cavo-rilievo

English

Etymology

From Italian cavo rilievo (literally “hollow relief”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkɑːvəʊ ɹɪlˈjeɪvəʊ/

Noun

cavo-relievo (uncountable)

  1. (art) Sculpture in sunken relief, such that no part of it projects beyond the surrounding surface. An example is in wood carving.
    Synonyms: sunk relief, sunken relief, cavo relievo, intaglio-rilievo

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “cavo-rilievo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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