alto-relievo

plural alto-relievos · alternative alto-rilievo

1. countableuncountablesculptureA form of sculpture in which carved figures or other objects protrude from the background.

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   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 by two little blue-veined angels, who seem to have a severe task—and so forth.

   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 1849–1850, →OCLC

   Synonyms: high relief · Antonyms: basso-relievo, basso-rilievo, bas-relief, low relief