Cavo-rilievo
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cavo-rilievo — noun see cavo relievo * * * cavo rilievo /käˈvō rē lyāˈvō/ noun A kind of relief sculpture in which the highest surface is below the level of the original stone, which is left round the outlines of the design (see also ↑intaglio) ORIGIN: Ital… … Useful english dictionary
cavo-rilievo — ca·vo ri·lie·vo … English syllables
Cavo-relievo — Ca vo re*lie vo, n. Cavo rilievo. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cavo-relievo — /kah voh ri lee voh, kay /, n., pl. cavo relievos. Fine Arts. 1. a form of relief sculpture in which the volumes are carved or incised so that the highest points are below or level with the original surface. Cf. intaglio (defs. 1 3). 2. a piece… … Universalium
cavo — ca/vo (1) A agg. incavato, vuoto, concavo, scavato, cavernoso □ profondo, cupo (region.) CONTR. prominente, sporgente, protuberante, rilevato B s. m. 1. incavatura, cavità, concavità, buco, incavo, infossamento, solco CONTR. prominenza,… … Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione
Bas-relief — • A sculpture executed upon and attached to a flat surface Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Bas Relief Bas relief † … Catholic encyclopedia
Relief — For other uses, see Relief (disambiguation). A Persian mid relief (mezzo rilievo) from the Qajar era, located at Tangeh Savashi in Iran, which might also be described as two stages of low relief. Relief is a sculptural technique. The term relief… … Wikipedia
bas relief — Synonyms and related words: anaglyph, bellying, boldness, boss, bulging, cameo, cameo glass, cavo rilievo, cut glass, embossment, eminence, excrescence, excrescency, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, glyph, glyptograph, high relief, intaglio,… … Moby Thesaurus
boss — Synonyms and related words: A per se, Big Brother, OK, ace, ace high, administrator, anaglyph, ascendant, at the head, auditor, bad, bang up, bas relief, big cheese, bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob, boatswain, bonzer, bow, bubble, bulb, bulge,… … Moby Thesaurus
cameo — Synonyms and related words: anaglyph, bas relief, boss, cameo glass, catalog, cataloging, cavo rilievo, character, character sketch, characterization, cut glass, delineation, depiction, description, details, embossment, evocation, glyph,… … Moby Thesaurus
