mezzo-relievo

[ met-soh-ri-lee-voh, med-zoh-, mez-oh- ]

noun,plural mez·zo-re·lie·vos [met-soh-ri-lee-vohz, med-zoh-, mez-oh-]. /ˈmɛt soʊ rɪˈli voʊz, ˈmɛd zoʊ-, ˈmɛz oʊ-/.
  1. sculptured relief intermediate between high relief and bas-relief.

Origin of mezzo-relievo

1
Borrowed into English from Italian around 1590–1600

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British Dictionary definitions for mezzo-relievo

mezzo-relievo

mezzo-rilievo

/ (ˌmɛtsəʊrɪˈliːvəʊ) /


noun
  1. carving in which the depth of the relief is halfway between that of high relief and low relief

Origin of mezzo-relievo

1
from Italian: half relief

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