"relief" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- A relief on the main entry portrays the Scottish explorer James Bruce, who visited the capital, Gondar, in the late 19th century.
- A relief uncovered near Lerna portrays an altar, to the left of which stands Demeter, to the right stand Chrysanthis, her husband Mysius, and two maidens presumed to be their daughters.
- The oval middle-picture depicts the painful mother holding on her lap the dead body of Christ, so called Pieta and the reliefs portray Saint Peter and Mary Magdalene.
- Homer depicted the dead as unable to eat or drink unless they had been summoned; however, some reliefs portray the Underworld as having many elaborate feasts.
- The relief portrays Trajan's two victorious military campaigns against the Dacians; the lower half illustrating the first (101-102), and the top half illustrating the second (105-106).
- More recently Paul S Ash has put forward a detailed argument that Siamun's relief portrays a fictitious battle.
- A fourth relief portrays a person whose identity has not been clearly established, and has been identified as Wilhelm Liebknecht, Karl Liebknecht, or August Bebel.
- The relief on the High Altar portrays the Baptism of Christ by Antonio Raggi.
- The painted reliefs in Ptahhotep's section are particularly beautiful, and portray a wide range of animals, from lions and hedgehogs to the domesticated cattle and fowl, that were brought as offerings to the deceased.
- Ancient remains include two Roman columns from the first church, and a 10th-century relief portraying Jesus.
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