Sentence examples for intricate relief from inspiring English sources

Spielberg takes the intricate relief and symbolic condensations of John Ford or Jean Renoir or, God knows, Robert Bresson, and irons them flat, to produce the bigness — the pompous bombast — of "War Horse".

The twelve silver-gilt cups known as the Aldobrandini Tazze magnificent examples of 16th-century European goldsmithing in size, design, and quality of execution – feature figures and scenes from Roman historian Suetonius's classic work The Twelve Caesars, all rendered in minute, intricate relief.

The adjacent Renaissance walled garden, incorporating intricate relief carvings, is unique in Scotland.

The Portland Vase is the most famous example of ancient cameo glass, a type of luxurious vessel inspired by intricate relief-cut gems that thrived in the early Roman Empire up to around AD 50 or 60.

From huge detailed floor mosaics with mythological scenes to intricate chiseled reliefs of battles and bacchanals, the rich colors and fine details awe in equal measure.

One of the center squares contained a newly discovered pillar with the most intricate bas-reliefs to date: rows of sinuous-necked cranes and snakes packed efficiently together, like sardines in a can.

For centuries, explorations of Angkor had been preoccupied with the temple compounds themselves, focusing on the religious symbolism of the structures and the cosmological worlds depicted in their intricate bas reliefs.

But we also have something special here, something we need to preserve," said Mr. Sak, 41, gesturing toward the river's banks, which are lined with a stunning variety of historic structures: French colonial shop houses with arched windows and ornate iron balconies; grand, century-old villas with burgundy-tiled roofs; imposing pagodas with intricate bas-reliefs.

With its intricate carved reliefs depicting the essence of Buddhism, the builders of Borobudur wanted "to engage the mind" and to "give a visual aid for teaching a gentle philosophy of life," an expert on the temple, John N. Miksic, wrote recently in a historical book, "Borobudur: Golden Tales of the Buddhas".

During the 11th and 12th centuries in Europe, tympana over church portals were decorated with intricate and stylized relief sculpture.

Inside, among the bibles, candles and holy water, there are intricate carvings and reliefs of exquisite detail.