half relief
Americannoun
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It is of stone, has a venerable appearance of antiquity, and has extended on it in half relief an image of the Saviour, made of plaster, with the hands and feet nailed.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by John L. Stephens
She nestled close in his arm with a sigh of half relief.
From Arizona Nights by Stewart Edward White
Dolly rose from her seat with a sigh which was half relief.
From Vagabondia 1884 by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The sharp shaft of the sun, bearing down like a spot-light, brought into half relief the mature lines of the body and the agreeable, if serious, features.
From The Salamander by Owen Johnson
In the decoration of this loggia Orcagna made seven marble figures in half relief between the arches of the façade representing the seven virtues, theological and cardinal.
From The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8) by Giorgio Vasari
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