basso-rilievo
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In mezzo-rilievo, or middle relief, the projection is one-half, and in basso-rilievo, or bas-relief, less than one-half.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
His sister lay on the divan, with her tearful profile buried, basso-rilievo, against a green velours cushion, her arms limp and dangling in exhaustion.
From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Hurst, Fannie
Like Thorwaldsen, Crawford excelled in basso-rilievo, and was a remarkable pictorial sculptor.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 by Various
His work in alto-rilievo was as fine as that in basso-rilievo.
From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.
It is invisible from without: but you open a wooden gate, and quickly find yourself within a small quadrangle, having three of its sides covered with basso-rilievo figures in plaster.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
