Bas-relief

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Naval battle on a bas-relief at the Bayon, Angkor, showing Cham soldiers in the boat and dead Khmer fighters in the water

A kind of Sculpture in which the carved figures are raised a few inches from a flat background to give a three-dimensional effect. Relief sculpture is meant to be seen from one specific angle, as opposed to in the round sculpture.

[edit] Etymology

A French term meaning "low-raised work."