mezzo-rilievo

noun

half-relief; a middle degree of relief in figures, between high and low relief

Similar
mezzo-relievohalf-relief
OriginItalian mezzorilievo →
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Meanings

nounmezzo-rilievo (countable and uncountable, plural mezzo-rilievos)

plural mezzo-rilievos

  1. countableuncountablearthalf-relief; a middle degree of relief in figures, between high and low relief
  2. countableuncountablearta sculpture in this kind of relief

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna sculptural relief between low relief and high relief

Similar
mezzo-relievohalf-relief
Broader
reliefrelievorilievo
Also see
half-relief

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Italianmezzorilievo
  2. Englishmezzo-rilievo

Italian mezzorilievo

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