alto-rilievo

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His work in alto-rilievo was as fine as that in basso-rilievo.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.

This portrait presents an alto-rilievo which is well adapted for medals only; it is conceived in the spirit of the French school, which has always attached great importance to the truthful rendering of flesh.

From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand

I shall engrave it in alto-rilievo, make the words with pebbles on the turf just above high-water mark.

From Foul Play by Reade, Charles

The west front is indeed its chief beauty of exterior attraction; and it was once rendered doubly interesting by a profusion of alto-rilievo statues, which disappeared during the commotions of the revolution.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

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.

From Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. by Hawthorne, Nathaniel