Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.
- noun A work of sculpture of the above character. See
alto-rilievo .
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- noun art Half
relief ;sculpture in relief, whosefigures project from thebackground by one half their fullroundness .
Etymologies
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demi- + Italian rilievo.
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Examples
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A bronze demi-rilievo of Assyro-Phænician workmanship would also suggest that Dagon played a prominent part in the doctrines concerning death and future life.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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