A sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth.
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Examples for "alto relievo"
Examples for "alto relievo"
1The statues and sculptures on the walls of the outer corridor are in alto relievo, and generally life-size.
2Mr. Hewer was buried in the old Church at Clapham, where there is a large monument of marble in alto relievo erected to his memory.]
1Opposite the cathedral we saw a beautiful cross, carved in high relief.
2Skulls are everywhere, grinning, somber, in high relief or in three-dimensional representation.
3Each was heavily carved with the Montevarchi arms in high relief.
4The stone is of black marble, sculptured in very high relief.
5The park describes it as the largest high relief sculpture in the world.
1I never before saw nearly so distinct a cloud-picture, or rather sculpture; for it came out in alto-rilievo on the body of the cloud.
Translations for alto rilievo