relievo
Americannoun
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relievos
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of relievo
1615–25; < Italian rilievo relief 2, derivative of rilevare to raise < Latin relevāre; see relieve
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The tomb is of pure white marble, surmounted by a tablet of the same, which in alto relievo, represents a female figure ministering to a soldier, who lies upon a couch.
From Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience by Henry W. Bellows
He is supposed by some to have been instructed by Coreggio, an assertion which cannot wholly be discredited, when we cast our eye upon some instances of his foreshortening, and of his fine relievo.
From The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Luigi Antonio Lanzi
In the other relievo, which decorates the eastern side of the pedestal, reapers and other peasantry are conversing and reposing from the toils of the field.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter
The fidelity of this dog has been celebrated in many a drama and poem, and there is a monument of him in basso relievo still to be seen in the castle of Montargis.
From Anecdotes of Dogs by Edward Jesse
At each end of the portico is fixed in the wall a fragment of basso relievo.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by John Dunlop
As you walk round the church, you cannot fail to be struck with the great variety of ancient, and to an Englishman, whimsical looking mural monuments, in basso and alto relievos.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
Sansovino and the best artists have vied with each other in carving the alto relievos of the arcade, which, for design and execution, would do honour to the sculptors of antiquity.
From Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents by William Beckford
Notwithstanding all the carving, gilding, basso relievos, medallions, urns, statues, columns, and pictures with which it abounds, it does not, on the whole, appear over-crouded with ornaments.
From Travels through France and Italy by T. (Tobias) Smollett
It would be ridiculous in me to enter into a detail of the vast collection of marbles, basso relievos, inscriptions, urns, busts, and statues, which are placed in the upper apartments of this edifice.
From Travels through France and Italy by T. (Tobias) Smollett
Above the three hollows or chapels that pierce it runs a frieze of ancient relievos, the work of some obscure mediaeval artist.
From The Shadow of the Cathedral by Mrs. W. A. Gillespie
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