relievo

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background

From Italian rilievo.

Venus or Fortune smote them to a relievo distinguishing one from another. — The Amazing Marriage — Complete, George Meredith
Thanks to the brownish tone of the figure, the light, falling from one side of the sculpture, admirably displayed the form of the youthful god, which, carved in relievo, and thus illumined, shone like a magnificent statue of pale gold upon the dark fretted background of the bronze. — The Wandering Jew — Complete, Eugène Sue
There was a time when the two sexes were only one, but now God has halved them,--much as the Lacedaemonians have cut up the Arcadians,--and if they do not behave themselves he will divide them again, and they will hop about with half a nose and face in basso relievo. — Symposium, Plato

relief, rilievo, embossment, sculptural relief

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