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单词 halfrelief
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half-relief
half-relief n. a method of moulding, carving, or stamping in relief a design in which figures project from the plane surface to half their actual depth in the round; = demi-relief n. at demi- prefix 12a; (also) a sculpture or carving in half relief.
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mezzo-relievo1598
semi-relief1703
demi-relief1874
1667 R. L'Estrange tr. F. de Quevedo Visions iv. 115 The Pedestals, Bases, Columns, Cornishes, Capitals, Architraves, Freezes (and in short the whole Front of the Fabrick) was Beautified with Imaginary Trophies, and Triumphs of Love, in Half Relief [Sp. in medio relieue].
1760 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XIX. xviii. vii. 12 Among the few artificial rarities..we may reckon the two marble heads in half-relief, much larger than the life.
1870 Baedeker's Handbk. Travellers Rhine (ed. 4) 124 The half-reliefs on the pedestal are emblematic of his literary activity.
1907 E. Ingersoll Handy Guide to New York City xi. 200 It contains some bad half-reliefs upon its interior faces.
1970 R. Barber Knight & Chivalry (1974) iv. xvii. 278 There stood a twenty-foot high golden mosaic in half-relief of her.
2016 Day (New London, Connecticut) (Nexis) 25 Dec. The sculpture is a half-relief with no base other than the posts of the grapevine rows, which creates negative space and a bit of a gravitational challenge.
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half-relief
half-relief n. = demi-relief n. at demi- prefix 12a.
extracted from half-comb. form
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