high relief

noun

Sculpture.

1. sculptured relief in which volumes are strongly projected from the background.

high relief

noun

1. 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

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

All those rights were thrown into high relief by the bankruptcy filing.

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To show their differences in high relief, but also to show unexpected similarities.

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Unearthly figures appear on them too, but as disembodied faces shaped in high relief.

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Interracial relationships throw this into high relief, pushing cultural and racial differences to the fore⁠—the key edges of those puzzle pieces.

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“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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