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Meanings of high relief in English

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alt relleu

A sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth.

      alt relleu
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      Examples for "alto relievo"
      Examples for "alto relievo"
      1
      The statues and sculptures on the walls of the outer corridor are in alto relievo, and generally life-size.
      The English Governess at the Siamese Court / Being Recollections...
      2
      Mr. Hewer was buried in the old Church at Clapham, where there is a large monument of marble in alto relievo erected to his memory.]
      The Diary of Samuel Pepys
      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.
      Usage of high relief in English
      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
      6
      Sunlight threw into high relief the exotic designs filled with tense, latent energy.
      BBC
      7
      The war has brought this fact out in high relief.
      The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, ...
      8
      They are by Isadore Konti, in richly wrought high relief.
      The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition / A Pictor...
      9
      Looked back on, she stood out in high relief against her somewhat graceless surroundings.
      Australia Felix
      10
      The staff's light threw the stone figures into high relief.
      Dragons of autumn twilight
      11
      The shadow of the parting had thrown into high relief the happiness of the day.
      Roads from Rome
      12
      The groove is deep and well rounded, and has two bordering ridges in high relief.
      Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made Durin...
      13
      It looks so like a piece of high relief carved out of the rock wall.
      Guns of the Gods: A Story of Yasmini's Youth
      14
      This made Isaac's chicken-scratchings stand out in high relief.
      Quicksilver
      15
      Shields carved in high relief projected from the walls.
      A Time of Gifts
      16
      The dessert-plates were bordered with wreaths of flowers and fruits in high relief, all of silver.
      Memories of Hawthorne
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      alt relleu
      High relief through the time
      High relief across language varieties
      United Kingdom
      Common
      United States of America
      Less common