half-relief

Some unseen hand drew a blind over the great window and an eerie green-and-golden light began to play from one end of the room, throwing the dancers into half-relief and deepening the mystery.

In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010

All round the circumference of each bowl were figures in half-relief, representing a woman dancing.

In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010

The whole piece reposed upon a base of ebony, properly proportioned, but with a projecting cornice, upon which I introduced four golden figures in rather more than half-relief.

OMG, how did I miss this?! | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit" 2006

Everyone had been at stretch, till the half-relief of borrowed time.

Funeral Games Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1981

On the left face of the column, partly turned toward us, was a figure in half-relief.

Dread Companion Norton, Andre 1970

The Barrocco museum of Rome has a very lifelike replica [9] of this type in half-relief.

Vergil Frank, Tenney, 1876-1939 1922

Upon this I want you to represent a God the Father in half-relief, and in the middle to set that magnificent big diamond, which you remember, together with several other gems of the greatest value.

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571 1910

The whole piece reposed upon a base of ebony, properly proportioned, but with a projecting cornice, upon which I introduced four golden figures in rather more than half-relief.

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571 1910

One of them, in the middle, was in full relief, the other two in half-relief.

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571 1910

The first of these was in somewhat more than half-relief, lifting one hand to support the cornice, and holding a thick club in the other; his face was fiery and menacing, instilling fear into the beholders.

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571 1910