relievo
Americannoun
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relievos
plural
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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Errors, irregularities, or what are termed faults, are the result of excessive or defective endowment, and may, to a certain extent, be described as the basso relievo or alto relievo of character.
From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold
I am not puzzled over the fact that he receives it as an image on his retina without relievo, since my smell perceives the tree as a thin sphere with no fullness or content.
From The World I Live In by Keller, Helen
The eleven principal figures are in alto, the rest in basso relievo.
From An Historical Narrative of the Great and Terrible Fire of London, Sept. 2nd 1666 by Harvey, Gideon
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 Dunlop, John
Around the ring were the letters, U.D.O.W.A.T. in relievo, the meaning of which he could not comprehend.
From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Hauff, Wilhelm
Nothing in other countries can equal the Kathayans in masonry, joiner-work, making relievos or raised figures in plaster, and in painting.
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 Smollett, T. (Tobias)
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 Beckford, William
There are statues without number and relievos without end.
From Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents by Beckford, William
The Perrero examined the lower stalls, ferreting out among the Gothic relievos the discoveries enjoyed by his unwholesome curiosity.
From The Shadow of the Cathedral by Gillespie, Mrs. W. A.
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