bas relief

bas relief

An effect of dimensional depth created by making a light-positive image on film and exposing this sandwiched with the negative, but not quite in alignment when making a print.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bas relief - a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercutbasso relievo, basso rilievo, low reliefrelievo, rilievo, sculptural relief, embossment, relief - sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background

Translations

bajorrelieve