes, interwoven with architectural patterns and devices. (armenians.com)
There is a famous mosaic in Urhoy, which depicts a royal banquet dated 278 A.D. The similarities between it and the earlier Assyrian bass relief of the victory banquet in the palace of the King Ashurbanipal 668-630 B.C. in Nineveh are striking, which proves that the art and traditions in Urhoy were the continuity of the ancient Assyrian ones. (cavemanart.com)
On the Mexican feroher before alluded to, and which is most elaborately carved in bass-relief on a massive piece of polygonous granite, constituting a portion of a cyclopean wall, the cross is enclosed within the ring, and accompanying it are four tassel-like ornaments, graved equally well. (fullbooks.com)
Proposed translations (Czech)
5 +2 basreliéf
5 basreliéf
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basreliéf

Pro lepší srozumitelnost v neuměleckých kruzích se dá termín basreliéf nahradit pojmem nízký reliéf.
Definition from own experience or research:
Basreliéf je nízký reliéf, který plasticky vystupuje z podkladu, ale jen mělce.
Example sentences:
Prohlédněte si nový basreliéf, který je umístěn na čelní stěně ve foyer. (none)
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agree Jana Bedanova
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agree Tatiana Fröhlich
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basreliéf

Definition from By N.S. Gill, About.com:
Bas-relief sculpture is stone sculpture made by chipping away at a slab of rock to make a picture that stands out. It is also called low relief sculpture (bas being the French for 'low') and is contrasted with high relief sculpture where the image stands out further from the surface.
Example sentences:
Dochoval se také dřevěný kříž u cesty s plastikou Krista Ukřižovaného a basreliéfem Panny Marie. (e-promocja )
Na podstavci vpředu nad basreliefem Ježíše, modlícího se na hoře Olivetské je nápis. (Drobné památky severních Čech)
Společnost mu tam tvořil náhrobek s basreliéfem, symbolizujícím poslední věci člověka. (Město Dobruška: Informace o městě)
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