mezzo-relievo

[ met-soh-ri-lee-voh, med-zoh-, mez-oh- ]

noun,plural mez·zo-re·lie·vos

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

sculptured relief intermediate between high relief and bas-relief.

Origin of mezzo-relievo

Borrowed into English from Italian around 1590–1600

Words Nearby mezzo-relievo

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How to use mezzo-relievo in a sentence

A marble tabernacle, decorated in mezzo-relievo and originally made for the nuns of the convent of the Murate.
Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century | Estelle M. Hurll
As they are intended for minute inspection, gems are generally in mezzo-relievo.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 398, December 1848 | Various
I have sometimes there observed, in the middle, little statues in mezzo-relievo.
The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 1 (of 6) | Luigi Antonio Lanzi

British Dictionary definitions for mezzo-relievo

mezzo-relievo

mezzo-rilievo

/ (ˌmɛtsəʊrɪˈliːvəʊ) /

noun

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

Origin of mezzo-relievo

from Italian: half relief

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