rilievo

[ ree-lye-vaw; English ril-yev-oh ]

noun

, Italian.

, plural ri·lie·vi [r, ee-, lye, -vee, ril-, yev, -ee].

1. relief ²( defs 2, 3 ).

rilievo

/ ˌrɪlɪˈeɪvəʊ; riˈljevo /

noun

1. See relief
   another name for relief

Example Sentences

For him Gibson executed a basso rilievo in terra-cotta, now in the Liverpool museum.

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And I carve ze basso-rilievo of Hope, gazing toward ze sky, in expectation of ze glorious resurrection.

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A basso rilievo of Psyche carried by the Zephyrs was the result.

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I think it was an eleemosynary smile, for my pleasantry seems to me a particularly basso rilievo, as I look upon it in cold blood.

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For, as Flaxman remarks, the styles of different hands are sufficiently evident in the alto and basso rilievo.

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