rilievo

American  

[ree-lye-vaw, ril-yev-oh] / riˈlyɛ vɔ, rɪlˈyɛv oʊ /

noun

Italian.

plural

rilievi

1. relief.

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rilievo British  

/ riˈljevo, ˌrɪlɪˈeɪvəʊ /

noun

1. another name for relief

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Example Sentences

Briefly, more than forty statues went to the whole work, not counting the subjects in mezzo rilievo to be cast in bronze, all appropriate in their stories and proclaiming the acts of this great Pontiff.

From Michael Angelo Buonarroti by Holroyd, Charles

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

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

In the 1586 edition, we read, in the preliminary prose part, as follows:- "Come N. S. e condotto alla morte con la croce alle spalle, qual si vede tutto di rilievo."

From Ex Voto by Butler, Samuel

It also explains the historical rilievo on the top—the figure of St. Patrick presenting the Domnach to St. Mac-Carthen.

From The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

Often he stood in Tartarus, and found, in this still life of death in rilievo, peace of soul.

From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich