figure+in+relief
31Emin Pasha Relief Expedition — The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition of 1886 to 1889 was one of the last major European expedition into the interior of Africa in the nineteenth century, ostensibly to the relief of Emin Pasha, General Charles Gordon s besieged governor of Equatoria …
32*haut-relief — ● haut relief, hauts reliefs nom masculin En sculpture, relief dont les parties principales, adhérant ou non au fond, offrent, toutes proportions gardées, un volume en saillie intermédiaire entre la moitié et les trois quarts du volume réel de la …
33Metrological Relief — Material Marble Created 5th century BC Discovered Turkey or Greek Islands by William Petty Present location Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom The Metrological Relief (Ashmolean Museum number: AN.Michaelis 83) is an …
34bas relief — 1. noun A low or mostly flat sculpture which is carved into a wall, or is in the form of a tile mounted flat to a wall, rather than a fully three dimensional, free standing figure. Ant: alto relievo, high relief 2. adjective …
35CARTOGRAPHIE — La cartographie a pour but la conception, la préparation et la réalisation des cartes. Sa vocation est la représentation du monde sous une forme graphique et géométrique. En cela, elle répond à un besoin très ancien de l’humanité qui est de… …
36SEAL, SEALS — In the Ancient Period The seal was employed from the beginning of the historical era as a method of identifying property, as protection against theft, to mark the clay stoppers of oil and wine jars or the strip with which packaged goods were… …
37camée — [ kame ] n. m. • 1752; it. cameo → camaïeu 1 ♦ Pierre fine (agate, améthyste, onyx) sculptée en relief pour mettre en valeur ses couches diversement colorées. Camée monté en bague. « Émaux et Camées », poèmes de Th. Gautier. Profil de camée :… …
38abate — verb (abated; abating) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French abatre to strike down more at rebate Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to put an end to < abate a nuisance > …
39plâtre — [ platr ] n. m. • plastre 1268; de emplastre → emplâtre 1 ♦ Gypse. Carrière de plâtre. Utilisation du plâtre pour l amendement des prairies. ⇒ plâtrer. 2 ♦ Poudre blanche, tirée du gypse, que l on gâche pour obtenir une pâte qui durcit en séchant …
40cameo — A small scale low relief in a stratified or banded material, usually a gemstone such as onyx or sardonyx, but also in calcite alabaster or shell or glass, in which the ground is of one color and the figure in relief in another color or colors …
