relievo

re·lie·vo

R0140500 (rĭ-lē′vō)n. pl. re·lie·vos See relief.

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[Italian rilievo; see bas-relief.]

relievo

(rɪlˈjeɪvəʊ; rɪˈliːvəʊ) n, pl -vos (Art Terms) another name for relief⁹[from Italian, literally: raised work]

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relievo - sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding backgroundrilievo, sculptural relief, embossment, reliefalto relievo, alto rilievo, high relief - a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depthbas relief, basso relievo, basso rilievo, low relief - a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercuthalf-relief, mezzo-relievo, mezzo-rilievo - a sculptural relief between low relief and high reliefsculpture - a three-dimensional work of plastic art