designslinger - Word of the Week: bas relief

 
[bas-relief, Art Institute of Chicago (1893) /Image & Artwork: designslinger]

bas-relief (BAH-ri-leef) n. a form of sculpture in which the figures project slightly from the background,

 
[bas-relief, Railway Exchange Building (1904) /Image & Artwork: designslinger]

a low relief; French from the Italian basso-rilievo;

 
[bas-relief, Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Center /Image & Artwork: designslinger]

Basso; low, from Medieval Latin bassus. Rilievo; from rilevare, to raise, from the Latin, relevāre.
Posted by designslinger at 10/21/2009 2:10 AM
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  • 12/12/2009 5:22 PM Greg Jenkins wrote:
    As many times as I've walked by the low reliefs of the Railway Exchange, I never once saw the "composition of three." Thanks for that pic. There is always something new.
    1. 12/13/2009 4:19 AM designslinger wrote:
      Indeed there is.


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