sculptured painting

English

Noun

sculptured painting (plural sculptured paintings)

1. (art) A painting in which materials are used to add relief in a third dimension.
   • 1824, Edward Upham, Rameses: an Egyptian tale, with historical notes of the era of the pharaohs, page 315:

     A sculptured painting in the grand temple of Karnak furnishes the explanation; wherein they appear filled by great trees or masts, their elevation inferring they were spliced as our present masts.