mezzo-relievo
[ met-soh-ri-lee-voh, med-zoh-, mez-oh- ]
/ ˈmɛt soʊ rɪˈli voʊ, ˈmɛd zoʊ-, ˈmɛz oʊ- /
noun, plural mez·zo-re·lie·vos [met-soh-ri-lee-vohz, med-zoh-, mez-oh-] /ˈmɛt soʊ rɪˈli voʊz, ˈmɛd zoʊ-, ˈmɛz oʊ-/.
sculptured relief intermediate between high relief and bas-relief.
Origin of mezzo-relievo
Borrowed into English from Italian around 1590–1600
Words nearby mezzo-relievo
mezzanine,
mezzo,
mezzo forte,
mezzo piano,
mezzo soprano,
mezzo-relievo,
mezzo-soprano,
mezzo-soprano clef,
mezzotint,
meŝtrović,
meštrović
Example sentences from the Web for mezzo-relievo
As they are intended for minute inspection, gems are generally in mezzo-relievo.
A marble tabernacle, decorated in mezzo-relievo and originally made for the nuns of the convent of the Murate.
Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century |Estelle M. HurllI have sometimes there observed, in the middle, little statues in mezzo-relievo.
The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 1 (of 6) |Luigi Antonio Lanzi
British Dictionary definitions for mezzo-relievo
mezzo-relievo
mezzo-rilievo
/ (ˌmɛtsəʊrɪˈliːvəʊ) /
noun
carving in which the depth of the relief is halfway between that of high relief and low relief
Word Origin for mezzo-relievo
from Italian: half relief