Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

bas-relief

Dutch translation:

bas-reliëf

Apr 13, 2009 12:35
15 yrs ago
English term

bas-relief

GBK English to Dutch Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Definition from About.com:
Bas-relief sculpture is stone sculpture made by chipping away at a slab of rock to make a picture that stands out. It is also called low relief sculpture (bas being the French for 'low') and is contrasted with high relief sculpture where the image stands out further from the surface. The Egyptians, Persians, Greeks and many others have used bas-relief.
Example sentences:
Great importance is attached to outer and inner dressing of artistic expressive means, bass-relief picturing Maecenas having contributed to the construction, the life-trees, angels, apostles, Christ and St. Astvadsasin become the inseparable part of those complexes, interwoven with architectural patterns and devices. (armenians.com)
There is a famous mosaic in Urhoy, which depicts a royal banquet dated 278 A.D. The similarities between it and the earlier Assyrian bass relief of the victory banquet in the palace of the King Ashurbanipal 668-630 B.C. in Nineveh are striking, which proves that the art and traditions in Urhoy were the continuity of the ancient Assyrian ones. (cavemanart.com)
On the Mexican feroher before alluded to, and which is most elaborately carved in bass-relief on a massive piece of polygonous granite, constituting a portion of a cyclopean wall, the cross is enclosed within the ring, and accompanying it are four tassel-like ornaments, graved equally well. (fullbooks.com)
Proposed translations (Dutch)
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bas-reliëf

Definition from Wikipedia:
Bas-reliëf is een beeldhouwmethode waarbij de weergegeven voorstelling vrij ondiep uitgewerkt is. De afbeelding is gewoonlijk sterk afgeplat, waardoor het alleen in vooraanzicht realistisch overkomt. Bij zicht van een zijkant geeft het bas-reliëf een sterk vertekend beeld.<br /><br />Meestal gaat het om afbeeldingen die in een gevel verwerkt zijn, en waarvan toch enkel maar de voorkant zichtbaar is. Dit in tegenstelling tot een haut-reliëf, waarbij de verschillen groter zijn.
Example sentences:
Bij een bas-reliëf springen de halfverheven figuren lichtjes van de achtergrond naar voren, zodat een driedimensionaal effect wordt verkregen. (Thailex)
Peer comment(s):

agree Carolien de Visser
47 mins
Bedankt, Carolien !
agree ntschanz : This translation is also the one given in the Van Dale En-Ned
3 hrs
Thanks !
agree Ghislaine de Thouars
3 hrs
Thanks !
agree peter arnout : same word in Dutch;-)
4 hrs
Bedankt, Peter !
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