Sentence examples for lowest relief from inspiring English sources

According to Walter Breen, Snowden most likely chose the combination of the Indian Head and the laurel wreath as it was the lowest relief of any of the options, and could be expected to strike well.

Homer Saint-Gaudens, the sculptor's son, wrote to Preston, "Mr. Hering has finally finished the eagle at a relief slightly lower than that on the French [gold] coin by Chaplin, [sic, actually Chaplain] which is the lowest relief that Mr. Hering knew my father would abide by, and which I understand Mr. Barber can mint".

Some are carved in low relief, others in high.

The result is a diaphanous design in low relief.

CONDITION Both portions show considerable erosion of the very low relief.

The greater part of Europe, however, combines low elevation with low relief.

Technically, the simplest kind of low relief is the two-plane relief.

They unfold, refold and undulate, morphing effortlessly from flat to low relief as they go.

Ice wedge polygons are important topographical and hydrological features in otherwise low relief coastal arctic tundra1.

These coral-dominated habitats all contrasted with the low relief degraded reef habitats across all scales.

These works may even include the low relief carvings of Rimini's Tempio Malatestiano.