cavo-rilievo
1Cavo-rilievo — Ca vo ri*lie vo, n. [It.] (Sculp.) Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around. [1913 Webster] …
2cavo-rilievo — noun see cavo relievo * * * cavo rilievo /käˈvō rē lyāˈvō/ noun A kind of relief sculpture in which the highest surface is below the level of the original stone, which is left round the outlines of the design (see also ↑intaglio) ORIGIN: Ital… …
3cavo-rilievo — ca·vo ri·lie·vo …
4Cavo-relievo — Ca vo re*lie vo, n. Cavo rilievo. [1913 Webster] || …
5cavo-relievo — /kah voh ri lee voh, kay /, n., pl. cavo relievos. Fine Arts. 1. a form of relief sculpture in which the volumes are carved or incised so that the highest points are below or level with the original surface. Cf. intaglio (defs. 1 3). 2. a piece… …
6cavo — ca/vo (1) A agg. incavato, vuoto, concavo, scavato, cavernoso □ profondo, cupo (region.) CONTR. prominente, sporgente, protuberante, rilevato B s. m. 1. incavatura, cavità, concavità, buco, incavo, infossamento, solco CONTR. prominenza,… …
7Bas-relief — • A sculpture executed upon and attached to a flat surface Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Bas Relief Bas relief † …
8Relief — For other uses, see Relief (disambiguation). A Persian mid relief (mezzo rilievo) from the Qajar era, located at Tangeh Savashi in Iran, which might also be described as two stages of low relief. Relief is a sculptural technique. The term relief… …
9bas relief — Synonyms and related words: anaglyph, bellying, boldness, boss, bulging, cameo, cameo glass, cavo rilievo, cut glass, embossment, eminence, excrescence, excrescency, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, glyph, glyptograph, high relief, intaglio,… …
10boss — Synonyms and related words: A per se, Big Brother, OK, ace, ace high, administrator, anaglyph, ascendant, at the head, auditor, bad, bang up, bas relief, big cheese, bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob, boatswain, bonzer, bow, bubble, bulb, bulge,… …