basso-relievo

American  

[bas-oh-ri-lee-voh] / ˈbæs oʊ rɪˈli voʊ /

noun

plural

basso-relievos

1. bas-relief.

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Etymology

Origin of basso-relievo

First recorded in 1660–70, basso-relievo is from Italian basso rilievo “low relief”

Example Sentences

I produced a basso-relievo in silver, carved with a group of foliages and several figures of youths, and other beautiful grotesques.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters by Mee, Arthur

Relief, prominence of a sculpture from a plain surface; works in relief are of three kinds: alto-relievo, high relief; mezzo-relievo, medium relief; basso-relievo, low relief.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

It is of pure white marble, although stained by exposure to the weather, and is elegantly ornamented with various fruits and flowers in basso-relievo.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

It displays a representation of the “Lord’s Supper,” the figures in beautiful basso-relievo, and bears the following inscription:— Donum Domini Johannis Otto Baijer Ad Templum Divi Johannis Antigua.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

The Museum of Berlin says that a Prussian has discovered in the ruins of Nineveh, a basso-relievo, representing a fleet of balloons—another proof that "there is nothing new under the sun."

From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various