alto-relievo

American  

[al-toh-ri-lee-voh] / ˈæl toʊ rɪˈli voʊ /

noun

alto-relievos plural

1. high relief.

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alto-relievo British  

/ ˌæltəʊrɪˈliːvəʊ /

noun

1. another name for high relief

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• alto-relievos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of alto-relievo

First recorded in 1710–20, alto-relievo is from Italian alto rilievo “high relief”

Example Sentences

A female figure and child recumbent, also elaborately sculptured in black marble, adorn the opposite niche, and under them, in alto-relievo, are several figures in religious habits.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 by Various

At the base of the shaft are grouped alto-relievo figures representing the North, the South, the East, and the West.

From Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel by Glazier, Willard W.

The most remarkable gate, however, was at the principal entrance to the churchyard, and was known as the Resurrection Gate, from an alto-relievo of the Last Day.

From Holborn and Bloomsbury The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir

The small detached chapel dedicated to St.-Hubert is much admired for its sculptural embellishments in alto-relievo.

From Memoranda on Tours and Touraine Including remarks on the climate with a sketch of the Botany And Geology of the Province also on the Wines and Mineral Waters of France by Holdsworth, J. H.

The columns, in exceedingly bold alto-relievo, spring from a dado about the height of a man's chest, and which is surmounted by a bold and beautiful architrave.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall