"Mezzo-Rilievo" is a word in ENGLISH
Sculpture in this kind of relief. See under
Alto-rilievo.
A middle degree of relief in figures, between high
and low relief.
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A blind man was describing his favorite sport, parachuting. When asked how this was accomplished, he said that things were all done for him: "I am placed in the door with my seeing eye dog and told when to jump. My hand is placed on my release ring for me and out I go with the dog.""But how do you know when you are going to land?" he was asked. "I have a very keen sense of smell, and I can smell the trees and grass when I am 300 feet from the ground" he answered."But how do you know when to lift your legs for the final arrival on the ground?" he was again asked. He quickly answered: "Oh, the dog's leash goes slack."
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 definitionHalf relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.
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 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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