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alto-rilievo

alto-rilievo is the alternative form of alto-relievo.

Meaning of alto-relievo

Noun

alto-relievo (countable and uncountable, plural alto-relievos)

  1. (sculpture) A form of sculpture in which carved figures or other objects protrude from the background.
    • Nobody is in the great pew of the Clavering family, except the statues of defunct baronets and their ladies: there is Sir Poyntz Clavering, Knight and Baronet, kneeling in a square beard opposite his wife in a ruff: a very fat lady, the Dame Rebecca Clavering, in alto-relievo, is borne up to Heaven...1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 15, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...
    Synonyms:
    high relief

Forms of alto-rilievo

pluralalto-rilievos

Questions about alto-rilievo

What is alto-rilievo the alternative form of?
Alto-rilievo is the alternative form of alto-relievo.

Words near alto-rilievo in the dictionary

  1. alto saxophonist
  2. alto saxophonists
  3. alto-
  4. alto-relievo
  5. alto-relievos
  6. alto-rilievo
  7. alto-rilievos
  8. Altobelli
  9. Altobellis
  10. altocalciphilia
  11. altocumuli

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