basso-relievo

American  

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

noun

basso-relievos plural

1. bas-relief.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• basso-relievos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of basso-relievo

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

Example Sentences

Between the capitals are heads, and emblems of commerce in basso-relievo; and on the pediment of the grand front is a noble piece of sculpture representing Commerce committing her treasures to the race of Neptune.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 270, August 25, 1827 by Various

At dinner, select transformations of Ovid’s metamorphoses were exhibited in confectionary; and the splendid iceing of an immense historic plum-cake was embossed with a delicious basso-relievo of the destruction of Troy.

From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883

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

The ornaments on the top consist principally of a large figure of the Saviour in alto-relievo in the centre, and eleven figures of saints in basso-relievo on each side in four oblong compartments.

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances

Running along the upper part of the walls, there is a series of basso-relievo heads, medallion- wise, cut in stone, evidently intended for portraits.

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