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Definition of Mezzo-rilievo
1. Noun. A sculptural relief between low relief and high relief.
Generic synonyms: Embossment, Relief, Relievo, Rilievo, Sculptural Relief
Definition of Mezzo-rilievo
1. Noun. half-relief; a middle degree of relief in figures, between high and low relief ¹
2. Noun. sculpture in this kind of relief ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mezzo-rilievo
Literary usage of Mezzo-rilievo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1835)
"Most of the coins of antiquity are executed on the principle of mezzo-rilievo ;
and though often far bolder in this relief than modern works of the kind, ..."
2. The Fine Arts by Gerard Baldwin Brown (1902)
"... while the modelling within the outline is very slight indeed.1 In the second
kind, or mezzo-rilievo, the forms are modelled up gradually from the ground ..."
3. Arts and Sciences: Or, Fourth Division of "The English Encyclopedia" edited by Charles Knight (1866)
"... points out the essential difference between basso and mezzo rilievo: a work,
even if in very slight general relief, which has the parts that are nearest ..."
4. Contributions to the Literature of the Fine Arts by Charles Lock Eastlake (1848)
"A work, even if in very slight general relief, which has the parts that are
nearest, the most relieved, belongs to mezzo-rilievo ; while a work which has ..."
5. Lives of Seventy of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects by Giorgio Vasari (1897)
"... in Padua, moreover, there is a beautiful story in marble, representing a
miracle of Sant' Antonio, by his hand: it is in mezzo-rilievo, and is greatly ..."
6. Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookedited by Charles Morris edited by Charles Morris (1921)
"In mezzo-rilievo, or middle relief, the projection is one-half, ... Alto- rilievo
is further distinguished from mezzo-rilievo by some portion of the figures ..."
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