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basso-rilievo

noun as in low relief

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For him Gibson executed a basso rilievo in terra-cotta, now in the Liverpool museum.

And I carve ze basso-rilievo of Hope, gazing toward ze sky, in expectation of ze glorious resurrection.

A basso rilievo of Psyche carried by the Zephyrs was the result.

I think it was an eleemosynary smile, for my pleasantry seems to me a particularly basso rilievo, as I look upon it in cold blood.

For, as Flaxman remarks, the styles of different hands are sufficiently evident in the alto and basso rilievo.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to basso-rilievo, such as: bas-relief, cavo-rilievo, rilievo stiacciato, and sunk relief.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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