Sentence examples for flat relief from inspiring English sources

The flat relief is occasionally broken by low, heavily eroded ranges.

The flat relief is broken by rounded granite hills and outliers of the Fouta Djallon.

Large stone slabs with carvings in flat relief had been set above some of the graves.

Hiramaki-e, in Japanese lacquerwork, gold decoration in low, or "flat," relief, a basic form of maki-e (q.v.).

As sculpture, its tendency is to sprawl rather than to rise; it remains a species of flat relief.

Low, flat relief, active wetlands, and the cooling influence of the ocean were the main factors in the development of grassland and wetland landscapes on small islands.

This second method resulted in a rather flat, two-dimensional relief, which is reminiscent of woodcuts in its sharp outlines and overall style; thus, the technique is known as the "woodcut style".

In Sucre, Bolivia, Cristóbal Hidalgo carved the choir stalls of the city's cathedral; the figures there are framed by strapwork in a flat-relief northern Mannerist style.

A circulated flat-relief version, containing a little less than an ounce of gold, typically sells for $800 to $1,200.

In the 1980s the mint began producing gold bullion coins that revived the flat-relief design on one side, in one-ounce sizes and smaller, for investors.

The backs of the flattest reliefs are especially interesting, being painted with dashed-off allover patterns of a Pollock-Krasner sort.