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mezzo-relievo
[ met-soh-ri-lee-voh, med-zoh-, mez-oh- ]
noun
plural mezzo-relievos
- sculptured relief intermediate between high relief and bas-relief.
mezzo-relievo
/ ˌɛٲəʊɪˈːəʊ /
noun
- carving in which the depth of the relief is halfway between that of high relief and low relief
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mezzo-relievo1
Borrowed into English from Italian around 1590–1600
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mezzo-relievo1
from Italian: half relief
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A marble tabernacle, decorated in mezzo-relievo and originally made for the nuns of the convent of the Murate.
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Relief, prominence of a sculpture from a plain surface; works in relief are of three kinds: alto-relievo, high relief; mezzo-relievo, medium relief; basso-relievo, low relief.
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