haut-relief
noun/ˌəʊ rɪˈliːf/
/ˌəʊ rɪˈliːf/
[uncountable] (art)- a method used in sculpture in which a picture is carved to stand out a lot from a surface compare bas-reliefTopics Artc2Word Originmid 19th cent.: French, literally ‘high relief’.
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