Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
bas-relief
Swedish translation:
basrelief, lågrelief
English term
bas-relief
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)
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Proposed translations
basrelief, lågrelief
Relief Skulpterad figurframställning på en slät bakgrundsyta. En relief kan också vara ett ornamentalt motiv. Figurerna kan framträda som obetydliga förhöjningar mot bakgrundsytan (basrelief, lågrelief) eller till ungefär halva sin storlek träda fram mot bakgrunden (halvrelief) eller nästan helt frigöra sig från denna och närma sig friskulptur (hautrelief, högrelief). (Karlstad kommun)
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