mezzo-relievo

American  

[met-soh-ri-lee-voh, med-zoh-, mez-oh-] / ˈmɛt soʊ rɪˈli voʊ, ˈmɛd zoʊ-, ˈmɛz oʊ- /

noun

plural

mezzo-relievos

1. sculptured relief intermediate between high relief and bas-relief.

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mezzo-relievo British  

/ ˌmɛtsəʊrɪˈliːvəʊ /

noun

1. carving in which the depth of the relief is halfway between that of high relief and low relief

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Etymology

Origin of mezzo-relievo

Borrowed into English from Italian around 1590–1600

Example Sentences

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

A marble tabernacle, decorated in mezzo-relievo and originally made for the nuns of the convent of the Murate.

From Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)