alto-relievo
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alto-relievos
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of alto-relievo
First recorded in 1710–20, alto-relievo is from Italian alto rilievo “high relief”
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The reredos contains two modern designs in alto-relievo.
From Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter by Edric Holmes
Bronze, in fine alto-relievo, of Curtius leaping into the gulf in the Forum at Rome.
From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by William Dunn Macray
It is surmounted by a bronze alto-relievo bust modelled by Mr. F. Madox Brown.
From Chelsea The Fascination of London by Sir Walter Besant
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 Thomas Frognall Dibdin
Some of the porches, once covered with a profusion of rich, alto-relievo sculpture, are absolutely treated as if these ornaments had been pared away to the very quick!
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
It is almost black from age; but the alto-relievos, and especially those above the doors, stand out in almost perfect condition.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
There are over three hundred pieces of sculpture from various countries, comprising colossal and life-size figures, groups, busts, statuettes, and alto-relievos in marble and bronze.
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