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Meanings of alto-rilievo in English

Russian
горельеф
Portuguese
alto-relevo
Spanish
alto relieve
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Type of sculpture technique.

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      горельеф
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      Examples for "haut-relief"
      Examples for "haut-relief"
      1
      Opposite the cathedral we saw a beautiful cross, carved in high relief.
      A Yacht Voyage Round England
      2
      Skulls are everywhere, grinning, somber, in high relief or in three-dimensional representation.
      The Book of Skulls
      3
      Each was heavily carved with the Montevarchi arms in high relief.
      Sant' Ilario
      4
      The stone is of black marble, sculptured in very high relief.
      Seaward Sussex: The South Downs from End to End
      5
      The park describes it as the largest high relief sculpture in the world.
      Reuters
      1
      The arches were cut in deep relief and backed with undressed stone.
      Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts: A Book of Stories
      2
      My hands were warm again, and I fell asleep, with deep relief.
      The Memoirs of Cleopatra
      3
      Colonel Gray uttered another exclamation, this time an expletive of deep relief.
      Flowing Gold
      4
      Acceptance, love, and a deep relief that once again he'd come home alive.
      Think of a number
      5
      For that moment we three were equal, sharing our deep relief and pain.
      The Silver Pigs
      Usage of alto-rilievo in English
      1
      I 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.
      Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2.
      Translations for alto-rilievo
      Portuguese
      alto-relevo
      Alto-rilievo through the time