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Overtop :: Overtop (v. t.) To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure..

Middle-ground :: Middle-ground (n.) That part of a picture between the foreground and the background.

Background :: Background (n.) Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front..

Background :: Background (n.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.

Demi-rilievo :: Demi-rilievo (n.) Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.

Background :: Background (n.) Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings..

Silhouette :: Silhouette (v. t.) To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette..

Ambrotype :: Ambrotype (n.) A picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass..

Optography :: Optography (n.) The production of an optogram on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple; the fixation of an image in the eye. The object so photographed shows white on a purple or red background. See Visual purple, under Visual..

Background :: Background (n.) A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight..

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