high relief
sculptured relief in which volumes are strongly projected from the background.
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The world emerging from the worst of the pandemic focused a new concentration on the intolerable inequities brought into high relief by lockdown, and climate change that made itself more evident by the day.
Mathrani’s comments are yet another reminder that the pandemic shutdown has been devastating for women, throwing into high relief just how inhospitable and precarious the workplace can be for caretakers.
The Pandemic Revealed How Much We Hate Our Jobs. Now We Have a Chance to Reinvent Work | Joanne Lipman | May 27, 2021 | TimeBy fracturing commonplace landscapes, she throws them into high relief.
In the galleries: Breaching the border between art and furniture | Mark Jenkins | March 12, 2021 | Washington PostWith more than 360,000 people, a resurrected New Orleans stands out in high relief from the spurious values of the Tea Party.
Eight Years After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Has Been Resurrected | Jason Berry | August 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was ornamented with a series of bands in high relief, bands bearing the color script of the aliens.
Star Born | Andre Norton
The memorial is to take the form of a mural monument with a medallion portrait of his head in high relief.
Robert Louis Stevenson | Margaret Moyes BlackMade of red cedar and unpolished, the cornices and uprights of them were carved with arabesques in high relief.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady | Lucas MaletThe barrel has a beautiful fluted twist on it, and the lock-plate and hammer, as well as the butt, are chiselled in high relief.
Armour in England | J. Starkie GardnerThe rectangular panels of the pulpit stage are beautifully carved in high relief.
Cathedral Cities of Italy | William Wiehe Collins
British Dictionary definitions for high relief
relief in which forms and figures stand out from the background to half or more than half of their natural depth: Also called: alto-relievo
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