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high relief
noun
sculptured relief in which volumes are strongly projected from the background.
high relief
noun
Also called: alto-relievo.relief in which forms and figures stand out from the background to half or more than half of their natural depth
Word History and Origins
Origin of high relief1
Example Sentences
All those rights were thrown into high relief by the bankruptcy filing.
To show their differences in high relief, but also to show unexpected similarities.
Unearthly figures appear on them too, but as disembodied faces shaped in high relief.
Interracial relationships throw this into high relief, pushing cultural and racial differences to the fore—the key edges of those puzzle pieces.
“But it was the sadness of an artist, a sadness tinged with languor and a sadness against which his artistry stood out in high relief in a manner that was quite extraordinary.”
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