demi-rilievo

noun

Half relief; sculpture in relief, whose figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.

OriginItalian rilievo →
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Meanings

noundemi-rilievo (uncountable)
  1. uncountableartHalf relief; sculpture in relief, whose figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.

Origin

  1. Italianrilievo
  2. Englishdemi-rilievo

From demi- + Italian rilievo.

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