HIGH RELIEF Definition & Meaning

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high relief

noun

Sculpture.

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

high relief

noun

relief in which forms and figures stand out from the background to half or more than half of their natural depth Also calledalto-relievo

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of high relief¹

First recorded in 1875–80

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

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Much is still not known about Saturday’s shooting at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, but it’s clear that the incident placed the stupidity and hypocrisy of America’s gun culture in high relief.

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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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