Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
relief , in sculpture, etc.: the Italian form, often used in English. Sometimes spelledrelievo .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Sculp. & Arch.) Same as
relief , n., 5.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
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Examples
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The Egyptians also were perfectly acquainted with working in cameo (anaglyph) and rilievo, as may be seen in the cavo rilievo of the finest of their hieroglyphs.
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He alternated, with infinite relish, between the extreme phases of his art, -- a delicate Peri and a majestic Colossus, an extensive array of basso rilievo figures, a sublime ideal of manhood and an exquisite image of infancy.
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The plates of embossed and chiseled bronze which encased the body of the chariot are figured with admirably-worked subjects in basso-rilievo, many of them relating to the "wondrous tale of Troy."
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 Various
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This (p. xxiii) portrait presents an _alto-rilievo_ which is well adapted for medals only; it is conceived in the spirit of the French school, which has always attached great importance to the truthful rendering of flesh.
The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat
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One of the soft, but unpleasant missiles just alluded to, flew by the master's head one morning, and flattened itself against the wall, where it adhered in the form of a convex mass in _alto rilievo_.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 Various
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Thorwaldsen, Crawford excelled in _basso-rilievo_, and was a remarkable pictorial sculptor.
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These temples seem to rest upon a fantastic base in which are carved in alto rilievo all the gods of
Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 Various
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A woman with a creamy voice, and finished in _alto rilievo_, would be a variety in the boarding-house, -- a little more marrow and a little less sinew than our landlady and her daughter and the bombazine-clad female, all of whom are of the turkey-drumstick style of organization.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various
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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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A lady, no doubt Adelaide herself, appears in _alto rilievo_ on the paddle-box.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 Various
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