"Demi-Rilievo" is a word in ENGLISH
A work of sculpture of the above character. See
Alto-rilievo.
Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures
project from the background by one half their full roundness.
How can a man’s candour be seen in all its lustre unless he has a few failings to talk of? But he had an agreeable confidence that his faults were all of a generous kind—impetuous, arm-blooded, leonine; never crawling, crafty, reptilian.
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High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo …
Read the complete definitionAny sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.
Read the complete definitionLow relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and …
Read the complete definitionHollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the …
Read the complete definitionA work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in bas-relief (in this sense used loosely).
Read the complete definitionIn sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
Read the complete definitionSculpture in this kind of relief. See under Alto-rilievo.
Read the complete definitionThe lowest relief, -- often used in Italian sculpture of the 15th and 16th centuries.
Read the complete definitionA description of sculpture such as bas-relief in metal.
Read the complete definitionIn relief; pertaining to sculpture in relief, especially of metal; also, pertaining to chasing such as surface ornamentation in metal.
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