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Alto relievo

noun
1.
A sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth.  Synonyms: alto rilievo, high relief.





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"Alto relievo" Quotes from Famous Books



... walked with me this morning in the Loggios of Raffaelle, and we went afterwards to the Capitol. Nothing delighted me more in the whole treasury of sculptures, than a figure in alto relievo of Endymion, reclined on the mountain's brow: his head falls upon his breast with an ease and gracefulness, of which the Greeks alone had ever a true conception. Most of the chambers, if you recollect, are filled with the elegant remains of Adrian's ...
— Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents • William Beckford


Words linked to "Alto relievo" :   sculptural relief, low relief, alto rilievo, embossment, high relief, rilievo, relief, relievo


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